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How long does my landlord have to return the deposit

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  • nyermen
    nyermen Posts: 1,142 Forumite
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    My tenancies have always involved using the previous checkout report as the checkin for the next / my tenancy.  Maybe trying to save cost (I seem to recall being charged for checkins, but not checkouts as a result).
    Peter

    Debt free - finally finished paying off £20k + Interest.
  • porkedpie
    porkedpie Posts: 14 Forumite
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    edited 18 April 2020 at 3:09PM
    Thanks, I have read the stickie, I have already requested the deposit from DPS but they are waiting for the landlord. They will only do anything else if I use the Single Claim Process which would require me to find a Solicitor, a Commissioner for Oaths or a Magistrate. I'll call DPS when they open on Monday and see what they suggest.

    As he doesn't have a new tenant I guess he hasn't done a check-in one either. As I say, if he did have a new tenant then all of a sudden I'm sure he'd get the report the same day.
  • anselld
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    edited 18 April 2020 at 3:58PM
    porkedpie said:
    Thanks, I have read the stickie, I have already requested the deposit from DPS but they are waiting for the landlord. They will only do anything else if I use the Single Claim Process which would require me to find a Solicitor, a Commissioner for Oaths or a Magistrate. I'll call DPS when they open on Monday and see what they suggest.

    As he doesn't have a new tenant I guess he hasn't done a check-in one either. As I say, if he did have a new tenant then all of a sudden I'm sure he'd get the report the same day.
    The DPS will suggest the single claim process since that is their process when the L fails to respond within the required timescale.   It is a fixed fee of £5 to get the statutory declaration signed so it is not expensive.
  • swingaloo
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    edited 18 April 2020 at 3:40PM
    anselld said:

    The DPS will suggest the single claim process since that is their process when the L fails to respond the required timescale.   It is a fixed fee of £5 to get the statutory declaration signed so it is not expensive.


    Who will sign the form for a fixed fee of £5?. Some friends of mine have just gone through the process and after shopping  around the cheapest they could get the Statutory Declaration signed for was £25
  • swingaloo
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    Sorry, my mistake, please ignore the above post, there was another issue with the signing.
  • porkedpie
    porkedpie Posts: 14 Forumite
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    In theory I am supposed to be able to get the form online[1] but the system isn't working so I'll have to call them up either way.


    [1] https://www.depositprotection.com/media/1392/dps_guide_to_online_statutory_declaration_custodial_web.pdf
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