How much money am I due back off my landlord

Craig660

Afternoon,

So I moved into my flat 5th April 2013.

I paid £600 for rent and a £200 deposit up front.

I then paid £600 rent again at on 5th May 2013

I handed my notice in today and will leaving the flat on the 9th April. My last payment was made

Would I be due back 600 + 200 deposit? My last payment was made 5th March 2016

Thanks

HappyMJ

Craig660 wrote: »

Afternoon,

So I moved into my flat 5th April 2013.

I paid £600 for rent and a £200 deposit up front.

I then paid £600 rent again at on 5th May 2013

I handed my notice in today and will leaving the flat on the 9th April. My last payment was made

Would I be due back 600 + 200 deposit? My last payment was made 5th March 2016

Thanks

You have to make the final rent payment on the 5th April of £600 which will cover you from the 5th to the 9th.

You may or may not get your £200 back that will depend if there is any deductions to be made from your deposit.

princeofpounds

Your explanation of your dates and, particularly, payment terms is not precise enough to give an exact answer.


However, rent is (generally-speaking) not 'apportionable'. What that means is that if you stay one day into a new monthly rental period (i.e. every time you hit the 5th of the month), you owe rent for the whole month (i.e. until the following 4th).


Exactly when this rent needs to be paid (which is a different thing to when it is owed) is specified as part of the contract. Normally it is just 'in advance'.


A nice LL might give you a pro-rata portion back, but they don't technically have to. Always worth asking though.


This seems unfair, until you realise the purpose of the legal principle. If you argue about how many days you get refunded, what about hours, minutes, seconds etc? A line has to be drawn somewhere and it is legally and logically consistent that it is done inline with your agreed rental periods.

Craig660

princeofpounds wrote: »

Your explanation of your dates and, particularly, payment terms is not precise enough to give an exact answer.


However, rent is (generally-speaking) not 'apportionable'. What that means is that if you stay one day into a new monthly rental period (i.e. every time you hit the 5th of the month), you owe rent for the whole month (i.e. until the following 4th).


Exactly when this rent needs to be paid (which is a different thing to when it is owed) is specified as part of the contract. Normally it is just 'in advance'.


A nice LL might give you a pro-rata portion back, but they don't technically have to. Always worth asking though.


This seems unfair, until you realise the purpose of the legal principle. If you argue about how many days you get refunded, what about hours, minutes, seconds etc? A line has to be drawn somewhere and it is legally and logically consistent that it is done inline with your agreed rental periods.

Thanks for the reply, there is no legal contact between us, I just moved in off spare room. But we get on well and are both very up front and honest with things in the flat.

The overstaying wouldn't be a problem, as I said we help each other out where we can.

Can I ask what addition information you would require for the dates, as I want to be sure on what I am owed.

HappyMJ

Craig660 wrote: »

Thanks for the reply, there is no legal contact between us, I just moved in off spare room. But we get on well and are both very up front and honest with things in the flat.

The overstaying wouldn't be a problem, as I said we help each other out where we can.

Can I ask what addition information you would require for the dates, as I want to be sure on what I am owed.

Are you a lodger? Does the landlord live in the property?

Craig660

HappyMJ wrote: »

Are you a lodger? Does the landlord live in the property?

Yes, I rent a room and he also lives there.

HappyMJ

Craig660 wrote: »

Yes, I rent a room and he also lives there.

Then it's whatever you can negotiate.

£600 a month sounded like you rented the whole property. I pay £475 a month for a 2 bedroom property.

Craig660

HappyMJ wrote: »

Then it's whatever you can negotiate.

£600 a month sounded like you rented the whole property. I pay £475 a month for a 2 bedroom property.

Agreed its a lot of money, but I live down south, near London.

So is there no rule of how this works?

As I from my understanding I paid, 600, then paid the rent for that month, a month after on the 5th.

So when i leave I should be all paid up for my usage ?

Craig660

Can anyone else help?

Rain_Shadow

What has the landlord told you he will give you? You have discussed it with him?

haf1

You are a lodger with very little legal rights. As above it is whatever you can negotiate.