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I rented a house from a private landlord at the end of Sept 2012 for an initial period of 6 months. By the end of January 2013 I couldn't stand it any longer. The house was so cold. A heating engineer said that the radiator in the open plan downstairs was not sufficient for the room size and the extension kitchen which only had a floor blowing heater would be at a temperature of 4C in the morning. I had waited over 2 months for the landlord to fix the thermostat so that the boiler would respond to it rather then having to have the heatiing permanently on. (it never got fixed).
I have a toddler and decided that I needed to put his needs first so I looked around for something else. I told my landlord and his agent that I was looking to leave and that I would obviously continue to pay rent until the end of my contract but if they found a new tenant then I would be willing to give up the tenancy for them to move in. The agent said that this was ok and that I would get a partial refund of any rent paid if new tenants were found. He started viewings whilst I was still resident. I moved out on 25th Jan, paid rent for February. New tenant moved in mid Feb. (as that fitted with their schedule - I allowed this on the assumption I would get a refund).
I have been asking for a refund from Feb but I am either being ignored for weeks at a time or fobbed off.
I have contacted both the landlord and his agent.
Where do you think I stand in this situation? I appreciate that I was under contract for 6 months, but I was willing to see that through. I feel that as new tenants were moved in then the Landlord has accepted my termination of contract.
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How can I get money back from my ex-landlord
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Cambam2010 · 17/04/2013 14:08
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