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  • Lisey_Loo
    Lisey_Loo Posts: 344 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 100 Posts
    Sounds like you had a very lucky escape emsywoo123!

    What a rude little man!! :mad:

    Good luck with the new home...
  • emsywoo123
    emsywoo123 Posts: 5,440 Forumite
    Lisey_Loo wrote: »
    Sounds like you had a very lucky escape emsywoo123!

    What a rude little man!! :mad:

    Good luck with the new home...

    Thank you, it certainly feels like a lucky escape:T
  • Captain_Mainwaring_2
    Captain_Mainwaring_2 Posts: 1,124 Forumite
    ShelfStacker wrote: »
    No. I'd be offended too, and like I say I'd put in a claim straight away, including a token sum for distress. Bringing up the religious discrimination angle could help, as it's obvious he only wants "virtuous" Christian tenants.

    Yawn, what "discrimination"? you have to prove that had a jewish applicant turn up, that he wouldn't have asked them if they went to the synagogue, or if a muslim applicant turned up that he wouldn't ask them if they sholat.

    Clearly the guy is demented. Leave it at that and just get your deposit back.
  • emsywoo123
    emsywoo123 Posts: 5,440 Forumite
    Captain_Mainwaring wrote: »
    Yawn, what "discrimination"? you have to prove that had a jewish applicant turn up, that he wouldn't have asked them if they went to the synagogue, or if a muslim applicant turned up that he wouldn't ask them if they sholat.

    Clearly the guy is demented. Leave it at that and just get your deposit back.

    But he discriminated against me for not going to church, surely?
  • sooz
    sooz Posts: 4,560 Forumite
    Hard to prove.

    He turned you down for not finding £1000 in 20 mins. He didn't say he turned you down for not being 'moral' ;)
  • Tassotti
    Tassotti Posts: 1,492 Forumite
    But he didn't turn her down.

    She pulled out.

    Agreed the LL is a freak, and I have no idea how you stand legally, but I don't think your case is very strong.

    You put down a holding deposit, then backed out (understandably).

    I'm not sure you would get your HD back if it went to court.
  • Captain_Mainwaring_2
    Captain_Mainwaring_2 Posts: 1,124 Forumite
    emsywoo123 wrote: »
    But he discriminated against me for not going to church, surely?

    As mentioned, you were the one who backed out, if you can get your holding deposit back then OK, if not, well put it down to experience, you could have ended up under the patio if you had stayed there (still, he would have prayed for you).

    Actually I bet he makes a fortune frightening prospective tenant's to death.
  • emsywoo123
    emsywoo123 Posts: 5,440 Forumite
    My thought is that he changed the oringinal date for wanting the deposit, so that was a breech of something (I know not what, I do not profess to being a legal eagle!)
  • ShelfStacker_3
    ShelfStacker_3 Posts: 2,180 Forumite
    Tassotti wrote: »
    But he didn't turn her down.

    She pulled out.

    From what emsy has said, he gave every indication of wishing to turn her down based on her answers. And it's not like she just decided she didn't want the flat any more, he was asking questions no landlord has any right to ask and he was making it exceptionally clear that he didn't want her as a tenant.
  • Tassotti
    Tassotti Posts: 1,492 Forumite
    Tell that to the judge
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