Rental deposit

bard1965

Hello,   I have been renting a house for over 2 years. A few weeks ago we were told that the landlord wanted to sell the house and we were given 6 months notice. We paid a deposit of 1 months rental as most people do. There was no inspection of the property by the landlord or their agent before the house was put up for sale. The house has been sold within 2 weeks. The purchasers are not buying the house to let, they want it as a family home. My question is, as the house has been sold as seen, without any form of landlord inspection before the sale, do I get my deposit back automatically?

anselld

No.  Whoever is the Landlord at the point your tenancy ends will be responsible to return your deposit.  They may still try to make deductions for damages but they would find some difficulty if they failed to do any checkin inspection.

The house has not sold within two weeks.  It has had an offer accepted.  It is very unlikely to be sold until after you move out.

If it did sell with you still in situ your tenancy would continue with the new owners as your Landlords and they would become responsiblefor the deposit return.  Unlikely though if they are not lookin for a BTL purchase.

moneysavinghero

The inspection by the landlord will take place at the point at which you actually move out of the property. The landlord will then decide, based upon what is seen during that inspection, whether he needs to make any deductions from your deposit. If you don't agree with the deductions you can dispute them with the relevant deposit protection scheme.