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I suspect I will get trouble...
ButterPie_2
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We are nearly at the end of the notice that our LL served on us - they can't afford the mortgage, so we are out, the schools we applied for will be out of catchment before we even hear back where our daughter has got in 
Anyway, we have had nothing but trouble - the oven was broken for two months when we moved in, then it was mended for just over a year, until it set off the carbon monoxide alarm and was disconnected in September 2010, and still hasn't been mended. We have been accused of not paying the rent, luckily we had the paperwork to prove that we had. The LL got a contractor to fit a six foot silver coloured chimney to our roof (apparently as part of fixing the oven), which blew down within a week, and was attached by only a wire, rolling onto our and the elderly neighbour's roof and skylight windows (we have dorma bungalows) and it took them two days of me ringing up constantly to tell them that me, my husband, my young children and the elderly neightbours were unable to use our gardens and upstairs because of the heavy chimney rolling about. The front room gas fire was disconnected for months (again for being unsafe) until it was mended. The central heating system is (according to a gas fitter who came to repair it once) a very cheap and shoddy installation, which is full of corrosion, and so it costs us nearly £200 a month and we are still cold. There is a ridiculous palm tree in the front garden which has obviously died - we live in the north east of England, there was three foot of snow round it this winter, of course it died, it's a tropical plant!
So, call me cynical, but I think we will be at risk of some trouble or other when we move out. I've had trouble getting deposits back for spurious reasons before.
How can I protect myself?
Also, the inventory included everything down to some old damp books in the garage (cheap kids books and paperbacks), some empty bottles in the shed and two goldfish in the pond (which died in the first winter, we did all we could, but short of bringing them in to live in the bath, what can you do?) - does everything have to be exactly as it was left?
Anyway, we have had nothing but trouble - the oven was broken for two months when we moved in, then it was mended for just over a year, until it set off the carbon monoxide alarm and was disconnected in September 2010, and still hasn't been mended. We have been accused of not paying the rent, luckily we had the paperwork to prove that we had. The LL got a contractor to fit a six foot silver coloured chimney to our roof (apparently as part of fixing the oven), which blew down within a week, and was attached by only a wire, rolling onto our and the elderly neighbour's roof and skylight windows (we have dorma bungalows) and it took them two days of me ringing up constantly to tell them that me, my husband, my young children and the elderly neightbours were unable to use our gardens and upstairs because of the heavy chimney rolling about. The front room gas fire was disconnected for months (again for being unsafe) until it was mended. The central heating system is (according to a gas fitter who came to repair it once) a very cheap and shoddy installation, which is full of corrosion, and so it costs us nearly £200 a month and we are still cold. There is a ridiculous palm tree in the front garden which has obviously died - we live in the north east of England, there was three foot of snow round it this winter, of course it died, it's a tropical plant!
So, call me cynical, but I think we will be at risk of some trouble or other when we move out. I've had trouble getting deposits back for spurious reasons before.
How can I protect myself?
Also, the inventory included everything down to some old damp books in the garage (cheap kids books and paperbacks), some empty bottles in the shed and two goldfish in the pond (which died in the first winter, we did all we could, but short of bringing them in to live in the bath, what can you do?) - does everything have to be exactly as it was left?
Goal = £9,000 in 2011, starting in March
Current total - £779 banked by 09/04/11
Also growing, scrimping and crafting to not need as much in the first place!
Current total - £779 banked by 09/04/11
Also growing, scrimping and crafting to not need as much in the first place!
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If you are in Eng/Wales then your deposit should be registered in a deposit scheme. Is It? Were you told which one and given an ID?
If you don't know, check with all 3 schemes.
Assuming it is in a scheme, then you can use the scheme arbitration process to dispute any deduction the LL wants to make.
You are expected to leave the property in the same condition as you found it, less wear and tear. The inventory is the tool used to describe how you found it. So if it mentions 'old damp books' then you should leave 'old damp books '. How many depends on the number in the inventory. If no number is mentioned, then there is no way the LL can claim you've left fewer. If however it mentions 'pristine books' and you signed the inventory, then you have a problem.
(mind you, house clearance companies sell 'books' very cheaply, so unless the titles are listed..........)0 -
The goldfish are fair wear and tear - as they were on the inventory, you could have demanded that the Landlord replace them.Hi, we’ve had to remove your signature. If you’re not sure why please read the forum rules or email the forum team if you’re still unsure - MSE ForumTeam0
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Jeez. If the property was that bad then why are you still there at the end of your notice period? It just sounds like you were renting for the school catchment, regardless of the condition of the property. The greedy landlord probably knows this too.
As for goldfish in a pond, jeez! Whatever next? LOL. Did you actually sign such a ridiculous inventory? By the way, were the books any good? Were there any...erm..gentlemen's books amidst them? If so, it sounds like a considerate landlord to me, providing 'comforting' material in abundance. LOL.Everyone is entitled to my opinion!0
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