as some of you may remember i had alot of trouble with my landlord not being willing to carry out necessary work on the flat we were renting from him.
well 2 months after moving out. you guessed it. hes disputing our deposit being returned to us.
please see below. any advice would be welcome:
Deposit is currently being held by the deposit protection service.
landlord deposited it when i was private renting.
if anyone is familiar with how getting a deposit back it would help to understand my story.
firstly, i applied for a joint claim - both parties come to a matual agreement who the deposit should be returned to. (as i caused no damage and left no unpaid bills it should have come straight to me no questions).
landlord did not respond.
stage 2 - single claim process. had to get my form witnessed by a solicitor and then the landlord had 14 days to respond with weather or not he agrees the monies should be relseased to me.
landlord had until the 2nd of oct to do this. he actually responded on the 1st of oct stating he does not agree. the "evidence" as to why is being sent to me as we speak and i have to respond with my evidence to back my claim the deposit should be entirely returned to me.
key points:
we moved out of the flat we were renting from him on the 7th of august. he did not respond to the claim process until the 2nd of october. this leaves almost 2 whole months where he was free to do as he pleased to the property. weather it be creating damage or messing things up/inventing a story!
he did not take an inventory with us present upon entering or leaving the property.
we did not cause any damage. we have pictures to prove this. we also laid 2 new carpets with his permission as he had just floorboards in there. thus adding value to the property (in our opinion).
there are no unpaid bills at the property.
work was carried out in default by a council contractor as he left us without a boiler for 3 months over the xmas period. (he had several oppertunities given to him by the council to carry out the works which he did not do - we have evidence for this).
is it just me or does this guy seriously not have a leg to stand on?
i'm sick of being messed around with this. as far as i am concerned we should of had this money returned to us ages ago.
the stage we are at now is we have to supply our evidence to back our claim which will be analysed by an independant adjudicator and then they will decide where the money goes.
to me, i feel as if it is for him to prove i did cause damage rather than me to prove i did not!
anyone else been through something similar or have some advice?
well 2 months after moving out. you guessed it. hes disputing our deposit being returned to us.
please see below. any advice would be welcome:
Deposit is currently being held by the deposit protection service.
landlord deposited it when i was private renting.
if anyone is familiar with how getting a deposit back it would help to understand my story.
firstly, i applied for a joint claim - both parties come to a matual agreement who the deposit should be returned to. (as i caused no damage and left no unpaid bills it should have come straight to me no questions).
landlord did not respond.
stage 2 - single claim process. had to get my form witnessed by a solicitor and then the landlord had 14 days to respond with weather or not he agrees the monies should be relseased to me.
landlord had until the 2nd of oct to do this. he actually responded on the 1st of oct stating he does not agree. the "evidence" as to why is being sent to me as we speak and i have to respond with my evidence to back my claim the deposit should be entirely returned to me.
key points:
we moved out of the flat we were renting from him on the 7th of august. he did not respond to the claim process until the 2nd of october. this leaves almost 2 whole months where he was free to do as he pleased to the property. weather it be creating damage or messing things up/inventing a story!
he did not take an inventory with us present upon entering or leaving the property.
we did not cause any damage. we have pictures to prove this. we also laid 2 new carpets with his permission as he had just floorboards in there. thus adding value to the property (in our opinion).
there are no unpaid bills at the property.
work was carried out in default by a council contractor as he left us without a boiler for 3 months over the xmas period. (he had several oppertunities given to him by the council to carry out the works which he did not do - we have evidence for this).
is it just me or does this guy seriously not have a leg to stand on?
i'm sick of being messed around with this. as far as i am concerned we should of had this money returned to us ages ago.
the stage we are at now is we have to supply our evidence to back our claim which will be analysed by an independant adjudicator and then they will decide where the money goes.
to me, i feel as if it is for him to prove i did cause damage rather than me to prove i did not!
anyone else been through something similar or have some advice?