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Deposit return
poppysarah
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Friend is waiting for her deposit back.
How long should it take and should it cost her anything? (She's looked on a website and thinks it's going to cost her £75)
How long should it take and should it cost her anything? (She's looked on a website and thinks it's going to cost her £75)
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She's looked on which website? Do you know which deposit-protection scheme the deposit is lodged with? As far as I'm aware the MyDeposit scheme which I think is an insurance-based one does charge a fee and often the LL will seek to impose that charge on the tenant. How large is this deposit any way?0
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500 quid.
I think thats the site she's looked on.She's going to check and get back to me.
Pretty mean though if she's left the property in good order to end up being £75 quid short.0 -
Well, the landlord may not choose to impose it. I'm not certain but I don't think it is automatically deducted before the monies are returned to the tenant. I think the landlord would need to justify via arbitration why they are not returning the deposit in full. It might be possible for your friend to dispute the deduction as the charge wasn't made clear in the first place.0
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your friend needs to tell us which scheme the deposit is in before proper advice can be given0
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