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It was like that when I got here...
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Fucking cnuts the lot of them. I could quite cheerfully murder our previous landlords for the trouble they're causing. Wankers.
Or they rip the place apart and renovate the whole flat, and then try to hit the previous tenant for the TOTAL cost under the guise of "damages".If they anything like alot of landlords they are either:
1) Giving bad references for no reason
2) Trying to deduct money from the deposit for something nothing to do with the occupant
Punctuation?
Or they rip the place apart and renovate the whole flat, and then try to hit the previous tenant for the TOTAL cost under the guise of "damages".
i am now renting with the city council so i doubt that kind of stupidity will happen here in Finland
Great link, thanks a lot dysfunction! My girlfriend and I are just looking at flats right now for when I find a new job in London, we will definitely look into using the DPS.
Having had a lot of experience in this kind of thing, a fair bit of what you're saying no dice to IS your responsibility, and further cleaning is nearly always undertaken as cleaning to a high domestic standard is not the same as having it professionally cleaned. I can't be arsed to take each part and tell you where you're right and wrong, but you really need to read your contract to find out what you're responsible for. Things like gardens and windows are always the tenant's responsibility.
What deposit scheme is used is the landlords decision, not yours. You should only check that he or she has used one, they have to notify you within 14 days of the deposit being paid / you moving in. Most deposit schemes will make you as the tenant register your details as well.
DPS is the government scheme and the money is held by them, and no interest is earned. Other schemes like mydeposit, charge the landlord to "insure" the deposit, and they can then do whatever they wish with the money.
In my experience it's likely that any court would determine that your previous tenancy ended and a new tenancy began in February unless there's anything elsewhere that has very specific dates on it, i.e. the tenancy agreement.I actually have a question for the FH boffins. Since the deposit was only put in a scheme in Feb' this year, does any previous tenancy agreement stand or does it begin once the deposit is actually in a scheme? Also do they really have a leg to stand on since the inventory wasn't done offically by a third party and there are no "Previous to movign in photo's"?