Landlady not returing deposit

cirian75

B&Q rugdoc = £22.98 24hrs

plus £11.98 for some paint ( still think the very faint marks on the paint are wear and tear)

call it £25

cirian75

I'm sure are hell not going to pay for her to get a profession in to do it

Werdnal

cirian75 wrote: »

B&Q rugdoc = £22.98 24hrs

plus £11.98 for some paint ( still think the very faint marks on the paint are wear and tear)

call it £25

Plus her time and fuel to collect and return it and do the job aswell. You admit to carpet being dirty, but now expect someone else to clean it , and getting shirty because they want you to pay, when you could have done it all yourself before you left.

gb12345

cirian75 wrote: »

I'm sure are hell not going to pay for her to get a profession in to do it

OK, so you hire the rugdoc and clean it yourself, touch up the paint and ask for your full deposit back OR you let her get it cleaned.

phill99

What the hell is a landperson?

moromir

gb12345 wrote: »

OK, so you hire the rugdoc and clean it yourself, touch up the paint and ask for your full deposit back OR you let her get it cleaned.

The lodger no longer has any right to access the property or any right to demand access to carry out remedial works.

The owner can permit access if they want (if the lodger has displayed the same attitude to them that they are displaying here, I would not be suprised to see that request denied - who knows how they're going to leave the carpet - it sounds like they wouldn't be trying overly hard to do it properly) OR they can employ a tradesperson to come in and do the job to a good standard (as the lodger should have done before they left).

If the lodger feels agreived then they can take their case to small claims and both sides can put forward their evidence.

mrsbmartin

Surely it depends on what kind of paperwork you have...do you at least have proof that you paid the deposit? She should only take out what is reasonable to cover the cost of any work to return it to it's original state but you need proof of what the original state was (ie inventory when you moved in) and proof of the deposit that you paid. Without both you are largely at her mercy.

Cleaning and touching up the paintwork and then asking her to inspect it before you moved out would have been the best way to ensure a speedy return of your deposit...hindsight is frustrating but at least it is a lesson learned.

cirian75

all was well with her I left, on good talking terms when I left

she then called the carpet "flithy" when I asked about my deposit 3 days later.

Its not flithy as stated, its a 15 month old beige carpet that I bet one of those carpet cleaners would have like new in 30 minutes, no wear, just a little darker in places

I called round to get some better photos, she was not in, but her other half let me in

got the photos

then got a unpleasant phone call soon afterwards off her.


It was all smiley faces until I asked about my deposit 3 days later.

mrsbmartin

Like I said...do you have an inventory, a contract, a receipt for the deposit etc?

cirian75

mrsbmartin wrote: »

Like I said...do you have an inventory, a contract, a receipt for the deposit etc?

inventory = nope

contract = yes (hummm section 2.4 says "Yield the room at the end of the term in the same clean state and condition is was at the beginning of the term")

seems make zero allowances for any wear and tear

receipt = yes (same paper as contract)