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Tenant has handed in notice but won't pay rent for April 2025

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  • Voyager2002
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    cs95aam said:
    The tenant has served notice and providing it's valid the tenancy will end 30th April.  Once that happens your relative has a could of options:
    1. If there's little in the way of deposit deductions due to damage or cleaning at the end of the tenancy, use the the deposit to partially cover the rent arrears and let the remaining arrears slide.
    2. Similar to above but instead of letting a deficit slide send the tenant a letter before action and then file a Money Claim Online.  It might not be worth the hassle though.
    Are you sure we will be able to claim the deposit back from the DPS? 

    Also, how much does the money claim cost?

    A more fundamental issue is that the landlord may not know the defendant's new address.
  • cs95aam
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    cs95aam said:
    The tenant has served notice and providing it's valid the tenancy will end 30th April.  Once that happens your relative has a could of options:
    1. If there's little in the way of deposit deductions due to damage or cleaning at the end of the tenancy, use the the deposit to partially cover the rent arrears and let the remaining arrears slide.
    2. Similar to above but instead of letting a deficit slide send the tenant a letter before action and then file a Money Claim Online.  It might not be worth the hassle though.
    Are you sure we will be able to claim the deposit back from the DPS? 

    Also, how much does the money claim cost?

    A more fundamental issue is that the landlord may not know the defendant's new address.
    Fortunately the landlord was able to get his new address. 
  • _Penny_Dreadful
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    cs95aam said:
    The tenant has served notice and providing it's valid the tenancy will end 30th April.  Once that happens your relative has a could of options:
    1. If there's little in the way of deposit deductions due to damage or cleaning at the end of the tenancy, use the the deposit to partially cover the rent arrears and let the remaining arrears slide.
    2. Similar to above but instead of letting a deficit slide send the tenant a letter before action and then file a Money Claim Online.  It might not be worth the hassle though.
    Are you sure we will be able to claim the deposit back from the DPS? 

    Also, how much does the money claim cost?
    Why wouldn’t the landlord be able to claim the deposit? The whole purpose of the deposit is to give the landlord some protection against unpaid rent, cleaning, gardening and decorating, damage and missing items. 

    The Money Claim Online fee is dependent on how much you’re claiming. 

  • FlorayG
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    Are both tenants leaving or is the second tenant taking on the whole house?
    If they have separate contracts and tenant 2 has paid his money to tenant 1 who has not passed it on to the landlord that's THEFT and tenant 2 should involve the police
  • cs95aam
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    FlorayG said:
    Are both tenants leaving or is the second tenant taking on the whole house?
    If they have separate contracts and tenant 2 has paid his money to tenant 1 who has not passed it on to the landlord that's THEFT and tenant 2 should involve the police
    The second tenant won’t leave for another 2 months. The landlord told him what has happened but he didn’t want to say anything to him. He wants to let it go. 

    The departing tenant has now made a claim for the deposit so the landlord is going to refuse that. Hopefully he can atleast get his small deposit back. It won’t cover the rent but it’s better than nothing. 
  • theartfullodger
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    cs95aam said:
    The tenant has served notice and providing it's valid the tenancy will end 30th April.  Once that happens your relative has a could of options:
    1. If there's little in the way of deposit deductions due to damage or cleaning at the end of the tenancy, use the the deposit to partially cover the rent arrears and let the remaining arrears slide.
    2. Similar to above but instead of letting a deficit slide send the tenant a letter before action and then file a Money Claim Online.  It might not be worth the hassle though.
    Are you sure we will be able to claim the deposit back from the DPS? 

    Also, how much does the money claim cost?
    Why wouldn’t the landlord be able to claim the deposit? The whole purpose of the deposit is to give the landlord some protection against unpaid rent, cleaning, gardening and decorating, damage and missing items. 

    The Money Claim Online fee is dependent on how much you’re claiming. 

    It's the tenant's money. Not the landlord's.  The landlord (I'm one, apologies) has the right to appeal deposit through deposit schemes, brought in after DECADES of greedy landlords ripping off tenants, yet another reason for landlords having such a bad name.

    Best wishes to all.


  • Bookworm225
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    edited 29 April at 3:03PM
    cs95aam said:
    The tenant has served notice and providing it's valid the tenancy will end 30th April.  Once that happens your relative has a could of options:
    1. If there's little in the way of deposit deductions due to damage or cleaning at the end of the tenancy, use the the deposit to partially cover the rent arrears and let the remaining arrears slide.
    2. Similar to above but instead of letting a deficit slide send the tenant a letter before action and then file a Money Claim Online.  It might not be worth the hassle though.
    Are you sure we will be able to claim the deposit back from the DPS? 

    Also, how much does the money claim cost?
    Why wouldn’t the landlord be able to claim the deposit? The whole purpose of the deposit is to give the landlord some protection against unpaid rent, cleaning, gardening and decorating, damage and missing items. 

    The Money Claim Online fee is dependent on how much you’re claiming. 

    It's the tenant's money. Not the landlord's.  The landlord (I'm one, apologies) has the right to appeal deposit through deposit schemes, brought in after DECADES of greedy landlords ripping off tenants, yet another reason for landlords having such a bad name.

    Best wishes to all.


    the scheme exists to adjudicate on disputes. The LL has the right to lodge a dispute and the scheme will decide who gets the money based on evidence submitted by both parties to the dispute.

    Your emotive wording is irrelevant
  • theartfullodger
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    Thank you for your kind words
  • saajan_12
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    cs95aam said:
    FlorayG said:
    Are both tenants leaving or is the second tenant taking on the whole house?
    If they have separate contracts and tenant 2 has paid his money to tenant 1 who has not passed it on to the landlord that's THEFT and tenant 2 should involve the police
    The second tenant won’t leave for another 2 months. The landlord told him what has happened but he didn’t want to say anything to him. He wants to let it go. 

    The departing tenant has now made a claim for the deposit so the landlord is going to refuse that. Hopefully he can atleast get his small deposit back. It won’t cover the rent but it’s better than nothing. 
    The issue is if the LL instructed Tenant 2 to pay Tenant 1, then Tenant 1 effectively became the agent as far as the 2nd tenancy is concerned. 
    The LL should make it very clear to Tenant 2, so all future rent payments are made directly to the LL. However tenant 2 has already paid that last month's rent, so its up to the LL to chase it from Tenant 1. 

    If it was a joint tenancy then the LL would have more rights. 
  • _Penny_Dreadful
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    cs95aam said:
    The tenant has served notice and providing it's valid the tenancy will end 30th April.  Once that happens your relative has a could of options:
    1. If there's little in the way of deposit deductions due to damage or cleaning at the end of the tenancy, use the the deposit to partially cover the rent arrears and let the remaining arrears slide.
    2. Similar to above but instead of letting a deficit slide send the tenant a letter before action and then file a Money Claim Online.  It might not be worth the hassle though.
    Are you sure we will be able to claim the deposit back from the DPS? 

    Also, how much does the money claim cost?
    Why wouldn’t the landlord be able to claim the deposit? The whole purpose of the deposit is to give the landlord some protection against unpaid rent, cleaning, gardening and decorating, damage and missing items. 

    The Money Claim Online fee is dependent on how much you’re claiming. 

    It's the tenant's money. Not the landlord's.  The landlord (I'm one, apologies) has the right to appeal deposit through deposit schemes, brought in after DECADES of greedy landlords ripping off tenants, yet another reason for landlords having such a bad name.

    Best wishes to all.


    I never suggested it wasn’t the tenant’s money. 
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