HB + LL CTax Scam...

Ditch_Crawler

b00n wrote: »

He came round and told me that I can't claim HB at this property as he pays the council tax for the house as a whole, rather than letting the Council know that he has split it into 4 lets. This is illegal right?

He then suggested that he moves me into another property next week, which is a single self contained flat, and change the claim for HB to there

I would guess that your landlord is in a major panic at the moment because the house you live in is totally illegally in use as an unregistered House In Multiple Occupation.

He would probably be willing to pay you A LOT OF MONEY to quietly move into one of his more legal properties...

Try it...

mydeposits

b00n wrote: »

ok the plot thickens!

I have a rather blurry printout/photocopy from landlord of my Deposit Protection Certificate.

I've just checked mydeposits.co.uk using their online form to find if my deposit is in fact proteceted with them and it says:

my|deposits are unable to find a deposit protection with the details you provided.

The protection may not have been uploaded yet or the deposit may be protected with another scheme.

Please contact your agent/landlord for details.

Is this online tool reliable and up-to-date? The deposit should have been protected from the 22nd March 2010 according to my printout...

It is reliable and up to date, however, sometimes a difference in the details you input and the ones the landlord gave when registering your deposit (if he has protected it with mydeposits) may mean it doesn't show up.

tbs624's advice to get confirmation from all three schemes is correct. You can write to mydeposits to find out if your deposit is protected. The address is on the mydeposits website under 'contact us' (sorry, not allowed to post a link) or email customerservices at mydeposits dot co dot uk

Good luck.