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How long does TDS dispute take to resolve?
DragonQ
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Anyone have experience with a tenant/agent dispute using TDS? I rejected the agent's original offer and they rejected mine, so I started a dispute on TDS. Since then the agent has said they'd accept my offer but I'm thinking I might as well just wait until the TDS dispute is finished.
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Doubt if anyone can be precise about a dispute period. However, you can bring it to an end now by accepting the agent's acceptance. I suppose you may do a little better if the dispute runs but there again, you may not.
If you accept the offer now you know you'll be happy with it because you proposed it.Mornië utulië0 -
This is often how it goes - the LL caves in when you submit the dispute because he knows his evidence won't stack up.
Bear in mind that the TDS adjudicator will probably consider the fact that you made an offer which you thought was reasonable (unless you marked it WITHOUT PREJUDICE) so may not award you any more than your offer anyway.Let's settle this like gentlemen: armed with heavy sticks
On a rotating plate, with spikes like Flash Gordon
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Well, all but one of their claims they have no chance of winning in my view since the evidence is in my favour. The last one I reckon falls under fair wear and tear, whereas they don't. I think I'm more likely to pay less by letting the dispute run its course, but obviously if it's going to take many weeks then I might just take the offer and run now.0
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I left my rental property on 16th March, currently the LL/Agent have a week to comment on my evidence. Then it could be up to 4 weeks for the adjudicator to make a decision, and then another 2 weeks to allow either of us to contest the decision and if noone does then it could be another week before I get the money. If I were you I would just agree to the offer now obviously depending on how much the contested amount is.0
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When I went through the dispute process with TDS it took 3 months from start to finish.0
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Well the agent has now dropped most of their deductions. They now just want a small sum for a ring mark left on a kitchen worktop. Out of interest, would that normally be judged as fair wear & tear or are they right to ask for compensation?0
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Like you I wonder why a 'ring mark on a kitchen worktop' wouldn't be classified as fair wear and tear. Mind you, what sort of worktop was it that couldn't bear something put on it that would leave a 'ring mark' - unless it was an exceedingly hot saucepan on a wooden or similar surface? I would then be led to wonder if that surface was fit for purpose...This is a system account and does not represent a real person. To contact the Forum Team email forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com0
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The thing is, I can barely see the mark on their close-up photo (which is poor quality to begin with). Seems so pedantic and I hate my letting agent with a passion so part of me wants to contest it just out of principle.uselessaver wrote: »Like you I wonder why a 'ring mark on a kitchen worktop' wouldn't be classified as fair wear and tear. Mind you, what sort of worktop was it that couldn't bear something put on it that would leave a 'ring mark' - unless it was an exceedingly hot saucepan on a wooden or similar surface? I would then be led to wonder if that surface was fit for purpose...0 -
A small sum for a ring mark seems acceptable to me. I think of it as avoidable damage rather than something that has occurred through repetitive use (wear and tear).
As they say in Frozen: let it go. It hardly seems worth a principled stand unless they have been really annoying
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