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mildredalien wrote: »Don't go into a letting agency saying you have bad credit! Wait for the credit check (if they do one) and then you can deal with it if there's a problem.
Bad advice.
If you apply for a tenancy being honest about any issues, you can get a fair decision.
If you are not honest, you will be deemed to have withheld info and are unlikely to be offered anything.0 -
The law changed last year compelling landlords to protect deposits within 30 days, this included older deposits as well, if you had a S21 then it is invalid, she would have to refund the full deposit to you before she could issue a valid S21. A S21 is not a notice to quit, it merely allows a landlord to apply to the court for possession.
Since she has neglected to protect the deposit you are able to sue for between 1-3 times the deposit in court yourself, the court would decide the penalty and the money would be yours.
If it's not convenient for you to move right now then it would take her anything from 4 to 6 months to get an eviction order against you.
A few people have quoted this idea that a deposit outside 30 days, including older, had to be protected. But the last time someone claimed this, they couldn't find the regs to back it up.
The law they linked to did not say what they thought.
Can you back up this claim? :cool:0 -
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Bad advice.
If you apply for a tenancy being honest about any issues, you can get a fair decision.
If you are not honest, you will be deemed to have withheld info and are unlikely to be offered anything.
How very true, My wife and I took on a new tenant 6 months ago who was upfront about previous CCJ's that would have shown up on the search. We didn't have a problem with it as she'd come clean and it did show up. Needless to say she's been a model tenant and is re-signing for another 12 month contract. Ultimately,it doesn't matter what the agents think OP,the buck stops with the LL,their decision is the one that matters.2 kWp SEbE , 2kWp SSW & 2.5kWp NWbW.....in sunny North Derbyshire17.7kWh Givenergy battery added(for the power hungry kids)0 -
I don't see anything in that which applies to pre-deposit registration tenancies.
And, as far as I am aware, LLP solicitors do not actually make laws.
I'm pretty sure that the deposit rules still only apply to post 2006ish deposits, and the ones before that are exempt. :cool:0 -
A few people have quoted this idea that a deposit outside 30 days, including older, had to be protected. But the last time someone claimed this, they couldn't find the regs to back it up.
The law they linked to did not say what they thought.
Can you back up this claim? :cool:
A 2 second search on google brings up this on Shelter's website:
"Changes in the law come into force on 6 April 2012. You must protect all your tenants’ deposits by 6 May 2012, whether they are existing or new tenants, within 30 days of a tenancy starting."
http://england.shelter.org.uk/campaigns/deposit_protectionDon't listen to me, I'm no expert!0 -
Blackpool_Saver wrote: »That doesn't sound right to me
As far as I'm aware, they just can check electoral roll, bankruptcy and CCJs. Publicly available data. Not defaults and similar. At least when I read up on some packages offered for referencing tenants (including Experian's own package). It was in no way described as anything similar to a credit check like you will see when you log into Experian, Equifax, etc, and view your own.0 -
As far as I'm aware, they just can check electoral roll, bankruptcy and CCJs. Publicly available data. Not defaults and similar. At least when I read up on some packages offered for referencing tenants (including Experian's own package). It was in no way described as anything similar to a credit check like you will see when you log into Experian, Equifax, etc, and view your own.
really? well I'll bet that's a comfort to a few people, and it's news to meBlackpool_Saver is female, and does not live in Blackpool0
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