Ive posted on her for advice from landlords and tennants alike.
I moved into a property in 2003. No check in inventory.
Asked if we could decorate, told this was no problem it was our home. (stupidly got no written permission)
Landlord only Had gas certificates supplied twice in the years we lived there. One in 2008 one for a new boiler 2011. We didnt know this was a legal requirement until moving into our new house.
This year we were issued with a notice to quit, after she had brought an estate agent around. As she can get more through student lets.
We got ready to move cleaned the house top to bottom asked if she would our fridge/freezer (as we had bought a new bigger one) curtains, blinds, lampshades and garden gate we had fitted. She accepted.
Asked her to meet us to handover keys, check out inventory. And after 8 1/2 years being tennants thought it would be nice to say goodbye. She told us to post the keys.
A few days later we recieved an email between landlord and there daughter. NOT ADDRESSED TO US! Sayin as we had decorated she would want to keep around £300 to redecorate. To cut a long story short amounts have changed, reasons have changed and many letters have gone back and forth.
The house was never all neautral to begin with like they are claiming, and had dark blue dated wallpaper. We had decorated the house mainly white just the chimmney breasts wallpapered. I have an email from them saying that they have not objected to us decorating. ( before all this kicked off)
They are also claiming things like we left the garden in a mess, smeared pollyfiller on every wall. None of this is true. They have also stated we left the property unrentable however new tenants moved in the same weekend we moved out. I have two witness statements to confirm this and photos from the new tenants.
I took photos of the empty property upon leaving. In her evidence shes included photos of the property but in the background you can see a bed, pictures on the wall and clothes. Clearly showing someone has moved in, not only proving she has lied but surely she canot use photos once someone else had signed a tenancy agreement. Her garden pictures show about two weeds in the garden ( it was weeded before we left) her picture could of been took weeks after we left, as i said before they are not pictures of an empty property so not took on day of us leaving.
Her quotes are to repaint the whole house, not just the disputed decorted walls. For a complete garden makeover. And £110 in quote and admin fees. So as well as keeping our deposit she wants a further £500.
Its going to court in the next few weeks any advice on the matter would be amazing. Thankyou.
I moved into a property in 2003. No check in inventory.
Asked if we could decorate, told this was no problem it was our home. (stupidly got no written permission)
Landlord only Had gas certificates supplied twice in the years we lived there. One in 2008 one for a new boiler 2011. We didnt know this was a legal requirement until moving into our new house.
This year we were issued with a notice to quit, after she had brought an estate agent around. As she can get more through student lets.
We got ready to move cleaned the house top to bottom asked if she would our fridge/freezer (as we had bought a new bigger one) curtains, blinds, lampshades and garden gate we had fitted. She accepted.
Asked her to meet us to handover keys, check out inventory. And after 8 1/2 years being tennants thought it would be nice to say goodbye. She told us to post the keys.
A few days later we recieved an email between landlord and there daughter. NOT ADDRESSED TO US! Sayin as we had decorated she would want to keep around £300 to redecorate. To cut a long story short amounts have changed, reasons have changed and many letters have gone back and forth.
The house was never all neautral to begin with like they are claiming, and had dark blue dated wallpaper. We had decorated the house mainly white just the chimmney breasts wallpapered. I have an email from them saying that they have not objected to us decorating. ( before all this kicked off)
They are also claiming things like we left the garden in a mess, smeared pollyfiller on every wall. None of this is true. They have also stated we left the property unrentable however new tenants moved in the same weekend we moved out. I have two witness statements to confirm this and photos from the new tenants.
I took photos of the empty property upon leaving. In her evidence shes included photos of the property but in the background you can see a bed, pictures on the wall and clothes. Clearly showing someone has moved in, not only proving she has lied but surely she canot use photos once someone else had signed a tenancy agreement. Her garden pictures show about two weeds in the garden ( it was weeded before we left) her picture could of been took weeks after we left, as i said before they are not pictures of an empty property so not took on day of us leaving.
Her quotes are to repaint the whole house, not just the disputed decorted walls. For a complete garden makeover. And £110 in quote and admin fees. So as well as keeping our deposit she wants a further £500.
Its going to court in the next few weeks any advice on the matter would be amazing. Thankyou.
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