So, we were evicted from our home with two months notice because the LL couldn't pay the mortgage (although now they have thier daughter in there). LL had left us with no working oven for three months when we moved in, and six months before we moved out. We were only there for two years, so that is quite a lot. There was also lots of minor problems - eg six months with the gas fire not working after it was disconnected for being unsafe, two days with no gas supply at all after it was disconnected (on another occaision) for being unsafe by the emergency gas people, metal chimney vent half coming down and rolling about across ours and the neighbours roof windows for three days, agent ringing me up and shouting at me down the phone for "expecting to live for free" because they thought we hadn't paid the rent, but no apology when DH rang back with the transaction numbers, etc etc. I have detailed these on here before.
Anyhow, we were kind of glad when they evicted us, although it was very inconvenient and cost us a fortune in moving costs. We now have a much nicer and bigger house, with a garden, not very far away, for very little more money.
However, they are now trying to keep our deposit. We moved out at the end of March, so I rang to see what was going on. The agent told me that I wouldn't be getting the deposit back as there was water damage to the kitchen top and something else that they couldn't remember.
I should add that the agent took the keys from us on the Saturday, and told us they would do the inspection on the Monday and contact us about any problems straight away, in case it was something we could put right immediately. The LLs daughter moved in on the Sunday (the ILs live practically next door).
I know what they mean about the kitchen top - it is a wooden top, with a belfast sink, and so no proper draining board. However, they supplied a plastic one, which we used, but when we moved it there was a mark underneath. We didn't think much of it at the time, just assumed it was part and parcel of having one of those wooden tops, and we weren't given any special instructions for dealing with the material, so had just been wiping it with normal kitchen cleaner.
The agent did mention some cleaning issues, but I can't think what they were - we scrubbed the house top to bottom. There was the odd bit, eg scuff marks where DDs bed had been, but it was a light colour paint, so was bound to show up muck after two years of having a two to four year old sleeping next to it, and easily painted over.
Any way, we have asked for the problems in an email, which hasn't come. What do we do now?
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Sigh. LL/deposit.
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APieOfButter · 23/05/2011 16:30
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