Lodger Deposit

greatcrested

You may be right but two counter-measures are better than one!

As for the planet, I'm more concerned about the number of carrier bags I'm accumulating from sainsbury home delivery. They won't take them back....

princeofpounds

Hi Lottie, sorry to hear this. He sounds like a right.. you know. Creep.

Unless your contract says otherwise, he can offer to pay in cash alone; it's legal tender. However, you do not have to collect. It is his responsibility to get the cash to you, not vice versa.

Problem is, how do you enforce this? You can go down the route of a letter before action, starting a small claim via moneyclaim online etc. But this will take a long time and I'm not sure what a judge would think about it all - they should rule in your favour but they would probably give you both a good dressing-down about failing to reach a settlement over such a triviality.

There is a chance that a letter before action or a claim form will prompt a better response, but it's up to you whether you want to try that or collect with a witness/bouncer at the next opportunity.

Jumblebumble

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zagubov said:

i'm sorry I think i'm more full of questions rather than answers, but I'm a microbiologist reaching retirement in England during a pandemic that I've been anticipating for ages.

This moron's breaching all the acceptable rules. 

Does he somehow have the right to insist on a non-contactless transfer method at the moment?
Am I the only person here who is aware  that this man has received the money electronically in the first place?

And that we should be avoiding handing paper money to each other, or are all participants here except me located in Guernsey where COVID has apparently ended and we no longer have to worry about killing our neighbours?

Are there any fora or social media where this unsafe reimbursement system can be challenged within the law?

Is he happy for you to bring a housemate to witness the handover in a socially distanced situation?

He is offering to pay by cash. There is nothing more conventional. His obligation is fulfilled.

So you think that if I owed you £100 and I was in Penzance and you were in Inverness it would be fair for you to insist I pay considerably more in fares to come and collect because I do not wish to use online banking?
This is a ploy by disreputable student landlords as old as the hills
One tried it on when I was in Manchester many years ago with a friend who lived in Bournmouth hoping they would never come back