Another Deposit Thread, Sorry!

Abbymoo

dgtazzman wrote: »

I'm assuming after 6 weeks you've had your deposit back (minus the amount you mentioned) and it is no longer in a scheme?

If it was me, I'd call their bluff and tell them if they want me to pay it so badly, to take it to small claims court, quoting the fact that it was not noted in your official check-out and you have not had access to the property since to cause any such damage.

If the money is still in a scheme, just dispute the deduction. The dispute will more than likely find in your favour. At this point I'd also ask them to produce bills/detailed breakdowns for the rest of the deductions, just to throw up as much fuss as possible, though it sounds like you already agreed to them, so you probably won't get very far with those anymore.

IMO, whenever it happened, it's their negligence and the bill is on their tab. They're probably just hoping you're going to roll over for them as you have been since you started the tenancy...

P.S. You say the new tenant had been in for a week before it was noticed, so who's to say they didn't brake it. I'm sure they will have had a check-in inventory too, which I bet made no mention of a broken door lock, something I'm sure they would have noticed within the first day of their tenancy...

That's one thing that's annoying me, if they didn't break it the new tenants must have done, so there's 2 different parties trying to take us for mugs! The deposit is still in the scheme as they're now disputing the money for the lock and haven't agreed to give it us back yet.

The tenancy didn't actually end until May 9th as we paid another month so we could move out stress free, well that was the plan anyway, we'd just moved out way before the 9th.

I'll be doing as you suggest and calling their bluff. I'm not going to let the !!!!!!s get away with this one!

Thanks.

Abbymoo

Mr_Moo wrote: »

In which case you're on firm ground, not noted on check out, so refuse to pay. They will have a very hard battle to win this one..... Good luck !

Thanks! I shall be firm, and not my usual overly-compliant wussy self!

A woman of steel, that's me. Well, more like a tin plating over a core of jellified wimpiness, really, but still...

japmis

dgtazzman wrote: »

If it was me, I'd call their bluff and tell them if they want me to pay it so badly, to take it to small claims court, quoting the fact that it was not noted in your official check-out and you have not had access to the property since to cause any such damage.

IMO, whenever it happened, it's their negligence and the bill is on their tab. They're probably just hoping you're going to roll over for them as you have been since you started the tenancy...

P.S. You say the new tenant had been in for a week before it was noticed, so who's to say they didn't brake it. I'm sure they will have had a check-in inventory too, which I bet made no mention of a broken door lock, something I'm sure they would have noticed within the first day of their tenancy...

Couldn't agree more and this is exactly what I would do.

Your liability has ended so tell them to politely "jog on".

japmis

Any luck Abbymoo?

Abbymoo

japmis wrote: »

Any luck Abbymoo?

Nice of you to ask

No word from them at all, nor have they returned the remainder of the deposit.
Giving them until the 9th (one month since check-out) then I think it's time to start getting a bit uppity.

BitterAndTwisted

No need to get uppity. Well, not just yet.

Your position is: not noted on check-out therefore not chargeable to you. New tenants moved in on 16th so could have developed a fault or been broken since then. So, jog on.