You will find forms online for small claims court. You do have to show you have made all other reasonable efforts to get the money though, give him a few weeks and another letter maybe. I believe aTW is an expert in this very subject.
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I factor in the deposit as part of the rental agreement. I've found that nowadays they always find some excuse not to give it back. Scumbags.Insanity: repeating the same actions, but expecting different results.
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I've rented several times and always got my deposit back. The problem here is that the agent/student needed money and used the tenant's deposit.Originally posted by threaded View PostComment
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Never had any problems with landlords. Sort of places I stay they are usually grateful to have somebody who is not on hard drugs.
Agree with threaded on letting agents, they make up any sort of excuse to retain your money. One said I had not returned the keys although I had posted them through letter box on leaving. Another docked me £35 for not returning a plastic bag with the washing machine instructions in.bloggoth
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Originally posted by xoggoth View Post
This is cause for some extreme retribution."See, you think I give a tulip. Wrong. In fact, while you talk, I'm thinking; How can I give less of a tulip? That's why I look interested."Comment
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Give him one more working week, then a strongly worded letter. If this doesn't work then another letter saying you'll take him to the small claims court.
That way you have made reasonable attempts and given enough time to get you money back. Six hundred pound is six hundred pounds, it's yours.
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If his student loan is as regular as he says it is, you can get him to tell you when he'll have it. Arrange to meet him then, near a cashpoint if necessary, preferably one in a badly-lit sidestreet.
I do agree with the CCJ/legal route in principle but better a well-timed precise move to get your cash than a slow one that might leave him bankrupt and you still out of pocket.Comment
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If student loans are still like they were when I was at Uni, he will get a payment 3 times a year with the next one bing early - mid january......Comment
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If you have a tenancy agreement then you will find that what the agent has done is in fact illegal.Originally posted by 2uk View Post
Forget the bollocks about him being short of cash, that's not your problem!
If it was you that owed him, he'd be all over you like the plague - In the worst of cases you'd be losing a finger a week!
Get the little sod sorted, fast!Comment
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This what pisses me off. What kind of an answer is “you will get your money once I get my loan” . My money was never his personal to spend in the first place..Originally posted by Churchill View Post
Plus if have to take 2 or more days off my contract to attend court sessions - I will have gained nothing in the end. ( well besides some experience in the court system
Hoping my letter will be frightening enough...Last edited by 2uk; 26 November 2007, 20:09.Comment
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