Landlord didn't protect deposit

theartfullodger

Agreed.  Would be probably better if landlords and agents weren't able to operate  (in England) with no qualifications, no training of any sort and no criminal records checks   At least tenants (should ) get a copy of "How to rent "

Best regards to all....

Gavin83

Mlasso said:

Thank you!

If I can get the penalty payment, then it is definitely worth the trouble.

And for those asking why I would want to report when I got the deposit, it is because I had to ask for it 20 times, almost beg for it and wait 5 times longer than I should have.

Also, I am an immigrant who left lawless country and paid over 15,000gbp in fees to become British Citizen over a 5 year period. I do not believe that being silent on illegal things is good, because I know the alternative in my home country. 

Law should be respected, and those who break it on purpose should be penalised, otherwise we are all penalised.

At least be honest, you want to report them because of the money!

Not that there’s anything wrong with that. Regardless of whether people agree with this law or not it still exists and that’s the way it is. Being realistic you likely won’t get 3x the deposit (they can clearly demonstrate no intention of depriving you of it) but 2x is certainly possible.

Just send a letter to them, informing them that if they can’t produce the deposit protection documents within 14 days or provide a payment of 2x the deposit then you’ll seek a legal remedy in order to recover up to 3x the deposit. You’ll probably get ignored so the next step would be to raise that court claim.

bunnygo

I'm a landlord. Report.

the 'don't grass' nonsense is one of the reasons the UK is in such a state. Deposit protection legislation arrived in 2007 so there is no excuse.

BobT36

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BobT36 said:

Stubod said:

..you have your deposit back, so whats the problem??

Cause if such situations were never taken to task, what's the point of the scheme existing? Back to landlords playing silly buggers with circumventing the schemes, and using the tenant's deposit as their own personal money pot. 
Imagine all the interest he'll have earned from all those tenant's deposits that he hasn't been protecting, AS IS THE LAW. 

It's a principle thing, not just spite. The next tenant may not be so lucky (and why should the tenant hand over money for the landlord to enjoy unlawfully making interest on? That's not right)

As a side-note:-  it's not pure profit you know.
After all the overheads / expenses / etc... have been deducted the profit margin isn't as much as people think.
Remember, Landlords are running a business, they're not doing it for the fun of it 🙄😠

And the tenant is not a charity. The deposit is a deposit and is meant to be protected, not the landlord's personal savings pot. 
My heart does not bleed for those running their business, many tenants would rather own homes but cannot. Most landlords are wayyy better off than most tenants. They own property..