Illegal eviction, no gas safety certificate, deposit not protected, no EPC and unfair rent contract

Sachs

Slithery said:

Sachs said:

His deductions are only relevant if it's been protected

Incorrect. If the deposit hasn't been protected then the tenant can claim the 1-3x penalty but deductions can still legally be made - by the LL taking the tenant to small claims court if necessary.

Then how are they deductions?

I agree your point that they can sue for damages, as can anyone. However that is very different to making deductions before returning a deposit.

Col_67

Slithery: The landlord is forcing us to leave for the reasons explained above. Also, since the beginning of this month he has been demanding a date where he can come and do an "inspection" and bring his estate agents in to make photos etc regardless of the fact that he still hasn't served a section21 notice. I did refuse several times and told him to come at the end of the tenancy, however, he threatened that he will let himself in anyway. Naturally this caused further arguement between us and I eventually agreed to let him come between 9.30am - 10.30am this morning (14th February). He sent several SMS messages in the last days confirming that he's coming no matter what. Guess what?  ... he never turned up! He knows that I'm self employed and he knew that I took time from work along with a financial loss to accomodate him today.
As for the intimidation, my wife is a foreign national and one of the conditions of her BRP is that she has a permanent address. He knows this 100%  because we have discussed it more than once and so we cannot afford to get caught out unawares and have issues with the Home Office as a result of his actions. Yes he can sell his house if he wishes but that doesn't excuse the fact that he basically thought he can kick us out when it suited him ....on Christmas Eve!  I/we do not want to have a protracted period of not knowing where we are living and have to get secured accomodation as a matter of priority. The way the landlord has behaved is the reason why I will take action against him for whatever deliberate breach he is guilty of... and there are many!
Make no mistake - This guy is not a simple guy renting his own for a little extra income. The guy is a 1st class as'#ole! He also has his own review page on Glassdoor.com where past & present employees and prospective employees have left dozens of negative reviews about him and the way he treats people in his marketing company. Can you imagine working for someone who throws chairs at his employees? Common opinion there is that he's a meglamaniac and there is an accusation of him having a coke habit. The more anyone learns of him the more anyone would want to see him punished by all those people he wipes his feet on. Yes my issue with him has become personal but it isn't me who chose this path. I would have expected that having paid over £73,000 in rent I would be entitled to a little bit more respect but it seems not from a LL who has blatant disregard for people or the law. Thankfully the law is quite clear and does provide me with some very powerful tools to teach him a lesson. I came here just to understand which ones are more relevant 

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He's not forcing you to leave. He sent you an email and you are choosing to leave. 

[Deleted User]

Do you want to remain in this property or not? If yes then it's very simple, keep living there until such time as your landlord gets his act together and takes you to court for a possession order. You can then defend yourself because the deposit isn't protect. Rinse and repeat until your landlord eventually gets the paperwork right. 

Col_67

Lover_of_Lycra You're focusing too much on one aspect of my complaint but I have stated several. We're leaving and that's that, however, it we are doing it under duress. It's the other issues I wanted to gather opinions on and that has been done

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You're the one who keeps saying you're being forced to leave when you're not. 

Col_67

Lover_of_Lycra:  You're focusing too much on one aspect of my complaint but I have stated several. .....MOVE ON!

Smodlet

OP, you say you attach really heavy stuff to walls for a living, are well-versed in DIY yet cannot fix a toilet roll holder to a wall effectively?  Buy a new one with fixings that work for you!  Fgs, they cost about a fiver.

As for expecting a 5 year old shower head to look as if it had just come out of the store, that's fair wear and tear which any LL fit to be one would know they cannot claim for.  "Betterment" is not something tenants have to pay for; damage they have caused is.

tom9980

Col_67 said:

Lover_of_Lycra:  You're focusing too much on one aspect of my complaint but I have stated several. .....MOVE ON!

You really need to calm down, you either leave and sue the guy after ensuring the council housing and environmental health have been filled in on this landlord or you sit and wait well beyond March 3rd until the penny drops that he needs to pay you off. If you leave you won't be illegally evicted you are talking nonsense there is no under duress, you simply need to enforce your legal rights and by moving out you cannot do that.

i suspect the council won't care if you move and the property is sold quickly.

Col_67

Smodlet: I fixed the toilet holder ... did you not understand that? However,  it's a bad design that can never be supported on a dry lined wall for long. It's also a chrome,  over-priced designer type so a £5 replacement from Wilkos just won't cut it. ... not even sure why this minor point seems to be an issue for you to want to dwell on considering everything else that he's done. 

The LL is expecting new like for like for everything but he can only focus on the items I've mentioned because everything else is in perfect order .... that's my point! He doesn't want to return my deposit & has implied as much in several emails. It's just not turned out to be as easy as he thought