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Cut corners on inventories at your peril, landlords warned

Cut corners on inventories at your peril, landlords warned

Landlords and letting agents aren’t carrying out inventory inspections on nearly a third of tenancies, leaving themselves open to disputes.

'New model rental contracts in Wales put deposits in jeapordy'

'New model rental contracts in Wales put deposits in jeapordy'

Landlords in Wales have found themselves unable to make deductions to deposits when using occupation contract templates, it has been claimed.

Letting agent caught blatantly refusing to return tenant's deposit

Letting agent caught blatantly refusing to return tenant's deposit

A letting agent has been found to have blatantly broken the law by refusing to hand back a holding deposit.

Landlords told to check tenancy contracts after landmark court case

Landlords told to check tenancy contracts after landmark court case

A judge has opened the door to higher compensation being paid by landlords if they fail to protect their tenants’ rental deposits within one of the official schemes.

Tenancy deposit disputes on the rise as cost of living crisis bites

Tenancy deposit disputes on the rise as cost of living crisis bites

Complaints involving disputed tenancy deposits have been rising after TDS, which operates three deposit schemes in the UK, recorded a 20% increase over the past 12 months.