Deposit Dispute

IMC2

I am currently in a dispute with my old landlord over deductions from my deposit. Deposit was £2250 and he has claimed £1940

To try and keep it short, he has made 34 different claims in a spreadsheet sent via email to myself and the other tenants, but when he has submit these to the DPS he has submitted 5 large claims as opposed to 34 small ones like in the spreadsheet. About 30 of these claims were present in the check in inventory which was creates the day we moved into the property. This was pointed out to him but he won't listen. I'd say 1 claim is fair and we have agreed to that deduction and the other 3 we wanted to negotiate the deduction as it was way over priced (he wanted £150 for a plug). Due to him multiplying all the claims together including ones we have agreed on we have had to reject all of them, hence the dispute.

Anyway, we have submitted his spreadsheet with our replys, the check in inventory and the check out inventory to the DPS as evidence.

Now say he has submitted 10 small claims together (from the spreadsheet) which comes to 1 big claim of £1000 and we can prove 9 of these are false. Would the DPS give us the £1000 back or would they still deduct what they think would be suitable for the remaining small claim? And if so, is this negotiated or would the DPS just decide what the decudtion should be and we get what we're given?

[Deleted User]

If any of the items are found to be caused by the tenant action and not to be fair wear and tear or already present when you moved in, the deposit protection scheme will decide what is an appropriate amount of compensation. There is no negotiation once a decision is made. #

Your evidence should include a list of which items claimed for, were already present on the check in report, or emails about the claims notifying the LL that there were problems that needed repair.

I hope this helps.

G_M

They will look at what he has actually claimed (be that 34 small items or 5 large ones). They will also look at the evidence he submits (eg check-in, check-out reports, contractors qgotations for each item etc).


Then they will look at whatever evidence you submit.


They will then decide which items, if any, are valid claims by the landlord, and whether the amount claimed for eachof those is reasonable.


* Deposits: payment, protection and return

IMC2

If he doesn't have contractor quotes would that go in our favour? Most repairs in the property have been botch jobs i.e. curtain rails, toilet roll holders drilled in with no rawl plugs causing cracks on the plaster board. Holes in walls replastered but never smoothed over or painted etc. All these botch Job were highlighted in the check-in report with photos and we did highlight some of this in our evidence.

Hammath

My landlord done the same and when the assessor looked at it all he broke down each part individually. So individual amounts that made up the total claim. Eg if the landlord claims £100 for 3 broken items and the assessor agrees that 1 is the fault of the tenant, they dismiss the other 2 and also only give a reasonable value for the other.

My landlord claimed £250 for new kitchen worktop due to a chip about the size of a 20p. I gave evidence that this was present at check in and the assessor said that wear and tear could have made it slightly worse, so awarded £20.

I found them very fair and reasonable.

mimiduck

Just to let you know as well when submitting a claim online the deposit scheme will not let anyone do 30 odd claims, they will each be categorized which is probably why the LL has submitted 5. But all and all as others have said make sure you have inventory to explain what you need and provide your necessary evidence.