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LL not returned full deposit
gadgetmind
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Daughter a two friends rented a student house last year. They paid £250 deposit each but LL has only returned a total of £650 with no explanation for the deduction.
They didn't damage anything, cleaner the whole place, and had the carpets professionally cleaner. Paint was peeling in bathroom but there is no extraction and opening a window (which can't be left open when out of house) can only do so much.
Suggestions for 1st line of response?
LL is a known scumbag who features in local newspapers and magistrates courts for his renting antics.
They didn't damage anything, cleaner the whole place, and had the carpets professionally cleaner. Paint was peeling in bathroom but there is no extraction and opening a window (which can't be left open when out of house) can only do so much.
Suggestions for 1st line of response?
LL is a known scumbag who features in local newspapers and magistrates courts for his renting antics.
I am not a financial adviser and neither do I play one on television. I might occasionally give bad advice but at least it's free.
Like all religions, the Faith of the Invisible Pink Unicorns is based upon both logic and faith. We have faith that they are pink; we logically know that they are invisible because we can't see them.
Like all religions, the Faith of the Invisible Pink Unicorns is based upon both logic and faith. We have faith that they are pink; we logically know that they are invisible because we can't see them.
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Was the deposit protected in a scheme as legally required? Which one? Have they raised a dispute?If you've have not made a mistake, you've made nothing0
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which area/ university is this please?0
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Where is the rental property? Scotland, Northern Ireland, England & Wales? There are different laws regarding deposits depending on where it is.
Was the deposit registered with any deposit scheme?
Did the landlord live in the same property and your daughter and her friends?
Do they have a check-in inventory? Is there a check-out inventory?
Were there any rent arrears?0 -
Nottingham in England, landlord not in property (owns 40+ houses), will check regards inventory, fully up to date on rent.
The deposit *should* have been in a scheme, but ISTR one of his convictions relates to that.I am not a financial adviser and neither do I play one on television. I might occasionally give bad advice but at least it's free.
Like all religions, the Faith of the Invisible Pink Unicorns is based upon both logic and faith. We have faith that they are pink; we logically know that they are invisible because we can't see them.0 -
No dispute raised as they thought better to contact him first, but maybe they just escalate now?
He also look two months to return what they got.I am not a financial adviser and neither do I play one on television. I might occasionally give bad advice but at least it's free.
Like all religions, the Faith of the Invisible Pink Unicorns is based upon both logic and faith. We have faith that they are pink; we logically know that they are invisible because we can't see them.0 -
Well get them to check all 3 schemes on-line and see whether it is there.
If it is there, raise a dispute.
Were they given the prescribed information within 30 days?If you've have not made a mistake, you've made nothing0 -
so find out which scheme it was registered in and discover if a) you are now out of time anyway and b) whether they will entertain a claim nowgadgetmind wrote: »No dispute raised as they thought better to contact him first, but maybe they just escalate now?
He also look two months to return what they got.
frankly I think the response will be a) you are too late and b) we no longer hold the money so what do you expect us to do
therefore your only remaining action is to sue, but you knew that anyway.0 -
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They waited because they are all busy medical students and they ignored me nagging them.
I am not a financial adviser and neither do I play one on television. I might occasionally give bad advice but at least it's free.
Like all religions, the Faith of the Invisible Pink Unicorns is based upon both logic and faith. We have faith that they are pink; we logically know that they are invisible because we can't see them.0
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