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Landlord nightmare!!!!
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Barcode wrote:When this happened to me, I went through the small claims court; but I don't know if £3000 ish is too much to be covered through that. You do need to take photos of EVERYTHING, as a common problem is that the landlords will claim 'cleaning' costs. assumption that they will accept any old line as the truth, since it is (in many cases) their first time living indepedently and won't know any better. Seems that your daughter has fallen victim to such a nasty type.
If the landlord wants to claim any cost which they claim against the deposit they would have to submit receipts to the court.0 -
Hi,
Try the following site - it details the procedures for your situation
http://england.shelter.org.uk/advice/advice-3007.cfm
If they dont respond proceed with the small claims court - but as a previous poster says take photos of the house and all rooms etc conditions - and have the date stamp on them too!Weight Loss - 102lb0 -
Thanks guys - as usual you are all sooooo helpful! Got in touch the Shelter helpline and they were great. Looks like it's going to be the small claims court at the end of the day. How do these people sleep at night!!!!!!!!A shadowy flight into the dangerous world of a man who does not exist.
A young loner on a crusade to champion the cause of the innocent,
the helpless, the powerless, in a world of criminals who operate above the law.0 -
this sort of either amateur or rogue landlords/ladies make me mad, as they sully the reputation of the many thousands of decent landlords around.
I do hope you get all your £3k back - dont forget to add on "consequential losses" - all your travel to her house when she was not in/would not answer/ phone calls, letters, postage costs, cameras, printing costs etc etc.
do let us know how you get on
there is a forum called "Lunatic Landlords" which you may want to name and shame on !!!0
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