Landlord - Untouchable.

Slithery

He needs to dig out his tenancy agreement and write an actual letter (paper, envelope, stamp etc) to the 'address for serving notices' that it contains requesting back the money. Until this is done he hasn't legally asked for the money back and the LL doesn't have to take any action.

MaryNB

Turmeric said:

Sunsaru said:

Your kid is 19, fresh out of home.
This is the first of many of his life lessons.
Just make sure he don't make the same mistake twice okay??

Hi, yes he has learnt his lesson, no one can know everything, especially if you are young. I am sure he won't make the same mistake again.

But he's making an massively irresponsible decision (a deliberate!! choice) by saying he won't got to small claims if it comes to it. £2k is a lot for anybody to lose but how can a 19 year old be able to lose £300 a month for 7 months before noticing it and then afford to just let £2k slide if a bit more effort is required in getting it back?? I'm 31 year old engineer and it takes over 130 hours of work for me to see that kind of money in my account.

hazyjo

MaryNB said:

Turmeric said:

Sunsaru said:

Your kid is 19, fresh out of home.
This is the first of many of his life lessons.
Just make sure he don't make the same mistake twice okay??

Hi, yes he has learnt his lesson, no one can know everything, especially if you are young. I am sure he won't make the same mistake again.

But he's making an massively irresponsible decision (a deliberate!! choice) by saying he won't got to small claims if it comes to it. £2k is a lot for anybody to lose but how can a 19 year old be able to lose £300 a month for 7 months before noticing it and then afford to just let £2k slide if a bit more effort is required in getting it back?? I'm 31 year old engineer and it takes over 130 hours of work for me to see that kind of money in my account.

Deleted as will prob regret my words.

zagubov

Let's cut some slack for the tenant. He's a teenager with no life experience who's trying to cope with starting independent life during a once-in-a-century situation that the government and its tame media are trying to pretend isn't a global catastrophe.
He's got enough on his plate.
I'm much more concerned how we can suggest he tracks down this ignorant exploitative ex-landlord so they both get the outcome they're legally entitled to.

deannagone

To the OP.., do you know how the LL managed to get your son to sign whatever payment form they did sign without him knowing he was signing a SO/DD payment order.., its usually pretty clear what the form is and your son would have had to sign it?

You don't seem to be answering the questions as to what vulnerability your son has, if any.  It may be that he is young and you consider him vulnerable or he could have a defined vulnerability.  This will affect the advice you receive and the actions you can take on his behalf.

grumiofoundation

zagubov said:

Let's cut some slack for the tenant. He's a teenager with no life experience who's trying to cope with starting independent life during a once-in-a-century situation that the government and its tame media are trying to pretend isn't a global catastrophe.
He's got enough on his plate.
I'm much more concerned how we can suggest he tracks down this ignorant exploitative ex-landlord so they both get the outcome they're legally entitled to.

But the problem is it sounds like the son won’t bother to go to small claims court to get their money back, which seems to be the next step.

Seems like the son is willing and able to throw away £2,100 (and line the coffers of an ‘exploitative landlord’) more than a lot of people in the country have in savings, you surely you can see why sympathy might be somewhat thin on the ground?

Everyone makes mistakes, so hopefully will prevent further mistakes (and help with money management) in the future.

AdrianC

deannagone said:

You don't seem to be answering the questions as to what vulnerability your son has, if any.  It may be that he is young and you consider him vulnerable or he could have a defined vulnerability.

The OP has said that the only "vulnerability" is his age.

Yes, schools in this country are abysmal at teaching basic life skills like money management.
That does not abrogate the responsibility of the parents to do it.

Jenni_D

Did your son get his deposit back?

elsien

zagubov said:

Let's cut some slack for the tenant. He's a teenager with no life experience who's trying to cope with starting independent life during a once-in-a-century situation that the government and its tame media are trying to pretend isn't a global catastrophe.
He's got enough on his plate.
I'm much more concerned how we can suggest he tracks down this ignorant exploitative ex-landlord so they both get the outcome they're legally entitled to.

Suggestion already made on page 1. 

newsgroupmonkey_

OP, everyone seems to be telling you WHAT to do, but not HOW to do it.

Go here

https://www.gov.uk/search-property-information-land-registry

Put the property details in and it will charge you £3. It will then give you details of the ownership of the property.

Write to the address. Title the letter "Letter before Action". Explain that you wish to get your money back
More details here
https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/law-and-courts/legal-system/small-claims/making-a-small-claim/

At which point you then need to put in a MoneyClaim (Which is the small claims court)
https://www.moneyclaim.gov.uk/web/mcol/welcome

Have a good read of the guide
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/982136/mcol-userguide-eng.pdf