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Student Landlord
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Thats what I thought just wanted a legal perspective on things.0
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Legal perspective: you can deduct whatever they agree to.
They are lodgers, not tenants hence you are correct, the deposit does not need to be protected.
Since you live there you could be the person at fault? Would be harsh if it was you, but I'll assume not.
Anyway if they disagree with the deduction they can take you to court0 -
Are you operating a HMO? It sounds like what you have would fall in the definition (but you'd need to check with your local council). If so, do you conform to the regulations (like fire doors, exists etc). If you do not, and if your lodgers take umbrage at having to pay for this damage, then they could cause you a lot of trouble if they shop you for operating a HMO.0
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I think you were being more than fair to allocate a quarter share of the costs of the theft to yourself, when you knew it wasn't your fault.
Personally, I would have split the bill 3 ways between the others (assuming the culprit didn't own up) and tell them that I regretted I didn't know exactly who to apportion the bill to totally, but that the 2 innocent ones of them would know they were innocent and would need to "fight it out" and recover the money owed to them from the culprit directly. Problematic if they wouldn't even own up to each other as to "who dun it". But fairer than me landing up covering costs for culprit.
I've had the window heedlessly left open by a lodger before now and there were 2 of them at the time, but fortunately no thief took advantage and, if they had, then it was left open in the room belonging to one of them and so I would have known exactly who to charge the whole bill to. I don't understand why people can be so careless as to do things like this, when they have been told in advance of such an episode that THEY will be paying up if they cause a problem. I guess they don't believe anyone would have the guts to hold them responsible...0 -
If there are 4 of you you need a HMO0
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