I have been contacted by a landlord who has drawn my attention to a thread on the popular LandlordZone forum: “Briefly, the rental property has been in the hands of the receivers since July 2008. The … [Read more...]
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Tenant in despair after DPS pays deposit to landlord
Most of the complaints I hear about regarding the Deposit Protection Service (DPS) are from landlords. However they are not the only sufferers. Today I received this cri de coeur from Miss C: "The … [Read more...]
A company let of a room in a shared house?
Over on the Property Tribes forum, there is a question by a lady letting out a room. Her prospective tenant/lodger told her that as he is self employed, he is going to have the rent the room out … [Read more...]
DPS – tenant with CCJ unable to claim back tenancy deposit
A tenant recently wrote to me with a sad story: "I vacated my property in February 2009, and due to the DPS not returning my deposit I became homeless. As the landlord and I were in dispute over the … [Read more...]
Possible scam with tenants' deposit money
There has been quite a bit of publicity over the last few months about agents and the unjust charges they impose on both tenants and also the landlords they represent. The CAB did a report on this … [Read more...]
Tenancy deposits with student lets
Readers may be interested in hearing about the solution to a problem experienced by a Landlord Law member, Roger, who lets to students. Roger uses a Shorthold Tenancy Agreement (four students per … [Read more...]