Hi everyone. My tenant of 5 years has abandoned my property today. She text me to say that due to a change in circumstances, she has left the property and has posted the keys through the door and the stuff she has left behind can either be thrown away or kept. I went to check and she has left her all her furniture such as beds, wardrobes, etc. She had always paid her rent on time so admittedly I'd become a bit laid back with checking but I checked today and she has not paid rent for the last 2 months and she missed a payment in October last year too. She also had the cheek to give me her bank details to give her deposit back...! Where do I stand with getting missed rent back from this tenant? I have no idea where she has gone and she seems to of now blocked my number. I am an accidental landlord as you can tell from my username and also rather stupidly did not protect her deposit. Does this mean I have to give it back?! Even if she owes rent. Help desperately needed...
AIBU?
Am I being unreasonable?
424 votes. Final results.
POLLAccidentalLandlord1 · 18/03/2023 21:58
I did do a gas/elec safety check when she moved in
AccidentalLandlord1 · 18/03/2023 21:58
I did do a gas/elec safety check when she moved in
AccidentalLandlord1 · 18/03/2023 21:58
I did do a gas/elec safety check when she moved in
MerryMarigold · 18/03/2023 21:49
What's a deposit for, if not to protect against missed rent and damage to property? Surely you don't give it all back and then take someone to court for missing rent?
AccidentalLandlord1 · 18/03/2023 21:58
I did do a gas/elec safety check when she moved in
LovingACountryBoy · 18/03/2023 22:02
This is clearly a wind up.
The OP knows that mumsnet hates landlords. This is ‘wind them up and watch them go.’
AccidentalLandlord1 · 18/03/2023 21:58
I did do a gas/elec safety check when she moved in
LovingACountryBoy · 18/03/2023 22:02
This is clearly a wind up.
The OP knows that mumsnet hates landlords. This is ‘wind them up and watch them go.’
AccidentalLandlord1 · 18/03/2023 21:58
I did do a gas/elec safety check when she moved in
LovingACountryBoy · 18/03/2023 22:02
This is clearly a wind up.
The OP knows that mumsnet hates landlords. This is ‘wind them up and watch them go.’
AccidentalLandlord1 · 18/03/2023 21:58
I did do a gas/elec safety check when she moved in
Colourfingers2 · 18/03/2023 22:04
You only have to give that deposit back if she has proof that she paid it to you no proof of payment of deposit means no deposit paid.
NorthernDrizzle · 18/03/2023 21:37
No-one is an accidental landlord and certainly not for 5 years
Pay her the deposit back
Clear the property
Put it up for sale.
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Motorcycleemptyness · 18/03/2023 22:04
That may be so, but some landlord DO carry on like this. I rented for years and the absolute clownery I encountered was off the charts.
Scum.
LovingACountryBoy · 18/03/2023 22:02
This is clearly a wind up.
The OP knows that mumsnet hates landlords. This is ‘wind them up and watch them go.’
AccidentalLandlord1 · 18/03/2023 21:58
I did do a gas/elec safety check when she moved in
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