Getting Deposit Back From a Bad Landlord - How ?

G_M

MoroFenrir wrote: »

According to my teancy agreement , the deposit is held with DPS. www.depositprotection.com

Read the link provided!


* Deposits: payment, protection and return

MoroFenrir

anselld wrote: »

So, you need to confirm that has actually happened. The DPS has two schemes, Custodial and Insured. You first should make sure you have the necessary details to log into the DPS website and view the status of your deposit online.

Then familiarise yourself with this document...
https://www.depositprotection.com/documents/a-guide-to-tenancy-deposits-disputes-and-damages.pdf

Then wait and see what happens at checkout and raise a dispute via DPS if necessary.

No I can't find any of that info in my tenancy agreement where it speaks of the deposit being held .

I could ring the original estate agents who put us in the property though and see if they have it .

The tenancy agreement was all done by the estate agents, even though the LL managed the property .

In fact I will scan a copy of my tenancy agreement later (blocking out important info) and post it on here

MoroFenrir

Right , checked on their website and even though I don't have a deposit ID to check the status, it does say there is a deposit held for my tenancy .

My tenancy started in april 2012 , so I've been there 4.5 years , and the carpets etc weren't new when I moved in , so am I right to think the landlord won't be able to charge me for new ones because of wear? Especially as they all stink from the damp

My worry is that one new one was put in downstairs, when we had to have the whole living room ripped out because of a serious rat infestation ( Just something else we had to put up with ) , and that carpet too now smells damp and foisty and occasionally grows mould .
So I really do not want to be charged for that .

AdrianC

MoroFenrir wrote: »

My tenancy started in april 2012 , so I've been there 4.5 years , and the carpets etc weren't new when I moved in , so am I right to think the landlord won't be able to charge me for new ones because of wear?

The carpets have an estimated life, depending on quality. Let's say it's ten years. If they were three years old when you moved in, then they're now 7.5yrs old, or 3/4 of the way through their expected life.

So the absolute most you can be charged is a quarter of their cost. IF you are held to be liable for their condition.

My worry is that one new one was put in downstairs, when we had to have the whole living room ripped out because of a serious rat infestation

That would depend on whether you could be held liable for the rodent damage.

MoroFenrir

AdrianC wrote: »

The carpets have an estimated life, depending on quality. Let's say it's ten years. If they were three years old when you moved in, then they're now 7.5yrs old, or 3/4 of the way through their expected life.

So the absolute most you can be charged is a quarter of their cost. IF you are held to be liable for their condition.



That would depend on whether you could be held liable for the rodent damage.

Well the handyman that ripped the kitchen out , found a big stash of items behind the cupboards that the rats had stolen , including toys from the previous tenants children , so the rats had been there longer than we had .

They got in through a hole in the outside wall near the drains , and through a similar hole in the kitchen , because we have a septic tank they follow the pipes in.

Proxima_Centauri

Can you take a witness with you on the 11th October?

MoroFenrir

Proxima_Centauri wrote: »

Can you take a witness with you on the 11th October?

A witness? Yes.
Impartial ? No.

The only one's I could ask would be friends or family .

I can also try to ask the estate agents ?