Renter's Deposit overpaid. Pay back?

Catblue

kayj_prod wrote: »

Incidentally, had the deposit have been underpaid I would have immediately been on the phone asking for the remainder, but then the agency would have an obligation to return that. A situation which many people will know. However, I thought my question was interesting because of the reversal of the situation.

Glad you've seen sense and returned the money.

I also think that the situation was not reversed; it was exactly the same - a mistake was made and someone tried to take advantage of the situation. The obligation to return the money is the same, just that the agency may have had difficulty obtaining it.

I think that keeping money that does not belong to you reflects badly on anyone's character.

The other thing of course is that the letting agency might easily have decided to recover the £100 from another tenant's deposit. Would you have been happy with that?

advent1122

kayj_prod wrote: »

I was interested in the legal position I was in, not the moral position.

So you were waiting for an answer along the lines of "legally you can keep the money?".

What type of person even needs to ask this question.