How to proceed with legal dispute over unprotected tenancy deposit

[Smms4847]

I bought a student HMO in January 2018 to add to my portfolio. The property was already tenanted for the next year, and I was informed by our legal advisor at the time that their already protected tenancy deposit would be transferred into my name. One tenant change occurred when the year ended, and...

[jwray]

I am co-owner of the freehold and own the leasehold to our upstairs flat (the are 2 flats in this converted house). We are keen to do an extension to our roof space to add a bedroom for our daughter. Our downstairs neighbour, whilst initially being very encouraging in writing when we shared planning...

[Tim Mason]

My tenant was door-stepped. Hadn't contacted me about a small area of mould in a walk in cupboard.

Builders knock on door and tell him the reason is the gutter needs clearing. Then when up there tell him other work is needed like 4 slipped tiles and some repointing of chimney and ridge...

[New-buy]

Have had a search and can't see answer. Hoping someone he can give me some pointers.

In process of buying an ex local authority flat in London. There's major works bill from 2014 that vendor has agreed to settle prior to completion.
However there's also an £800 estimated bill for...

[swlondon]

After approx 16 months of a good tenancy the tenant gave 1 month notice to leave. As the date given was 10 days after the next months rent was due I offered to take the 10 days of rent off their deposit but only if they authorize this. They did and I have an e-mail from them agreeing this. Now they...

[User0131]

Hello, Im in a sticky situation here and can't provide the entire backstory as its an ongoing investigation but I'll give as much info as possible:

Recently my mother passed away, my brothers kids were living with her at the time (unofficially, rent free, council tax free). Since her passing...

[DidsburyLandlord]

I'm wondering what the best thing to do is! Neither my long-term AST tenant nor I realized that her deposit hadn't been protected as we both mistakenly thought the agent had done it. Unfortunately they had not! As soon as I realised I deposited it with the DPS and informed her I'd done so. She had never...

[ANNABELSMITH124]

I have an ongoing dispute with my neighbour regarding the party wall which they insist I have damaged when fitting a new bathroom (This is not true, I have had the wall surveyed)
They now claim that the noise of water coming from my taps/shower is intolerable (I have witnessed this and find it...

[Lilylily]

This is my first post, so I hope it's in the right place and appropriate for this forum. I am part of a group working on buying the freehold of our building after our landlord issued us with a Right of First Refusal. We are a large bdg with 190 flats, and can't expect to get 100% buy in to the freehold,...

[Rachel27]

Hello

Asking for a friend. They are three separate friends that have been renting a house since 2013, shared bathroom and kitchen etc. One housemate is moving out and has found a new tenant to move in and replace him. The letting agent has said that they cannot accept this ‘due to new...

[MichaelA30]

Hi all,

There is a large communal cupboard in my block of 3 flats (one of which i own leasehold) which contains the electricity meters and the bike storage. I also store a few suitcases in here but have recently been told by my service provider to remove the personal belongings in that...

[Jonathan1205]

Hi there,

I am new to this forum.

Our family moved in to a housing association property around 24 years ago. We were given assured tenancy. Our tenancy states Mr and Mrs “xxxx” and x children as tenants. Tenancy was signed by landlord and my dad. My parents were separated...

[UNKNOWN1991]

Hi,

If a deposit for a tenant has not been protected and the current tenants have now left.
Work needs to be done and they have some discrepancies. The deposit was held in a private bank account.

What happens next if this goes further?

Thanks

[Hello12345]

Hi,

I have been a tenant in a flat for the past 3 years and have recently moved out. Over the past 3 years my landlord has sent me an expense sheet to pay which included a fee to protect the deposit I gave them. I was always dubious about this because I thought it was free. I paid it none...

[Hollyg17]

Hi.

Sorry I'm not really sure where to post this but hoping someone can help me navigate.

My estate agency asked for me and my flatmate to hand our keys into our concierge when we leave the flat (sent via email) which is different to our tenancy agreement. I handed my keys...