Student joint tenancy - tenant left owing

bsms1147

pinkshoes wrote: »

If the deposit is £1500 and the tenant owes £800, then surely the LL can return £700 to your daughter, so she's then only lost £50 of the deposit?

Or are there other expenses to be deducted?

Probably more than two tenants.

solentsusie

Did your daughter have a tenancy agreement outlining what type of tenancy it is? Was the deposit put in a TDS?

Do none of her other housemates (I presume there were more than just the two of them) have the contact details of the student who has not paid their share of the rent? Isn't it going to be difficult to take them to small claims if nobody has any contact details?

I hope you manage to get it sorted out.

pinkshoes

bsms1147 wrote: »

Probably more than two tenants.

Ah yes, for some reason I thought it was just the two of them.

OP, your daughter needs to contact the uni/college, and get them involved. They should be able to supply a contact address for this student, then you can send a letter before action asking for the money, and threatening to take him to court.

If he has any sense, he'll pay.

Until then, not a lot you can do other than divvy up the remaining deposit and then take him to court.

OR... perhaps you could ask him for an address to send his share of the deposit? He MIGHT fall for it!