Potential landlord issues

hupik

I today received notice from my landlord to vacate my property by 24th June although no reason has been given. I suspect the reason for this is the timeline below

November - Toilet was constantly filling as the system inside toilet needed replaced, landlord did this himself which caused water to leak out for around a week as was not fitted correctly causing damp patch downstairs (he agreed was due to him)
3rd January - Fence in garden had blown down and I sent a text advising of this
20th January - heard nothing back so text again
9th March - Called landlord as another section of fencing had blown down, they advised would come and repair (he didn't)
19th March - text to say had repaired the fence myself
8th April - sent letter as garden in front garden had collapsed and advised of numerous outstanding issues with property. Advised that these were minor issues but would require being looked into
20th - April received note to vacate property

Now it's the landlords right to take possession of their property but the last tenant had some of their deposit kept despite having repainted the entire house themselves to remove scuff marks etc. and from what I could tell washing down the garage floor (above and beyond).

I suspect the landlord will attempt to keep some of our deposit and as such I want to prepare myself now for this eventuality (hence I have a record of phone calls, text messages and wrote the letter).

Does anyone have any advise on what else I can do?

pmlindyloo

When did your tenancy begin? For how long? When did the landlord issue the Section 21? Are you in England/Wales or Scotland?(All important questions)

As regards the repairs. You may be protected from eviction under certain new regulations

Read this:

http://england.shelter.org.uk/get_advice/repairs_and_bad_conditions/repairs_in_private_lets/risk_of_eviction

Please note that you have had to meet all the requirements about reporting the repairs to be safeguarded and making the Section 21 invalid.

Presuming that you do not fall under these new rules then the matter of LL doing the repairs is basically a non starter since you will soon be leaving. For future reference there is a procedure to follow when your LL fails to carry out his obligation which you should always follow, particularly now that the new legislation gives you more protection from eviction if you follow that procedure. (The procedure to report repairs can be found on Shelter's
website.)

As regards the LL deducting money from the deposit then you need to keep records of when you reported things and what was done and when and take pictures.

As regards your LL deducting money from your deposit this will basically rely on the LL proving that damage etc has been done since the beginning of the tenancy. Much rests on the original inventory and that you left it in the same condition save wear and tear.

The deposit is your money and it is up to the landlord to prove that the deductions are correct.

Any photos you can take, any paperwork,emails etc that you have will be useful evidence.

If the LL makes deductions form the deposit then you can raise a dispute with the deposit scheme where your deposit is protected.

It is protected isn't it? And you did receive the prescribed information about the deposit protection scheme didn't you?

hupik

Thanks for your reply

Sorry I should have put more info
The property is in England and tenancy started 25th September (just shy of the new legislation). It was a 6 month contract so is now on a rolling lease.

The required repairs are minor and I only advised the landlord now to stop future issues. The deposit is in deposit protection scheme, I have kept records of correspondence but no photos, I'll take these now