afraid landlord will take me to court

meggles88

jjlandlord wrote: »

This is not relevant.

They told you that they no longer acted for your landlord. From that moment on what they say no longer matters and you cannot claim that you followed their advice because you thought they still acted for your landlord.

In that case the landlord has failed to notify me of the changes and is in breach of the law?

pyueck

meggles88 wrote: »

Sorry its only because on the dispute form it states AGENT as well and I know you have to have tried to resolve the matter before going ahead with the claim

I am not telling you again something that I have told you so many times.

meggles88

pyueck wrote: »

Meggles I am so confused with your posts, to be honest a lot of what you say makes no sense, I wish you would write more clearly. I have absolutely zero idea who your agent and landlord are?

When you say 'first months rent' what property was this for, the place you have just moved into or the place you moved out of? Is it the latest agency or a previous one?

If I were you I would write to the landlord on your deposit schemes website and ask them to refund it in 10 days. If this doesn't happen just dispute it.

If the situation is really as complex as it sounds, I doubt anybody can work out where your deposit funds are, so best to ask for it, and if no luck dispute it and claim through them.

Sorry i am dyslexic and struggle to put my thouhts into coherent sentences sometimes!

I gave my notice and specified 15th january as my last date in the property (call it property x) I gave them permission to use the deposit for the period from 15th january until 15th february property x. However now it appears that they accepted the surrender of the tenancy i do not believe i owe rent for this period and would like my deposit returned. Does this make sense? I am so sorry for not being clearer!

pyueck

meggles88 wrote: »

Sorry i am dyslexic and struggle to put my thouhts into coherent sentences sometimes!

I gave my notice and specified 15th january as my last date in the property (call it property x) I gave them permission to use the deposit for the period from 15th january until 15th february property x. However now it appears that they accepted the surrender of the tenancy i do not believe i owe rent for this period and would like my deposit returned. Does this make sense? I am so sorry for not being clearer!

So in what way is that the first months rent?

Why would you agree that you would pay rent for a period after you had left?

I would just ask for it back and then dispute it. See what the deposit scheme says, I reckon if you are deemed to have legally surrendered the property then this won't stand. This is especially if the agency was claiming you needed to pay rent after you had legally surrendered your tenancy.

meggles88

pyueck wrote: »

So in what way is that the first months rent?

Why would you agree that you would pay rent for a period after you had left?

I would just ask for it back and then dispute it. See what the deposit scheme says, I reckon if you are deemed to have legally surrendered the property then this won't stand. This is especially if the agency was claiming you needed to pay rent after you had legally surrendered your tenancy.

I meant the first month of the remaining fixed term tenancy. And I agreed because i am an idiot! Thank you for all your help i will let you know how it goes!

pyueck

meggles88 wrote: »

I meant the first month of the remaining fixed term tenancy. And I agreed because i am an idiot! Thank you for all your help i will let you know how it goes!

No worries, my advice:

1) ignore any requests for further rent unless it is a court claim (in which case come back here for advice)
2) send by recorded post the landlord on the deposit form a letter giving them 10 days to return deposit
3) if not returned in 10 days dispute it with the scheme.
4) don't stress about it