Deposit Issue

Pixie5740

Read posts 2 and 4 again.

Haris_Baig

I gave my deposit to state agent and then deposit was passed over to my landlady so who is responsible to secure and who should i send my letter to ?

Thanks

Pixie5740

Your contract was with the landlord, she was responsible for protecting the deposit. Send you letter to her.

RAS

Your landlady is responsible for your deposit; read G_M's advice. It kinda refers to landlords throughout.

Haris_Baig

I had text message conversation with my LL which didn't go well, "she called me pig in the end" I was hoping she would pay me 150 if I somehow tell her she was wrong deducting my deposit and also she didn't even sent me receipts of work which was carried out, i have reminded out and she said it was sent but not received.

So i ll be demanding 150 plus compensation. Do i need to mention this on letter that now i am demanding compensation ? also how do i stamp my letter to her as advised by pixxie5740

Thanks

Haris_Baig

No inventory report was filled when i was moving in. I didn't even meet my LL till a year later.

Pixie5740

Does, "Write to your landlord (ink, paper, stamp)" sound like send a text message?

Stamp, a postage stamp. Good old snail mail. Get proof of postage.

G_M

Haris_Baig wrote: »

...... i rang DPS and they have no details and they asked me to contact other companies (my deposit and TDS ) but they all don't have any details which telling me that she hasn't protected my deposit....

So you have checked all the deposit schemes?

* Deposits: payment, protection and return

If so and she failed to protect:

Dear Mrs Landlady,

Letter Before Action

Further to our various communications and your refusal to return my full deposit, I am writing one final time to request the outstanding balance of £150.

Please be aware that you failed to protect my deposit in any of the government authorised schemes, as required by the Housing Act 2004, as amended by the Deregulation Act 2015.

Unless I receive the remainder of my deposit within 7 days of the date of this letter, I shall make a claim for the penalty for failure to protect, being 3 times the deposit (3 x £XXX = £YYY), as laid down in the Housing Act.

Yours sincerely,

H Baig


Send it by 1st class post from a post office (NOT text, email, carrier pigeon) to the landlord's address provided (usually on your tenancy agreement) "for serving notices". Ask the post office for 'proof of posting' when you send it. Do not send it recorded delivery or 'signed for'.

Haris_Baig

Thanks Pixie5740,

I didnt mean to send text message for above reason, conversation just started and ended horribly.

Thanks G_M,

Very nice letter, i ll be sending this soon. and i ll be taking all the instruction as well, you wrote "Do NOT send it recorded or signed for", may I ask the reason please.

Guest101

Because the LL may refuse to sign for it.