Walk it at the start, walk it at the end, and let it do the comparing.
Sixteen standard UK room templates, photographs against every line, and a check-out that pairs itself to the check-in. What changed is shown to you rather than argued about, and the gaps in your own evidence are shown too.
What is inventory software?
Inventory software records the condition of a property at the start of a tenancy and again at the end, and compares the two. It is the difference between a deposit deduction you can evidence and one you are asking a tenant to accept on trust.
LetCompliance starts from sixteen standard UK room templates, including the ones people forget: the front and rear garden, the garage, the loft, the downstairs WC, the stairs, the meters and the keys. You pick rooms rather than typing out items, and each line takes a condition and photographs.
A row nobody has walked never carries a condition. It is marked as not inspected, and it stays that way. That sounds small and it is the whole point: software that pre-fills "good" on an item nobody looked at has written a false statement into a landlord’s own deposit evidence, in the landlord’s name.
At the end you walk the same list. The check-out pairs to the check-in item by item and tells you what fell, by how far, with the photographs from both days side by side. It also tells you what you cannot claim for, because nobody recorded it at the start, which is the finding landlords least want and most need.
Three things that decide a deposit dispute.
The pair, not the picture
Every line carries photographs from the check-in and from the check-out, shown next to each other. One photograph of a stained carpet proves a stained carpet; the pair proves when it happened, and that is the only version that settles anything.
The comparison, done for you
The two walks are matched line by line and each change is graded. A one-step slip is flagged as the ordinary wear a scheme will usually not allow a claim for; a fall to damaged or missing is separated out as something worth costing. You are not diffing two PDFs by eye.
The gaps, admitted
Items never recorded at check-in, items nobody inspected, items the check-out never reached: all counted and shown. A bundle that quietly omits its own holes is the kind that falls apart when the other side finds them first.
From an empty property to a settled deposit
- 01
Pick the rooms, not the items
Sixteen UK templates cover the house, including the garden, garage, loft and meters. Add or remove anything; nothing arrives with a condition already filled in.
- 02
Walk it and photograph as you go
Each line takes a condition and pictures, on a phone, in the property. Meter readings and keys are part of the same walk.
- 03
Send it to the tenant to sign
It goes out for signature and the delivery is tracked, so an agreed inventory is a document rather than an assumption.
- 04
At the end, walk the same list
The check-out is seeded from the check-in and paired to it automatically. What changed, what did not, and what you have no baseline for are all separated for you.
- 05
Cost only what can be costed
Anything that fell far enough carries a deduction worked the way adjudicators work it, apportioned for the life the item had left, with the photographs attached to the figure.
The inventory is the beginning and the end of a tenancy.
It is worth most when the middle is in the same place: the inspections, the repairs and what the tenant reported.
Deposit deductions worked and evidenced
Mid-tenancy inspections, dated and rated
Repairs with before and after photographs
A free tenant portal, no password to remember
Rent by Direct Debit, with late payments chased
SA105, Section 24 and capital gains figures
Questions, answered
- Do I have to do the inventory myself?
- No, but most landlords do and the software is built for it. If you would rather someone attended, we also offer a visit and the report arrives in your account the same way. The software is free on every plan; the visit is a separate one-off.
- What does "not inspected" mean, and why does it matter?
- It means nobody has walked that item yet. A templated or seeded row never arrives saying "good", because that would be a statement about something nobody looked at, written by us, inside your own deposit evidence. It stays as not inspected until you record it, and the check-out counts how many are still in that state.
- What happens if I never did a check-in?
- The check-out will say so, item by item. Without a record of the condition at the start there is nothing to compare against, and a deduction on that basis is very hard to sustain if the tenant disputes it. The page tells you plainly rather than letting you cost something you cannot evidence.
- Does the tenant sign it?
- Yes. The report is sent for signature and the delivery is tracked, so you can show it was received as well as sent. An inventory the tenant agreed to is a very different document from one you wrote alone.
- Does it cover rooms people forget?
- The templates include the front and rear garden, the garage, the loft, the downstairs WC, the stairs and landing, HMO communal areas, and the meters and keys. These are the areas that are missing from most inventories and the ones most often argued about at the end.
- What does it cost?
- Free forever for one property, with paid plans from £14.99 a month and a 14-day full trial. Inventories, check-ins and check-outs are included on every plan.
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The deposit argument is won on the day you move them in.
Twenty minutes with a phone at the start, the same list at the end, and the comparison is already made. Free forever for one property.
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