Landlord dissappeared - Trying to recover tenancy deposit

sparkey1

Ok, one option is to try the advice of an earlier poster and get the details from the land registry fo r the property. It will cost £3. A worthwhile investment. I have done that myself to contact other flat owners in a block.

If the landlord uses the anti fraud property alert service, he will receive an email notification that someone is browsing the deeds, and this might prompt him to get back to you (I suspect not).

shahc

Yes

Throwaway1 wrote: »

Whilst it could be a scam, you seem to have jumped the gun a little bit. There's a slight chance he could actually be in hospital. A few questions:


When did your son last hear from the LL? Is he still responding to communications?

Are there new tenants in the property that your son has just vacated? Has your son spoken to them if so?

Did the LL use a letting agent or did he let the property himself?

yes the last text was 2 wks ago saying he was very seriously ill. He has blocked me and does not reply to any texts or emails.
He just checked today and there is someone occupying the property. But they did seem to want to speak to him. He is letting the property himself, my guess.

shahc

G_M wrote: »

If the LL did not provide an address in Eng/Wales for serving notices, why did your son pay rentS48). Ah well - too late now.

If you have no address and sice the deposit is not protected, sue the landlord

a) for the depositt and
b) fr the penalty for non-protection.

Use tthe property address.

If/when you win, if payment is still not forthcoming, place a charge on the property.

However - if the LL is responding to texts, ask which hospital and for the name/address of someone (next of kin?) who can help him. If he's genuinely in hospital a bit of leeway might be in order.

Lesson learnt the hard way. LL not responding to texts or emails. Claimed to be very seriously ill the last text 2 weeks ago. Seems he knows every trick in the book.

shahc

sparkey1 wrote: »

Ok, one option is to try the advice of an earlier poster and get the details from the land registry fo r the property. It will cost £3. A worthwhile investment. I have done that myself to contact other flat owners in a block.

If the landlord uses the anti fraud property alert service, he will receive an email notification that someone is browsing the deeds, and this might prompt him to get back to you (I suspect not).

Property is not in his name, that is if he is using his real name!

Rosemary7391

Would it be permissible to send a letter care of the bank and to the property?


Interesting that the property isn't in his name. Presumably he's the only LL? If you've not got an agreement naming the LL maybe you could issue proceedings in both names and let the judge decide who the LL actually was.

Cakeguts

See if you can find the person whose name is on the deeds at the land registry.