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Are there any known cases of suing LL for 3 x the amount of an unprotected deposit?
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abercrombie wrote: »Myself and my partner have recently discovered after 12 months that our landlord still has our deposit and hasn't protected it and he said this is because its too much hassle. He owns the building and apparently no ones deposit it protected. We are due to move so not sure whether we would have a case in court once our tenancy has ended.
Possibly. See Shelter's guide to deposit protection.Deleted_User wrote: »As far as I know you have a time frame of 6 years after moving out to sue for non protection of deposit.
I am right?
Or is it 6 years from the beginning of the tenancy?
6 years from the date your tenancy ends I think. In Scotland it's only 6 months.0 -
Well, just been informed we will not be getting a single penny of our deposit back.
Not sure if we take them to court, or just leave it. I hate to see them getting away with the way we have been treated, but I don't know how much fight I have in me.0 -
Take them to court. It's a lot of money.
You will potentially be doing other future tenants a favour.
You will at least then know you have done all you can and get some satisfaction if you win.
HB:beer:0 -
It's understandable that you're running out of steam. Without an address in the UK it will be difficult to serve notice to take your LL to court.
Have you given Shelter a phone to see what they advise?0 -
I will give shelter a call tomorrow, discussing with my husband we will leave it a month and then make our move.
would you expect to get a check out report? I don't think we will get one.
we will go down the court route though, I can get a uk address, I'm confident about that0
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