I am very close to letting a property to a couple with a baby. it is my first letting, hence this question. It is a 3 bedroom house, where the third small bedroom is currently acting as a study (it currently has a rather large desk firmly affixed to three walls, on battens).
The tenants have said that they would want the third bedroom turning into an actual bedroom (note the phrasing). I replied and said that I have no objections to them turning the study into a third bedroom as long as the desk is removed properly (not left in the garden or somewhere else) and the walls are not damaged (or that they are fixed afterwards) in the process. I was very clear that it would not be something I would be doing for them (this discussion via email with Letting Agent sitting in-between).
I don't want to get into a situation where they move in and they end up asking me to do this for them. Being new to all this, I am expecting this kind of thing doesn't fall under any landlord obligation at all. Am I correct? Likewise, the property is taken as-seen / as-is. The property is in very good condition throughout and I hope this kind of alteration is a change that I allow them to do (with the conditions of it being done properly) not something I am expected to do.
I don't want to be recalcitrant, in fact the opposite - I actually want to be a flexible landlord for this kind of situation, so my question is around how best to ensure I don't set myself up for future trouble.
The tenants have said that they would want the third bedroom turning into an actual bedroom (note the phrasing). I replied and said that I have no objections to them turning the study into a third bedroom as long as the desk is removed properly (not left in the garden or somewhere else) and the walls are not damaged (or that they are fixed afterwards) in the process. I was very clear that it would not be something I would be doing for them (this discussion via email with Letting Agent sitting in-between).
I don't want to get into a situation where they move in and they end up asking me to do this for them. Being new to all this, I am expecting this kind of thing doesn't fall under any landlord obligation at all. Am I correct? Likewise, the property is taken as-seen / as-is. The property is in very good condition throughout and I hope this kind of alteration is a change that I allow them to do (with the conditions of it being done properly) not something I am expected to do.
I don't want to be recalcitrant, in fact the opposite - I actually want to be a flexible landlord for this kind of situation, so my question is around how best to ensure I don't set myself up for future trouble.