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Tenant responsibilities
Janders99
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New to the board but would appreciate some help. I privately rented a flat for 12 years and have just moved out. I wasnt expecting to get my deposit back as I knew it needed cleaned up and reckoned the landlord would claim this would use up the full deposit(£400) but he has now just called and said that it will cost £4000 to get the property back to how it was when I first moved in but he will accept less than this( £2500) as I was a tenant and paid my rent for so long. This was an unfurnished flat and although I didnt leave it spotless it was reasonably clean and tidy. He seems to expect me to pay to have the whole place carpeted, decorated etc and who knows what else. I am in Glasgow and would appreciate any advice on this or anyone I can speak to who can give me some advice. Thanks
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Nope. If you have been in for that long no arbitration service would seem any redecordation anything to fall under stuff that is over and above fair wear and tear. Properties need maintenance that's the LLs problem. If you took down walls and he had proof that's different.
He needs to specify what and why he is claiming.
Any inventories done?0 -
Check the deposit is protected and claim via the scheme.
As above decoration and carpets will be fair wear and tear after that duration so unless there is some other damage you haven't mentioned they should only deduct what is fair for cleaning.0 -
Did you move in after April 2007?0
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Nope. If you have been in for that long no arbitration service would seem any redecordation anything to fall under stuff that is over and above fair wear and tear. Properties need maintenance that's the LLs problem. If you took down walls and he had proof that's different.
He needs to specify what and why he is claiming
This is correct. Were there regular inspections done every 6 months? Any issues should have been raised by the landlord then surely if they're worth £4000..0 -
New to the board but would appreciate some help. I privately rented a flat for 12 years and have just moved out. I wasnt expecting to get my deposit back as I knew it needed cleaned up and reckoned the landlord would claim this would use up the full deposit(£400) but he has now just called and said that it will cost £4000 to get the property back to how it was when I first moved in but he will accept less than this( £2500) as I was a tenant and paid my rent for so long. This was an unfurnished flat and although I didnt leave it spotless it was reasonably clean and tidy. He seems to expect me to pay to have the whole place carpeted, decorated etc and who knows what else. I am in Glasgow and would appreciate any advice on this or anyone I can speak to who can give me some advice. Thanks
after 12 years, there's no value in anything there. The LL doesn't understand that the property is to be returned - 'less wear and tear'.0 -
Read your tenancy agreement, and quote it back to the landlord.
It will almost certainly allow for "reasonable wear and tear". The property does NOT need to be handed back in the same condition it was in at the beginning of the tenancy, it is not the tenant's job to subsidise the landlord's maintenance costs.0 -
lookstraightahead wrote: »Did you move in after April 2007?
Why is that date relevant to a tenant in Scotland?0 -
OP, please read Shelter Scotland's guide.
https://scotland.shelter.org.uk/get_advice/advice_topics/paying_for_a_home/deposits/tenancy_deposit_schemes
Your landlord is either a chancer or an eejit if he thinks that after 12 years the property has to be in exactly the same condition as it was at the start of your tenancy.0 -
That is all going to be wear and tear after 12 years which is covered in the rent you paid. It isn't your fault that the landlord didn't realise that he had to put some rent by in order to cover the wear and tear at the end of the 12 years. He is not entitled to charge you again for this.0
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Just out of interest, wouldn't the OP have a case to request their deposit of £400 back as well given all costs are likely to be wear and tear.
Potentially a small cleaning cost but even this goes away if the property has to be decorated anyway?0
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