Here are four tips from the experts to help you pass your inspection with flying colors:

Should I stay or go during an inspection?

There are advantages to having the tenants in when they are conducting the rental inspection: “Just for the interaction and opportunity to chat about how everything is going.”

Mr Stocco agrees, saying: “It’s sometimes really nice if the tenant’s there. You get to reconnect, say g’day. Sometimes you’ll sign the tenant up and not see them for four years. They can also point out bits of maintenance.”

What are they looking for?

“When a member of our team conducts the inspection, they’re mostly just looking to make sure there is no major damage and to record it if there is,”  Mr Gooden says.

“If there’s any maintenance that a tenant reports, or we notice ourselves, we try to take a photo of it to show the owner,” Mr Stocco says. “It’s better to maintain the property gradually as opposed to ignoring repairs, having an unhappy tenant, and then all of a sudden you’re left with a list of repairs that you have to carry out.”

Do I need to tidy up?

Mr Stocco says 90 per cent of his tenants make an effort. “As soon as you walk through the door you can kind of tell,” he says.

His notices of inspection letters ask tenants to tidy up, and inform them that they’ll be taking photos.

“We send the tenant a letter explaining what we’re going through for, to ensure the beds are made, the oven and stove is clean, and things like wiping over exhaust fans. As long as they tidy the place… but we don’t expect them to clean the windows inside and out,” he adds.

Anything else?

Remember the inspection time and date. And be dressed.

“I send reminders, then knock, wait, knock again, let myself in, announce myself, and still I’ve walked in on completely naked people, and couples in bed…” Mr Stocco says. “I’ve had other people open the door in a pair of jocks.”

But it’s not all shock and awe.

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