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Lodger deposit being withheld
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(Seeking advice on behalf of my sister).
My sister was recently served notice on her lodgings which she shared with 2 others (The landlord + another lodger).
2 weeks after moving out, the landlord has now said they intend to withhold £435 from the deposit amount as the communal areas had apparently not been cleaned well enough. The landlord done the cleaning herself (saying it took 2 1/2 days) but is charging what she feels it would have cost if she had gotten a professional cleaner in. She is also charging the whole amount to my sister rather then splitting it 3 ways.
No inventory was ever done and the landlord has not provided any quotes or evidence of the cleaning required.
Just wondering if my sister would have a good chance of making a claim through the courts? She tells me that she cleaned the communal areas properly.
My sister was recently served notice on her lodgings which she shared with 2 others (The landlord + another lodger).
2 weeks after moving out, the landlord has now said they intend to withhold £435 from the deposit amount as the communal areas had apparently not been cleaned well enough. The landlord done the cleaning herself (saying it took 2 1/2 days) but is charging what she feels it would have cost if she had gotten a professional cleaner in. She is also charging the whole amount to my sister rather then splitting it 3 ways.
No inventory was ever done and the landlord has not provided any quotes or evidence of the cleaning required.
Just wondering if my sister would have a good chance of making a claim through the courts? She tells me that she cleaned the communal areas properly.
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(Seeking advice on behalf of my sister).
My sister was recently served notice on her lodgings which she shared with 2 others (The landlord + another lodger).
2 weeks after moving out, the landlord has now said they intend to withhold £435 from the deposit amount as the communal areas had apparently not been cleaned well enough. The landlord done the cleaning herself (saying it took 2 1/2 days) but is charging what she feels it would have cost if she had gotten a professional cleaner in. She is also charging the whole amount to my sister rather then splitting it 3 ways.
No inventory was ever done and the landlord has not provided any quotes or evidence of the cleaning required.
Just wondering if my sister would have a good chance of making a claim through the courts? She tells me that she cleaned the communal areas properly.
Sounds like a try on... Does the agreement specify anything?
A trip to moneyclaim online sounds like its in the air.0 -
A good chance of success via Moneyclaimonline.0
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Just as an update: After Several letters and just as we were about to start the court action, the landlord agreed to pay back just over £300 of the deposit and retain the rest for cleaning.0
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Just as an update: After Several letters and just as we were about to start the court action, the landlord agreed to pay back just over £300 of the deposit and retain the rest for cleaning.
:eek: She's taking the pi$$! £135 for cleaning.....cleaning a property she (the LL) lives in day-to-day with another lodger too, with no inventory/evidence of this supposed muck? Pull the other one.
I reckon, with a well worded letter before action, you could get her to give it all back.I have a simple philosophy:
Fill what's empty. Empty what's full. Scratch where it itches.
- Alice Roosevelt Longworth0 -
:eek:Just as an update: After Several letters and just as we were about to start the court action, the landlord agreed to pay back just over £300 of the deposit and retain the rest for cleaning.
That's just crazy!!! I suggest not to accept it and keep going...more than £100 and then that's not even for getting a professional cleaner in? Someone's trying to make a profit from this...and it's not your sister...0 -
In your position, I would be minded to write back, state that the offer is unacceptable and the legal action will continue to recover the full deposit.Just as an update: After Several letters and just as we were about to start the court action, the landlord agreed to pay back just over £300 of the deposit and retain the rest for cleaning.
With no agreement or written contract, there is no basis for the Landlord to deduct for cleaning - issues giving rise to a right to deduct deposit would have to be quite singular damage.You might as well ask the Wizard of Oz to give you a big number as pay a Credit Referencing Agency for a so-called 'credit-score'0
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