Tenancy agreement and deposit

rebecca.483

not sure how the bit of info I know would be applied in your case as you are still going to be tenant but... I am going through a similar thing I have solicitor ready to go should I need them; he said in my case that if I got the deposit back then I couldn't claim regardless of the fact its been 10 months of me asking about it, but there was no point claiming until the end of my tenancy as LL/LA can just register it anytime, 14 days is a load of crock thank to lord poopyhat the guy who just made the recent high court judgement that means LL/LA can get away with stressing you right out. Any way I diverge, point is if you have deposit before you claim then waste of time. if it bounces would have to ask some one in the know try Landlordzone if you need to.

Santiago1_2

I agree that the court judgment makes a mockery of that particular clause in the regulations.

Thanks for the tip on landlordzone. Never heard of it before.

Fire_Fox

Santiago1 wrote: »

Thanks for everyone's comments. I have to say that I do not feel that I am the appropriate person to tell the LL what he should do with this agreement with the LA. If he is not aware of this resposibilities, this is something that he needs to deal with.

The reality is that I have now send a recorded delivery letter to the LA to reques the deposit back and to point out that all 3 deposit schemes know nothing about my deposit. And have heard nothing back yet.

Not sure what I should be doing next, perhaps simply wait for the money to arrive through the post (wishful thinking)...

Your landlord may not wish to have anything to do with your deposit, but the fact of the matter remains that your landlord and NOT the letting agency are legally responsible for the safe return of your deposit. You have no professional relationship with the letting agency, you have a relationship with the landlord and he has a professional relationship with the agency. I cannot see the point in this thread when you already ignored advice to write to the landlord.

[Deleted User]

As u have received the deposit back, I assume u can just go ahead with a private agreement with your LL now? Not sure why u are asking about fees surely any fees are the LL's responsibility?