Gettin rent deposit back if leaving prematurely ?

[juststarting]

Why the bloody hell ask then if that's your attitude?

Let me expand on my answer: I had to help find a new person to move in and cover the landlord's costs, so advertising, credit check on the new tenants, paying the private company that comes out and did the tenancy checks etc.

It set me back a couple of hundred quid, but it was fair cop as he had only expected to have those costs at the end of the contract. The alternative - as stated in the contract I signed - was to pay up the rest of my contract.

What is it about some people that means they have a problem with taking responsibility for their own ******* actions? You read the contract, you signed it, end of story.

Don't ask about it on here and then get arsey when you get several answers that you don't want.

For what it's worth though, it sounds like you got lucky with that previous landlord. Whether you claim you couldn't pay or not, if they had some balls they would simply get a CCJ against you. It sounds like you're not a very good tenant to have if you've done this before.

Sorry did not mean to upset you or anything. Just wanted to know if I can do something about it.