Landlords Witholding Deposit. Help!

[supermono]

FrankAbagnale said:

I think the most important question to ask here is -

If the deposit wasn't registered, what car and you going to buy with the impending windfall?

Post of the year. Brilliant!

[Petrus1983]

superlightr said:

Im a letting agent btw. (lots of regulations and costs to ensure we act correctly) Its stty landlords like this that give the industry a bad name - fek em hard please.

Couldn't agree more - I'm a landlord of two properties and it's the lowlifes that cost people like me and Superlight's landlords big money to appease the situations they create - then they ignore the rules anyway! I'm also a tenant myself and know waiting to get the deposit back even normally is far more stressful than it should be. This is a perfect situation where I wouldn't bother trying to be nice.

[Rangeroverover]

I'm a landlord and an agent in Devon, make sure you keep a record of every communication, go straight to the TDS and start a dispute. If not registered deposit you have won, also was there a condition report done when you moved in, if not again you have won as landlord has to show the condition on entry.

Sounds like you will win but will take a few months to get paid out.

[Jon39]

Rangeroverover said:

I'm a landlord and an agent in Devon, make sure you keep a record of every communication, go straight to the TDS and start a dispute. If not registered deposit you have won, also was there a condition report done when you moved in, if not again you have won as landlord has to show the condition on entry.

Sounds like you will win but will take a few months to get paid out.

Bob,

This is good advice, particularly the written record of every communication.

My son had a similar problem, where the landlady (a property solicitor), pretended there were numerous defects. That was after trying to demand one month's notice and rent, beyond the expiry of the rental agreement.

The internet revealed that she had previously been disciplined by the solicitors professional body, for stealing clients' money. Not relevant to the tenancy, but it spoke volumes.

Contact with the subsequent tenant, revealed none of the alleged 'defects' had been rectified.

The arbitration service sorted out the whole problem, and the deposit was eventually returned.

Best of luck and question any inaccuracies that are thrown back at you.