Landlord in Administration

amacd

Have just found out that my previous landlord went into Administration on 26th May, and I moved out of the property on 6th May. I was due to have my full deposit returned by the landlords Agent, but now as the landlords are in administration I am being told by the Agent they wont help and by the Administrators I am an unsecured creditor.

Does anyone have any advice? Can I chase the landlords agent for payment, given that it was due back to me 4 weeks before the Administration?

Cheers

BitterAndTwisted

Unfortunately for you the administrators are correct: you are now an unsecured creditor but ONLY if your tenancy started before April 2007. If your tenancy started after that your deposit should have been registered with one of the three deposit-protection schemes. Have you checked with all three yet? If it was registered you should be able to get it back. It was your money after all, not the landlord's.

theartfullodger

You could try suing agents through small-claims court. Agents HAVE been successfully sued by others. They won't like it (all together now, ah, shame....).

Best of luck! Hope it works out..

On another note, sounds like the landlord was a company. You might not get any money but might feel better if you looked up the directors (£1) on companies house website & visited them at their home addresses to discuss the matter: Take a friend (or two..)..