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Getting a deposit back?
nudnik
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When you leave a property, do you apply to the Tenancy Deposit Scheme for your deposit to be returned or do you ask your LL/letting agency? How does this all work?
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If you have an efficient LL/LA they should set everything in motion, but you can speed things up yourself to an extent, by arranging for them to come and visit the property a week or so before you leave to go through any possible concerns beforehand.
The LL has to notify you if they want to make any deductions and you can then challenge those if you think that you have grounds to do so. If an agreement is reached, both LL and T have to confirm that they are happy for the deposit to be released. You should have been notified by the scheme of a personal ID number to use.
Within 14 days of paying your deposit your LL/LA should have given you what is called "the prescribed information" on the Scheme, along with the certificate that shows that your deposit was registered. This is a legal requirement & the info tells you how to go about getting the return of your deposit
Do you know which of the 3 schemes yours is with? If you haven't had any of this information , ask your LL/LA for it now, in writing.0 -
Hi tbs624,
Thanks for replying.
I had to pester our LA to put our deposit into a deposit protection scheme, in fact we had the same LA with our old flat so she just moved it over to the new property (the one we are about to vacate) and we gave her the difference in sum.
The LA gave me a photocopy of the certificate.
The deposit is with Tenancy Deposit Solutions and she has given me the certificate number as for some reason it wasn't on the photocopy. All the other details seem to be correct.0 -
You should have been given a copy of this: http://www.mydeposits.co.uk/pdf/mydeposits_Information_for_Tenants.pdf
Good luck with getting your deposit back.
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