My name is still on lease with ex and I need my deposit back!

PersianCatLady

weather83 wrote: »

As you have a joint tenancy, all you need to do is give formal notice, and the tenancy ends for both you and your ex after the notice period. The agency will then do an inspection (probably), and work out how much of the deposit to give back.

If your ex wants to stay, he will have to get a new tenancy with the agency.

Has your ex been paying rent/looking after the property? Even though you don't live there, you are also (legally) responsible for the rent and any damage to the property.

I would speak to the agency to check the situation, then give notice. You should also give your ex fair warning, so he can sort out somewhere to live.

If I am reading this correctly, the ex seems quite happy where he is as he has not made any effort to move out of the flat.

By ending the AST in order to (hopefully) get your depsosit back, your ex could end up with nowhere to go.

I wonder if he might be tempted to ensure that there is no deposit left to get back from the LL??

You never know what a bitter ex might do in order to get revenge.

May I ask - did you think that you would be able to tell the LA that you wanted your name off of the lease and the deposit would be returned to you??

PersianCatLady

decoydream wrote: »

OK I get you. Is that why they're saying to me he needs a new guarantor? In order to agree a new tenancy? If I handed the notice in now, regardless if he stays there or not, would the deposit be released back to myself?

If there is damage to the property or anything else that can be taken from a deposit then you may find that there is nothing left to get back.

Cheeky_Monkey

decoydream wrote: »

Hello everyone,

In August 2016 I officially broke up with my partner I was with at the time and moved out. The lease for the house is in our names however I am the main tenant. I have had multiple attempts to get my name off the lease and also get my deposit back without much luck at all. I know it's been so long since I moved out and it should have been dealt with earlier but life just gets in the way. I have since had to become my dad's carer, bought my own home and on top of all of this, I left my dog with said ex only to find out he's been abused and neglected as of a few days ago! (Hence the need to be completely disassociated with this scum bag. RSPCA are involved - don't worry.)

The last time I spoke to the estate agent (which was months ago now, granted) they said that they needed my ex to get a guarantor for him before they could take me off the lease? And they haven't really said anything about my deposit. I'm going to call them back tomorrow morning but thought I'd seek some advice from you lot first. My question is: CAN I get my deposit back? I was the main tenant, my ex is listed as 'other tenants'. On the receipt for the deposit it has my name solely on it. The deposit is also protected through mydeposits.co.uk.

Can anyone give me any advice at all? I'm so bad with these things but it needs sorting! Thank you all so much regardless just for reading this.

Not sure why you felt the need to mention this but since you have - that is your own fault for leaving your dog with him. You should have taken him/her to your own house.