Can someone please help me with the legality of this please.
I private rented a property from a landlord who separated from her husband and wanted to live in our house. She offered me one of her other houses as an alternative. The house wasn't really suitable but rather than be homeless I agreed to move. Because of her circumstances I moved within 4 weeks rather than the required notice period of 2 months.
After moving a more suitable house came up. I spoke to the landlord and told her we would be moving out but my friend wanted to rent the property and could move in the same day we moved out. This was agreed verbally.
The agent she uses dragged her feet and there ended up being a weeks delay between me moving out and my friend moving in. The landlord wants me to pay for this week. I had paid up to the date I moved out 5th Dec and friend paid the a full months rent up front on the 11th Dec.
I was lending the bond money to my friend, so the landlord released the whole bond from the bond scheme where it was held but rather than return it to me she kept it and was supposed to put it back into the bond scheme in my friends name.
Now she has contacted my friend saying the bond is short by the weeks rent and she has to make up the difference.
So my question is, can she make a deduction from the bond after the fact. Surely if there was a dispute over rent she should have raised that properly within the 30 day period with the bond scheme?
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Landlord released bond from Agent and then made deductions before giving it back.
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HairySubject · 08/01/2016 10:16
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