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Bluey
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 Posted: Wed May 09, 2007 4:49 pm Post subject: Re: Bluey |
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| garethcthomas wrote: | | Bluey wrote: | It would be pretty hard for a Landlord to go to Court and say their tenant moved into a luxury flat broke a plasma TV IF not listed as a working item on an inventory signed by both parties at the start of the tenancy AND without an invoice by an engineer that confirms it was broken through negligence on the part of the tenant rather than through an electrical or mechanical fault.
No signed inventory=No permitted deductions from the deposit
A signed inventory without proof that an item was directly damaged by a tenant=No permitted deductions from the deposit.
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Whose side are you on????? |
No-ones side - both tenant and landlord/letting agent should fulfill their respective obligations.
Don't shoot the messenger on this one. It is a fact that landlords who do not have accurate, thorough dual signed inventories will inevitably fail court action brought against them by their tenants who are challenging deposit deductions based on delapidations. |
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Richardhopkins1
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| Posted: Wed Apr 09, 2008 10:14 am Post subject: Sadly True |
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| You are sadly right. The chips are stacked firmly against landlords these days. Indipendant Inventories can in the longrun save any landlord £1000's should a dispute be opened. |
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Elle13
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| Posted: Fri Apr 18, 2008 2:22 pm Post subject: |
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| can the landlord deduct other fees such as 'administration'? I have had over £100 deducted in admin fees. |
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Bluey
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| Posted: Sun Apr 20, 2008 7:04 pm Post subject: |
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| Elle13 wrote: | | can the landlord deduct other fees such as 'administration'? I have had over £100 deducted in admin fees. |
Doubt it very much, unless perhaps there were admin fees detailed in the contract that you failed to pay and have thus been deducted after check-out, for example, to cover the cost of the inventory inspection.
Landlords can charge admin fees but admin fees tend to be charged upfront, with the tenants knowledge and not retrospectively billed on a deposit. If it's the first time you'd heard of these 'fees' and they aren't mentioned elsewhere, your case could be strong to challenge them through civil means.
Call Shelter on their free advice line for tenants as they are experts. |
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