Inspections that protect you, not just organise you
A spreadsheet can't protect you in a deposit dispute. A complete, dated evidence trail can. LetSorted builds it for you — room by room, item by item, signed off by both parties.
A checklist built for your property — not a generic template
Tell LetSorted what the property is — flat or house, how many bedrooms, how it's heated, furnished or not — and it generates the inspection checklist that property actually needs. Smoke alarms on every floor, carbon monoxide alarms where there are fuel-burning appliances, meter readings, keys, every room's condition.
Critical safety items are flagged so they can't slip through, and every item explains why it matters — which deadline, which dispute, which penalty it protects you from. Add your own items for anything unique to the property; they're remembered for every future inspection.
In a dispute, gaps default against you
Deposit adjudicators put the burden of proof on the landlord. If you can't show the condition of an item at check-in and check-out, you usually can't claim for it — no matter how obvious the damage feels. Most landlords don't lose disputes because they're wrong; they lose because their evidence has gaps.
LetSorted produces what adjudicators actually want to see: a dated, structured record with photos paired to each item, confirmed by the tenant at the time — not reconstructed from memory months later. See what a move-in inspection report must include and what solicitors need in an evidence pack.
Check-in vs check-out, side by side
The check-out inspection reuses the same checklist as the check-in — including any custom items you added — so every item is compared like-for-like. LetSorted puts the two inspections side by side and shows you exactly what changed, what got worse, and what wasn't documented.
That paired comparison is the single strongest format in a deposit dispute: same item, two dates, two photos, two confirmed conditions. Print it as-is and it's your dispute pack.
Know exactly what's documented — and what's missing
As you go, a completeness score tracks every item: documented, photographed, condition recorded. Critical items — alarms, meters, safety checks — must be covered before the report can be sent. You see the gaps before they cost you, not in front of an adjudicator a year later.
When you're done, the tenant reviews the same report from their portal and confirms or disputes it. Both signatures, timestamped, on record.
Under the Renters' Rights Act, procedure and evidence matter more than ever. The risk isn't self-managing — it's self-managing without a system.
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Your next inspection could be the one that matters
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