The difference between a ten day void and a four week void is rarely the size of the job. It is how the work is packaged. When clearance, repairs, safety checks and decoration are handled as separate instructions, each one waits on the last. A single flow gets the property back to market faster and with fewer gaps in the record.
Keys in, survey same day
The survey should cover every room, the electrics, the heating, the kitchen, the bathroom and any damage left behind. Photograph everything before anything is moved. That single set of photographs becomes the baseline for the schedule, the approval and the final sign off.
One schedule, one approval
- Clearance and disposal of left behind items and waste
- Repairs to walls, doors, floors and fittings
- Gas, electrical and smoke alarm safety checks
- Kitchen and bathroom remedials
- Full redecoration and post works clean
- Photographic completion report for the landlord file
Why the handover pack matters
A letting team should be able to market the property the same day the work completes. That only happens if the certificates, photographs and sign off arrive together. Chasing separate paperwork from separate trades is where most voids lose an extra week.