Deposit held until bills are paid

anselld

Cognito wrote: »

I do have the meter readings, the problem is not the bills, but the landlord... will/would he yield and release the deposit if I sort out the bills? shall I even ask? should I be suspicious that he wants to keep the deposit until the bills are sorted? that's what I'm asking. I can sort out the bills, that's no problem (I think).

anyway, I will contact the deposit holders tomorrow and see what happens. thanks to everyone who contributed

Sort out the bills first!!! .... then you question and suspicions become irrelevant. Come back and ask again IF the deposit is ACTUALLY withheld for some reason you don't agree with.

Cognito

ok, I've paid the bills, the landlord still won't reply to my messages... what now? :-(

sharp910sh

Cognito wrote: »

ok, I've paid the bills, the landlord still won't reply to my messages... what now? :-(

is your money held in a deposit scheme?

giddypenguin

ok, I've paid the bills, the landlord still won't reply to my messages... what now? :-(

Oh, for goodness sake, are you not reading the thread? Re-read G_M's post... the second bit, about the deposit scheme.

Cognito

my money is "protected"(?) (I hope) by http://www.tds.gb.com/ who have mostly sent me bland, useless standardized emails in response to my queries. at long last they said I could file a dispute, but this is not really a dispute in the sense "the broken window is not my fault, so I'm not paying for it". can they "force" the landlord to release the deposit?

tbs624

Cognito wrote: »

ok, I've paid the bills, the landlord still won't reply to my messages... what now? :-(

OP you have been given some good guidance in this thread.

The fact is that LLs should not be interfering with the final bills for your gas/elec accounts if you are responsible for paying them.All the LA/LL needs to do is pass on your details and the meter reading and any non -payment would see you (not the LL or the LA) being pursued by the utility company..

Anyone can set up in business as an LA-no experience, training, qualifications, regulation etc required. It should therefore come as no surprise that many of them make the "rules" up as they go along.

See "But it's not your bill" section on page 2 of this link from TDS adjudication files.

dimbo61

You may have to sue your former landlord via the small claims if he/she does not return your deposit

Cognito

tbs624 wrote: »

OP you have been given some good guidance in this thread.

The fact is that LLs should not be interfering with the final bills for your gas/elec accounts if you are responsible for paying them.All the LA/LL needs to do is pass on your details and the meter reading and any non -payment would see you (not the LL or the LA) being pursued by the utility company..

Anyone can set up in business as an LA-no experience, training, qualifications, regulation etc required. It should therefore come as no surprise that many of them make the "rules" up as they go along.

See "But it's not your bill" section on page 2 of this link from TDS adjudication files.

thanks, but this thread is no longer about the bills... have you something useful to offer, please?

tbs624

Cognito wrote: »

my money is "protected"(?) (I hope) by http://www.tds.gb.com/ who have mostly sent me bland, useless standardized emails in response to my queries. at long last they said I could file a dispute, but this is not really a dispute in the sense "the broken window is not my fault, so I'm not paying for it". can they "force" the landlord to release the deposit?

So you have confirmation that your deposit *is* scheme registered?

Has your LL given you the scheme's " prescribed information"? If s/he has not then you can pursue the matter to court - errant LL would be ordered to pay a penalty payment to you of between 1 and 3 times the deposit equivalent.

In the meantime there is ample guidance on the TDS website - make use of it.

tbs624

Cognito wrote: »

thanks, but this thread is no longer about the bills... have you something useful to offer, please?

:rotfl:Yes. See my second post, which crossed with your churlishness Stop expecting other posters to spoon feed you. As I said, the guidance you need is available from the deposit scheme itself.