Hehe, np - there's a lot of info around that's either unclear or contradictory!
I think the ambiguity may be between 10 working days and 14 calendar days as well
Either way - good luck, and hopefully it's a relatively straightforward process!
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Hehe, np - there's a lot of info around that's either unclear or contradictory!
I think the ambiguity may be between 10 working days and 14 calendar days as well
Either way - good luck, and hopefully it's a relatively straightforward process!
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Well I have escalated this to a "single claim" the DPS Scheme are sending me the document I need to complete to start the procedure.
I have checked with a Conveyancing solictor, they only charge £5 to witness my signature, so once the paperwork has arrived I will be doing this.
I have spoken to the estate agents who found me as a tenant (they didnt continue any involvement in the lease) they deposited the funds, they are 100% aware that I want this sorting, but the actual owner/landlord is not responding to their requests on this either. The thing is they are in communication with him anyway as he has used them to find another tenant, but he wont confirm anything regarding my deposit.
I have checked with a Conveyancing solictor, they only charge £5 to witness my signature, so once the paperwork has arrived I will be doing this.
I have spoken to the estate agents who found me as a tenant (they didnt continue any involvement in the lease) they deposited the funds, they are 100% aware that I want this sorting, but the actual owner/landlord is not responding to their requests on this either. The thing is they are in communication with him anyway as he has used them to find another tenant, but he wont confirm anything regarding my deposit.
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Not really, other than he did some repair work and 10 month later he decided I should pay towards it (it was repair the waste pipe that cracked outside my upstairs bathroom - which I refused as I didnt cause any crack to a pipe outisde the house on the 1st floor)
You get back the amount that isn't in dispute straight away anyway.
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Well after the esate agent who was used just as a tenant finder has been chasing the landlord for me for 3 weeks with no resolution.
I escalated the deposit to a claim and I received the paperwork today, I thought I would email my landlord directly today advising that I was going to start a claim.
Interestingly he decided after I emailed him his reply to me was that he sent the agent an email the start of last week an email authorising the estate agent to release the funds fully for me.
So I called them agent and they said they received an email only 5mins before my call to them. He actually forwarded me the email showing the date and time as 3pm today.
So finally it got sorted, seems my landlord wanted to string it along just enough to annoy the crap outta me, but at least now intelligence previals and the estate agent stayed on the phone with me and we completed the online forms to release the funds to me, so next 3 days I will get my full £895 back!
I think the main point in this was that my email today advised I have full SLR quality photos of every room, wall, ceiling, carpet, floor and inside every cupboard and cooker and dishwasher etc, showing that the property was handed back in 100% perfect condtion.
I escalated the deposit to a claim and I received the paperwork today, I thought I would email my landlord directly today advising that I was going to start a claim.
Interestingly he decided after I emailed him his reply to me was that he sent the agent an email the start of last week an email authorising the estate agent to release the funds fully for me.
So I called them agent and they said they received an email only 5mins before my call to them. He actually forwarded me the email showing the date and time as 3pm today.
So finally it got sorted, seems my landlord wanted to string it along just enough to annoy the crap outta me, but at least now intelligence previals and the estate agent stayed on the phone with me and we completed the online forms to release the funds to me, so next 3 days I will get my full £895 back!
I think the main point in this was that my email today advised I have full SLR quality photos of every room, wall, ceiling, carpet, floor and inside every cupboard and cooker and dishwasher etc, showing that the property was handed back in 100% perfect condtion.
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