A tenants queries the agents refusal to allow them to attend the checkout meeting and proposed charges
Tag Archive: tenancy deposits
Deposit problems when letting to a friend of a friend
Letting to friends can be problematic particularly if you skip essential paperwork such as an inventory
Landlord refusing to refund deposit to ‘benefit scum’
Another tenant finds that her landlord has failed to protect the deposit and is refusing to refund it now.
What are tenants rights to challenge unreasonable charges?
Can Janet challenge these claims by the agent of the property she moved out of two months ago?
Should Tracey continue with her deposit claim at the Small Claims court?
Tracey is a tenant who is having problems getting her tenancy deposit back. She has consulted the blog clinic. Here is her story: I am a tenant going through this exact scenario at the moment. My landlord first claimed that I hadn’t paid a deposit then when I proved I had paid a deposit of…
Using new technology to do inventories
Inventories are absolutely crucial today, and we are told that landlords will have virtually no chance of success at tenancy deposit adjudications without one. However an inventory should not just be a list of furniture and other contents – it should give details of their condition, the condition of the property itself such as walls…
When the cost of damage is more than the deposit
Here is a blog clinic request from Karen (not her real name) who is a landlord. We have collected quotes for damage to our property that have exceeded the deposit by around £500. We are using a letting agent and they informed the tenants of the cost of the damage and the tenants made an…
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