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Disputing return of deposit
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....Where do we stand? ....
You appear in urgent need of knowledge of landlord's responsibilities, how to cope with an agent etc etc: Suggest starting with this course...
https://www.rla.org.uk/landlord/courses/choosing_the_right_agent.shtml
Have you asked for & received advice on forums before??
Do you have legal authority (eg in writing..) to represent mom?? re spelling of Mom: You're not American are you??0 -
theartfullodger wrote: »re spelling of Mom: You're not American are you??
Mom is the norm in the West Midlands and the Black Country, it's not necessarily an Americanism.0 -
Why's it called the Black Country?Jim_Jupiter wrote: »Mom is the norm in the West Midlands and the Black Country, it's not necessarily an Americanism.
Just interested...0 -
Why's it called the Black Country?
Just interested...
It's to do with the Industrial revolution, the area became full of coal mines and steel mills and other such industries. I think it's a reference to both the amount of pollution produced there back then as well as the abundance of coal found in the area.0 -
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Without a signed inventory, mom is stuffed basically and the tenants can sue mom for non return in full.
I would instruct the agent to return the full deposit and then sue them for any damage for failing a duty of care trusted to them in failing to perform what is a very basic requirement in lettings.
Not the moral position, but certainly the legal one if the tenants take umbridge.I do Contracts, all day every day.0 -
As a landlord your mother is the only one who is responsible for inventories, protecting the deposit etc. As she seems to have chosen not to take on these responsibilities I'm not surprised she now finds herself in this position.
Firstly unless your mother is able to prove the damage then she is unable to hold back any of the deposit and the company holding the deposit would ensure it is all returned to the tenant. Unless of course your mother hasn't protected the deposit in which case the tenant can sue her for three times the deposit amount.0
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