Meg Saksida considers potentially allowable costs of furnishing a buy-to-let property for the owner.
Setting up a residential dwelling for rental can be a costly exercise. Even if the property is not let furnished, there are some items that must nevertheless be provided.
For example, by law a landlord must provide light fittings, and these must include light bulbs that work, and the whole unit must be regularly checked by a professional electrician. Legally, landlords do not have to provide other soft furnishings such as window covers, including curtains and/or blinds. These do, however, tend to either be provided by landlords or, due to their made-to-measure nature, be left by the vendors when the buy-to-let is purchased and, as such, become a default provision by the landlord. Electrical appliances (e.g., ovens, hobs and refrigerators) are not mandatory to be provided by landlords in an unfurnished property, but tend to be
