Landlord inspections do they check in the attic

Dankfactory said:

Agreed. Dude has zero respect for your privacy. I do feel your pain however, after my last landlord notified me during week 5 of bloom that they would be tenting the place for termites in 5 days. Have since bought a place.

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I wish I could buy but its not easy for me to save the deposit and get a mortgage also if you get court and they think you have been dealing to pay the mortgage they will give you a heavy fine, often forcing growers to sell there house

that's why a lot of growers rent in the uk

Dankfactory said:

Agreed. Dude has zero respect for your privacy. I do feel your pain however, after my last landlord notified me during week 5 of bloom that they would be tenting the place for termites in 5 days. Have since bought a place.

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that's unlucky moving or chopping plants down 5 weeks of bloom and I can see why you brought a place

jacksthc said:

I wish I could buy but its not easy for me to save the deposit and get a mortgage also if you get court and they think you have been dealing to pay the mortgage they will give you a heavy fine, often forcing growers to sell there house

that's why a lot of growers rent in the uk

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Yeah, they seize homes and everything else here for dealing as well. There is a good series in the NYTimes about this right now. Your're presumed guilty when your property is at stake.

jacksthc said:

I wish I could buy but its not easy for me to save the deposit and get a mortgage also if you get court and they think you have been dealing to pay the mortgage they will give you a heavy fine, often forcing growers to sell there house

that's why a lot of growers rent in the uk

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I think you need to rephrase that.

A lot of people that grow to sell, rent the properties.

I grow, I don't sell and I own my home.



J

i rent, and got a couple of tents going, i also get an inspection every 3 months (uk) but as its the agency that does it not the landlord, they dont really care, my tents are in the attic and not once in the 5 years i have lived here have they looked up there, they literally come in, take a few pictures of each room for their records and leave, its 10 mins out of your day and they are less intrested in being there than you are having them there, just keep it far from the loft hatch and you will be golden

C B S

texasjack said:

Yeah, they seize homes and everything else here for dealing as well. There is a good series in the NYTimes about this right now. Your're presumed guilty when your property is at stake.

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(Your're presumed guilty when your property is at stake)
couldn't agree more, I bet loads of growers that grow there herbs, do it for there own use and never sold a gram
run the risk of losing there home ):

will have to look NYTimes sound good thanks texasjack

jondamon said:

I think you need to rephrase that.

A lot of people that grow to sell, rent the properties.

I grow, I don't sell and I own my home.



J

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sorry fellow not great with my words

but just like texasjack said your're presumed guilty when your property is at stake

RastMau5 said:

i rent, and got a couple of tents going, i also get an inspection every 3 months (uk) but as its the agency that does it not the landlord, they dont really care, my tents are in the attic and not once in the 5 years i have lived here have they looked up there, they literally come in, take a few pictures of each room for their records and leave, its 10 mins out of your day and they are less intrested in being there than you are having them there, just keep it far from the loft hatch and you will be golden

C B S

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just what I needed to hear rastmau5 as its the agency doing the inspection for the landlord
I was thinking this as I have never had a landlord check my attic but I have lived at the same address for over 5 years and I was just worried thing are different now, will still hold back and see how the first inspection goes

Dankfactory said:

Agreed. Dude has zero respect for your privacy. I do feel your pain however, after my last landlord notified me during week 5 of bloom that they would be tenting the place for termites in 5 days. Have since bought a place.

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i was literally halfway through a fairly big harvest (2 pounds total) when i got an email from the landlord that he'd be coming by in two days to do an audit to install solar panels. needed to look at basically everything including the electric panel.

i managed to get through it, but started looking into buying a place the next day. we closed a couple days ago. the solar panels go up in a couple weeks.

I lived with problem for a few years (uk) and managed to get a fair few grows in! Firstly, autoflower will be your best friend! Start just after each inspection and they will be finished way before you next! I would install locks (that fit in with the decor) on all the bedrooms, don't tell them about these locks so they don't ask for keys. Guarantee they will never notice if the agencies are inspecting, and if they are installed well they shouldn't take any deposit money from you. This way if they really surprise you with an on the day inspection you can lock the grow room and leave the house (bides you a bit of time tip you can clean up), also give you peace of mind that there is a lock between them and your garden. Luckily it never came to that for me.

Like rastmau5 said, my inspections were by the agencies, and they did not give a shit! They never check the loft....

What is also good to remember is that although they inspect your rooms, they can't inspect your personal things (I.e wardrobes/ large boxes ect). The only inspection I ever had through a grow, I put my (flowering) plants in the wardrobe hour before the inspection and packed up all equipment out of sight. This gave a bit of time for the smell to dissipate. I think they did smell weed in my room, but they said nothing took their pics and left.

You'll be surprised how inventive you can be with a rented house.

Seriously, I work in this field and the only sensible advice here would be, do not move into a property where the landlord insists on quarterly visits. It is not that common. And most landlords will not be cool if they discover a grow in their UK property. They will report it to the police in almost all cases. Some letting agents do insist on a mid-term (or mid-tenancy) inspection, but it's only one inspection and you could keep a door locked and tell the clerk that you're roommate is travelling (most times they'll just stick a note on the report that the room was locked and that will be the end of it, assuming their boss isn't too pedantic - as someone posted above, the inventory clerk or agent is not really interested in what you do there). But even then, I wouldn't risk it if I were you, as they might insist on returning when the room is accessible.

Many agents do not insist on mid-term inspections and that HAS to be the way to go if you're planning on growing. If you are dead set on this place and there is a loft/attic, there's a great chance they won't look there, but if it appears easily accessible and more importantly, if it features in the original inventory inspection report for the property, they definitely will do. I know this because I would! If it is not featured in the original report, chances are probably slim to none that they will even open the hatch. If it is, you're shit out of luck. The job of the clerk doing this inspection, is to compare the current state of the property to the report produced when you checked in. So as I say, the biggest issue will be, is the attic in that report. To be fair, it's unusual to include an attic, unless it's been subject to a conversion and is listed as a bedroom or something.

Another thing you could try is leaving lots of really heavy, bulky things in a pile under the loft hatch. No clerk is going to start breaking a sweat moving heavy shit around to access anything. It's not a required part of their job. They can simply write "not accessible" in their report if need be,