Tenant Deposit and Letting Agency

Tyler119

buglawton wrote: »

This is the correct answer. You will probably get to keep most of the deposit if not all.
Does the agent or the property owner have the landlord side of the DPS account?
If it's you the landlord it's simplest of all. You need to take firm actions, collect a dossier of photos, this should suffice for the DPS.

I certainly do not want all the deposit, just enough to cover fixing the issues. The amount did originally come to over the deposit, I've worked really hard to bring it down to under the deposit amount. This was done through either removing issues from the claim, or agreeing to a lesser amount. However removing any further issues, or accepting less money. I have attempted to compromise on many occasion, only to be told he won't budge an inch. I have not threatened legal action or anything like that as I really hoped it could be worked out amicably.

FBaby

buglawton wrote: »

This is the correct answer. You will probably get to keep most of the deposit if not all.
Does the agent or the property owner have the landlord side of the DPS account?
If it's you the landlord it's simplest of all. You need to take firm actions, collect a dossier of photos, this should suffice for the DPS.

Only if there are very good pictures to support that the repainting was far from the same standard then what it was st the start of the lease. Experience has shown me that pictures don't show well poor painting jobs and adjudicators can only go with what they see.

Guest101

Tyler119 wrote: »

Wow I hate for you to be tenant with that attitude. - Ditto you as a landlord.

Well no, through the process of evidence (against no evidence), they will in all likelihood have to forfeit some deposit so I am not having to pay out of my own pocket to have issues created by themselves rectified. - That's YOUR tenants, who didn't bother to rectify the issues. I was quite clear on that point early.

You and others seem to think I was talking about a landlord shouting through the letterbox at tenants, "turn that TV down", or "clean your bedroom".........I was talking about people doing the decent and right thing...something that is lost in the world of today

You told them not to bother redecorating and now you're charging them.... Yes decent and right....

Guest101

Pixie5740 wrote: »

A model agreement with this disclaimer....

"Disclaimer
This document is being made available free of charge to anyone wishing to use it,
and whilst every care has been taken in its preparation ultimately only a court can
decide on the legal effect and enforceability of contractual terms. The Government
cannot, therefore, guarantee the legal effect of this model agreement and shall not
be held responsible for the consequences of the use of, or reliance on, this model
agreement, including for any financial loss suffered by any landlord, tenant or other
person. If you are in any doubt as to the implications of using this document you
should seek independent legal advice. "

Thanks Pixie!

Tyler119

Guest101 wrote: »

You told them not to bother redecorating and now you're charging them.... Yes decent and right....

Wow can you read posts thoroughly? If you did you would have seen that the original feature walls were the only decor changes put on the permission form ( I told them they did not need to put them back..to help them out). They never submitted one for painting an additional 2 FULL rooms which were not put back.

........I think you have an issue with landlords...I suggest Jaffa Cakes to remedy the situation....

fairy_lights

If the tenants initially wanted a long tenancy then when they decided to redecorate they probably thought they would be living there a lot longer than a year, and would have plenty of time in the future to put things back to their original state. Just a thought.

Tyler119

FBaby wrote: »

Only if there are very good pictures to support that the repainting was far from the same standard then what it was st the start of the lease. Experience has shown me that pictures don't show well poor painting jobs and adjudicators can only go with what they see.

Same standard, it isn't even the same colour! I have paperwork and photos from before they moved in showing that all wall upstairs (minus the bathroom) were all painted in natural calico.

I do have good photos, and video taken on a high end camcorder that shows the poor standard and the different colour.

Tyler119

fairy_lights wrote: »

If the tenants initially wanted a long tenancy then when they decided to redecorate they probably thought they would be living there a lot longer than a year, and would have plenty of time in the future to put things back to their original state. Just a thought.

I offered a longer tenancy, they insisted on a 12 month tenancy.

Guest101

Tyler119 wrote: »

Wow can you read posts thoroughly? If you did you would have seen that the original feature walls were the only decor changes put on the permission form ( I told them they did not need to put them back..to help them out). They never submitted one for painting an additional 2 FULL rooms which were not put back.

........I think you have an issue with landlords...I suggest Jaffa Cakes to remedy the situation....

Not all LLs, just incompetent ones.


If you gave permission to repaint some walls, its not a stretch to think you'd be ok with other walls too..

Tyler119

Guest101 wrote: »

Not all LLs, just incompetent ones.


If you gave permission to repaint some walls, its not a stretch to think you'd be ok with other walls too..

Well it is a stretch isn't it. I even asked before the end of tenancy for a confirmation of what colours were on which walls. They confirmed colours for the feature walls.....and left out that they had repainted additionally 2 full rooms.

I was certainly not an incompetent landlord and tried to be very fair. As I previously mentioned, I extended the driveway for them, I paid a higher fee to get the contractor to finish the property earlier than agreed so the tenants could move in sooner than the date I originally put to them. Even a bottle of champagne was put in the property for them moving in. I was always very decent and only expected decency back..if that makes me a bad landlord...so be it.