getting your room bond money back?

mhoc

I know that this is probally one of those "how long is a piece of string" questions but is there a reasonable time limit in which to expect your room deposit back?

My daughter paid £300 to secure her room September 2006, its a student house with 6 rooms. Originally the move out date was September 15th but the landlords agent has managed to remove all of the tennants from the house and new tennants are now in. My daughter was the last to go, I think there is a new person in her room now so I am assuming that the final inspection has been made.

The landlords agent also paid the utility bills and then split them into 6. I am also assuming the final readings have been done becuase the other new ones have been in a few weeks now but we have not had the final invoices yet.

I have emailed the agent today to see what stage we are at but comunication is not one of her finer skills so I doubt wether I will get a response.

Actually we are also supposed to get a weeks rent returned.

One of the other girls left in June and still has not has hers back.

lil_lisa

Regardless of when the people actually move out they will not start arranging all of this until the contract is officially finished. When I moved out of my last house I was told it would be around 8 weeks before the cheque was finally sent to me.

They should give you the weeks rent back as they're not legally allowed to rent the same room to different tenants at the same time but it may be worth requesting this as some companies like this are sneaky and hope you wont notice.

I'm very surprised how quickly the turn around of that accomodation is since most student lets i've heard of have an 11 month contract which gives them the 1 month buffer to sort out any repairs which need to be done to the property

mhoc

It does actually make a lot of sense to have a buffer period for repair and maintance even if it is only a couple of weeks. The house actually still has the ongoing plumbing problems it has had all year and the cooker has not worked for weeks but still the agent was very keen to move the new people in.

The other girls have gradually all moved out since June as they either went home or abroad etc just leaving my daughter.

Decorators also were working on the house over the last few weeks as the new ones started arriving, before my daughter left.

8 weeks seems a long time. My daughters bills have always been paid and on time.