The Check-In is considered the process where keys are handed over and meter readings taken. However it is a very important part of the process and if not completed correctly, alongside a comprehensive inventory, the whole inventory report could be contested at the end of the tenancy should there be a dispute.

At the check-in, the tenants have the opportunity to raise any issues and make any agreed changes. When the tenants accept the condition, as detailed in the inventory, they are required to sign acceptance thus agreeing, as part of their tenancy agreement, to return the property to the same condition at the end of the tenancy.