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Rent Deposit / bond with held
jacsll55
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Looking for advice. Moved out of a property last month due to rent increase / no repairs or maintanence done after repeated and requests, finally I left, I lived in the property for 1 year 3 months, property left in very clean condition.
Landlord took £800 deposit and failed to protect it. Now landlord refuses to return the deposit and demanding a month's rent to repair and repaint the house. I gave the landlord 4 weeks notice. No rental arrears due. What are my rights?
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4 weeks notice? Did you have a Contractual Periodic Tenancy stating that 4 weeks notice was required? My money is on there having been a Statutory Periodic Tenancy where the notice period is one tenancy period (assuming rent was paid monthly) so you may well have not given sufficient notice and be in arrears.jacsll55 said:Looking for advice. Moved out of a property last month due to rent increase / no repairs or maintanence done after repeated and requests, finally I left, I lived in the property for 1 year 3 months, property left in very clean condition.Landlord took £800 deposit and failed to protect it. Now landlord refuses to return the deposit and demanding a month's rent to repair and repaint the house. I gave the landlord 4 weeks notice. No rental arrears due. What are my rights?The above will pale in comparison to a deposit taken but not protected. I encourage you to sue your landlord not only for the return of your deposit but also compensation.1 -
How long has the tenancy deposit scheme been in action? And still landlords are trying to 'work around' it.
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Thank you for your replies. I am in Wales, does shelter England giudance apply?1
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The rules around deposit protection in Wales are the same as those in England as the legal basis for your claim comes from sections 213 and 214 Housing Act 2004 which applies to both England and Wales.jacsll55 said:Thank you for your replies. I am in Wales, does shelter England giudance apply?
https://sheltercymru.org.uk/housing-advice/paying-for-housing/security-deposits/security-deposit-protection-schemes/13793-2/
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I had a similar situation used Copious law and got 2 months rent as compensation they take about 25% as fees0
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