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19-04-2005, 19:03 PM
hi there
We have moved out of our rented property.We cleaned out the whole house and even took pictures of the property.We have never been in arrears.The LL even sent a representative who was a family member of his] to check the house and agreed that it looked better that his family members had ever kept it. Now the LL has refused to give us the deposit claiming they had paid some utility bills when we first moved in.[they had insisted they did not want us to change the names on the bills except c.tax.].We have asked for exact amounts but nothing has been given.
He says there is a torn sofa which they will charge £350 for [the chair was not brand new and had a throw on the seat of the chair , which we discovered was torn after we moved in]. we have called the LL but he says he owes us nothing and does not want us to call. We told him we would have to because he owed us money, he started shouting saying if we ever call him again he will call the police! we politely told him to call whom ever he wanted but we wanted our money,he said 'thats it thats a threat! and he hang up the phone' being a bit miffed we called him back to send us an itemised list of what he is claiming the deposit for. He didnt pick his phone so we had to text him.We moved out on the 17th of March an have not heard from him yet.is there a time limit for which we have to give me before taking further action?What action would we be looking at, it is straight to a county court?He has moved to Ireland.
We do not have a forwarding address as he has moved from the address on the agreement.Though he had a solicitor, once we gave them the keys, the solicitor said they dont represent our LL so we should contact him directly but we dont have his address!We have contacted our previous agents but they too have no forwarding address for the LL.The agreement just says, AGENT TAKES DEPOSIT ON BEHALF OF LL TO SECURE TANANTS PERFORMANCE...
Please help.
We have moved out of our rented property.We cleaned out the whole house and even took pictures of the property.We have never been in arrears.The LL even sent a representative who was a family member of his] to check the house and agreed that it looked better that his family members had ever kept it. Now the LL has refused to give us the deposit claiming they had paid some utility bills when we first moved in.[they had insisted they did not want us to change the names on the bills except c.tax.].We have asked for exact amounts but nothing has been given.
He says there is a torn sofa which they will charge £350 for [the chair was not brand new and had a throw on the seat of the chair , which we discovered was torn after we moved in]. we have called the LL but he says he owes us nothing and does not want us to call. We told him we would have to because he owed us money, he started shouting saying if we ever call him again he will call the police! we politely told him to call whom ever he wanted but we wanted our money,he said 'thats it thats a threat! and he hang up the phone' being a bit miffed we called him back to send us an itemised list of what he is claiming the deposit for. He didnt pick his phone so we had to text him.We moved out on the 17th of March an have not heard from him yet.is there a time limit for which we have to give me before taking further action?What action would we be looking at, it is straight to a county court?He has moved to Ireland.
We do not have a forwarding address as he has moved from the address on the agreement.Though he had a solicitor, once we gave them the keys, the solicitor said they dont represent our LL so we should contact him directly but we dont have his address!We have contacted our previous agents but they too have no forwarding address for the LL.The agreement just says, AGENT TAKES DEPOSIT ON BEHALF OF LL TO SECURE TANANTS PERFORMANCE...
Please help.