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LL not returned full deposit
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So they are only down £33.33 each? If so is it really worth pursuing? By all means contact the landlord and ask for the other £100, but if it were me I wouldn't bother doing much else if he didn't respond...0
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Is it possible that the £100 is a fee for the check-out inventory? It might say something in their tenancy agreement about it.0
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I'll suggest she asks for the other £100 but then chalks this down to experience.
She's now bought somewhere so won't have to put up with LLs such as this one.
BTW, convictions where against someone current LL acted as an agent for (who's now dead) and were for illegal eviction, dangerous electrics, ignoring fire safety, etc.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 -
So they are only down £33.33 each? If so is it really worth pursuing? By all means contact the landlord and ask for the other £100, but if it were me I wouldn't bother doing much else if he didn't respond...
Actually if the deposit was not protected/they were not given the prescribed information, they can sue for up to 3 times the total, over £2k.
The threat of that might just encourage the LL to cough up quickly.If you've have not made a mistake, you've made nothing0 -
They may have a hard job on that one as the deposit has now been returned all be it with deductions, even in cases where the tenant is still within the tenancy, the usual course of action is to order that the deposit be protected or after the tenancy that the deposit is returned in full.0
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OK, it seems that the deposit wasn't protected as none of the three companies have any record of it.
LL is claiming the carpets were dirty and "stank". They were vacuumed twice and then cleaned by a professional company. Receipt and 'photos of company doing the job are to hand.
Yes, it's only £100, but they guy is clearly trying it on and need putting in his place.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 -
gadgetmind wrote: »OK, it seems that the deposit wasn't protected as none of the three companies have any record of it.
LL is claiming the carpets were dirty and "stank". They were vacuumed twice and then cleaned by a professional company. Receipt and 'photos of company doing the job are to hand.
Yes, it's only £100, but they guy is clearly trying it on and need putting in his place.
MCOL for the £100
If you want to sue for non-protection you should speak to a solicitor first.0 -
Claim for 3 x £750 = £2,250 for failure to protect, plus £100 for the disputed deduction.gadgetmind wrote: »OK, it seems that the deposit wasn't protected as none of the three companies have any record of it.0 -
LL's action is not defensible, but the tenants have hardly helped themselves by failing to check (on taking up occupation, not when it's due back) that the deposit was protected. Busy students they may be, but they've had more than a year to pursue that issue. And, had they known that, they'd have been aware that, come end of lease, the LL was more than likely to rip them off further with spurious damage claims. In these cases, with 40 properties, he probably takes £100 off all the deposits as a matter of course, and perhaps half the tenants don't bother to pursue the shortfall? That's probably a couple of grand a year in his pocket. Grr...
Claim the full amount possible as above.No free lunch, and no free laptop
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Yes, I agree they haven't helped the situation, but there's only so much you can do as a parent, particularly when there are three of them involved.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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