SHould I pay it?

Laurensalive

At least get you mail re directed. If you owe money it will catch up with you. At least take the time and inform all the companies that you have moved. You can do most now on line.

thesaint

cluelessoncanvey wrote: »

Thanks you seem to have come to a verdict here i am being too tight. Ok

Yeah, you are.

cluelessoncanvey wrote: »

By the way lived with the landlord for the last 8 years, and the daughter has stayed there on and off over those 8 years so have watched her grow up.

£7.50 is less than £1 per year for the privilege of watching his daughter. Cheap at half the price.

Gigervamp

Sounds like the OP was a lodger.

G_M

thesaint wrote: »

Yeah, you are.



£7.50 is less than £1 per year for the privilege of watching his daughter. Cheap at half the price.

Surely that depends on the daughter.

kinger101

cluelessoncanvey wrote: »

pulled my units out, massive damp patch around the virgin

Now I know why the LL wants rid of the mattress. I hope this wasn't his daughter.

HB58

OP, will you please confirm whether you lived in the landlord's house as a lodger or a separate dwelling as a tenant?

mrstick

kinger101 wrote: »

Now I know why the LL wants rid of the mattress. I hope this wasn't his daughter.

:rotfl:

G_M

kinger101 wrote: »

Now I know why the LL wants rid of the mattress. I hope this wasn't his daughter.

I doubt it since LL had agreed:

Also feel somewhat guilty that he agreed for me to have virgin installed

Mokka

C'mon people, a bit unfair to make fun out of all the virgin/mattress/daughter misspeaks since the OP admits he is CLUELESS and needs our help!

1.OP quite clearly did not get evicted- he was not taken by his landlord to court, since he is still on good terms with his LL and LL are never on good terms with tenants which cost them huge (and usually unrecoverable) court fees.

2. It is not clear whether OP was a lodger or a tenant. Did the landlord live in the same house? What about the tenancy agreement?

3. There is a difference between stuff breaking down and needing repair and causing damage by misusing it- breaking the light fitting falls in the last category and IMHO it is a deductible expense.

Re: redirecting post. Totally agree with Gingervamp on that. You do not want strangers to be in charge of your personal data/ bank account details etc. They can chuck your post out, for criminals to find and use it to set up accounts in your name or clear out yours.

Re: mattress

As G M says it is not quite clear cut. It might be an interesting ownership issue from a legal point of view, but resolving it is not worth the £7.50.

If you needed a mattress because of wear and tear the landlord should have paid for replacement. If he didn't and you had to buy your own, technically speaking you should be re-charging him for the cost of the mattress. How are you supposed to sleep without a mattress? If LL says: 'I don't want to reimburse you for this mattress, just keep it' you could claim you are owed for the usage of the mattress (I am actually only half-joking here. Once the landlord provides furnished property he has to replace everything- that's why most furnished properties are so sparsely equipped! )

Unless the previous mattress was perfectly good and he did you a favour by letting you get a different one?

Re: Virgin Media equipment (as opposed to a human virgin, perfectly capable of leaving wet patches) do you think the installer damaged something/cut through a pipe? (Electricity+ water= lethal combination)
If you did not install it by yourself, I can't see how this is your fault.
Having had dealings with VM I am a bit concerned you've removed the equipment yourself- they usually send someone to take the box away (or, more often don't turn up as agreed and charge you for line rental/fees for months, whilst you endlessly try to communicate this to their pathetic customer services until you feel suicidal, your credit record is wrecked and you are being pursued by bailiffs).

Some councils offer free bulk rubbish collection for people on low income.

I don't think your landlord is in the right regarding the mattress, so it's up to you whether it's worth making a fuss about £7.50

Irrespectively of this, redirect your mail

Get your deposit back- your landlord has insurance which will pay for damage caused by Virgin contractors

Check whether you've done the right thing with the Virgin equipment/contract- I have a feeling you haven't