Waqas Shahban
Founder, Capital Complete Solutions — AIIC-accredited inventory & inspection specialist, Birmingham
Waqas Shahban is the founder of Capital Complete Solutions, an established, AIIC-accredited property inventory and inspection business based in Stechford, Birmingham (B33), serving Birmingham, the West Midlands, Warwickshire, Staffordshire and Worcestershire.
Articles by Waqas Shahban
- How Much Does a Legionella Risk Assessment Cost?The landlords who ring me about this usually have two or three quotes open on their phone. One is £9.99. One is about £100. One is £450. Same property, three wildly different numbers. So they ask the obvious question. Which one is right?Read article
- What a Schedule of Condition Is, and Why It Wins DisputesYour inventory lists what's in the property. Your schedule of condition records what state it's all in. When a deposit gets challenged, it's the second one the adjudicator actually reads.Read article
- How to Handle Deposit Disputes as a Landlord in BirminghamThe adjudicator never sees your property. They read what you send in, and nothing else. And they start from the position that the money belongs to your tenant.Read article
- Why Letting Agents in Birmingham Use Independent Inventory ClerksWhen a deposit deduction gets challenged, the first thing a tenant asks is who wrote the report. If the answer is the agency claiming the money, you've just handed them an argument. That's why more Birmingham agents now use an independent clerk.Read article
- What Is an HMO? A Birmingham Landlord's Complete GuideMost landlords I meet don't know their house is an HMO until it's a problem. A complaint. A knock from enforcement. A penalty notice on the mat. Suddenly that "house-share" is a £40,000 question.Read article
- Check-In vs Check-Out Inspections: What's the Difference and Why You Need BothTwo reports. Two different jobs. Here's what each one records, and why one without the other rarely wins a deposit claim.Read article
- What Is an EPC and When Does Your Rental Property Need One?EPCs trip up more landlords than any other bit of compliance. Here's what one is, when your rental actually needs it, and why the deadline most people quote is wrong.Read article
- Do Landlords Need a Legionella Risk Assessment?Yes, you have a legal duty to assess and control Legionella risk in your rental. No, you don't need a certificate to prove it. Here's what that actually means in a normal Birmingham house.Read article
- What Happens at a Check-In on Move-In DayEverything you argue about at the end of the tenancy gets measured against what somebody wrote down that day. The chip on the worktop. The scuff on the landing carpet. The meter reading. The number of keys. If it was not recorded on the way in, it is not arguable on the way out.Read article
- What Is a Property Inventory Report and Why Does It Matter?An inventory report isn't required by law. But it's the document that decides who keeps the deposit and most landlords only find that out too late.Read article
- Do You Have to Test the Water for Legionella?Most landlords who ask me this have already been quoted for a water test. Someone has sent them a price, or an agent has asked for a certificate, and they want to know if they have to pay it.Read article
- How Regular Property Inspections Protect Your InvestmentYour inventory proves what the property was like on day one. Your check-out proves what it was like on the last day. Regular inspections are the only thing that proves everything in between.Read article