End of joint tenancy and return of deposit

thesaint

Guest101 wrote: »

They cant. end of.

"End of" works in a school playground. Not in court.

If I were the agent, I would pay the bill, and let the tenant sue me.
The judge would laugh in the tenants face.

Agusia1985

They charge us for shower door runners, I told the agency about it twice during the tenancy; that's it's very hard to shut the door and a few parts have come off but they are saying that that the shower door runners are broken and they need to replace and fit new shower door, another thing is the basin plug again they are saying it's broken. I'd better ring shelter and find out about it

Pixie5740

thesaint wrote: »

If I were the agent, I would pay the bill, and let the tenant sue me.
The judge would laugh in the tenants face.

That's very kind of you to pay someone else's bill but I'm not sure why you think it would even get to court never mind result in a judge laughing in the tenant's face. The tenant could just use the deposit scheme's ADR unless you've forgotten to protect the deposit in which case you're right it could very well end up in court with the LL being sued for non-protection.

"Tenancy agreements often require the tenant to pay the charges they incur when they live in
the property. For example, tenants are often required to register their details with the local
authority or utility provider, and bills are therefore issued in the tenant’s name. Where these
bills are unpaid at the end of the tenancy, the adjudicator is likely to take the view that the
liability for the outstanding accounts is between the tenant and the local authority/utility
provider, rather than with the landlord. Therefore, unless the landlord can show that the bills
were not transferred into the tenant’s name, or that the landlord has been required to pay any
outstanding accounts, the adjudicator is unlikely to make an award to the landlord.
It is acknowledged that some utility companies do attempt to pursue landlords for outstanding
bills and those clauses are written into many ASTs to protect the landlord. However there is no
liability on the landlord, especially if they can ensure that they have informed the utility provider
that the tenant has vacated the property, they have provided the company with the fi nal meter
reading and a forwarding address for the tenant has been supplied."

Source: DPS

Guest101

thesaint wrote: »

"End of" works in a school playground. Not in court.

If I were the agent, I would pay the bill, and let the tenant sue me.
The judge would laugh in the tenants face.

Sometimes your views are just baffling...


The bill is a private contract between supplier and buyer, the agent is literally nothing to do with it.


I doubt the judge would 'laugh in the tenants face' either, but really it's academic.


The ADR process would find in the tenants favour.