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Re-claiming rental deposit after 9 years???
Sun4
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Hi there,Bit of a strange one this. We bought our house nine years ago after being in rented accommodaton for a year after moving back to UK from abroad, and whilst we were looking for something to buy. The agents we rented through were awful and the house had many problems - no fault of ours - but we didn't part on the best of terms. When we finally moved out our deposit of £1200 wasn't returned and no letter or reason was given. Foolishly we just let it go but times are now very tight and I'm wondering if we can still claim our money back or if too much time has elapsed. As far as I know the deposit wasn't in a protected scheme. Any advice very gratefully received as always.
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I somewhat remember reading that you cannot pursue debts after 6 years has passed. Legal experts can comments.
In your case I am not even sure that this is a debt as you do not seem to have claimed it a such at the time.
My advice is: Forget about it and next time do not let things slide for that long.0 -
The general rule is six years under the Limitation Act 1980. I think it's unlikely a deposit would be an exception.0
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