Could anyone help me understand my legal position please?
My daughter and her friends ended the tenancy and moved out of her shared house this summer. They were all obliged to provide parental guarantor forms to cover the rent at the beginning of the tenancy and each student signed a separate rental contract for their room. We paid the rent for our daughter directly to the landlord.
The deposit (£2100 ) was protected by a Deposit Protection Scheme that has informed me that the deposit has been returned to the landlord and is no longer protected by them. Each student paid £350 deposit.
When I asked the LL why we have not had my daughter's deposit back he said one of the tenants did not pay the last 3 months rent £320x3 and there were other " things" not right with the house.!
He maintained that he can withhold the deposit from other tenants to cover the unpaid rent, if this is true why were we obliged to sign a rent guarantor form?
My daughter has had no correspondence at all from him and he is now "unavailable" when I try to call.
I have sent a recorded letter to him asking him to refund the deposit but I am interested to know how we stand legally.
I am so cross, partly at the student who didn't pay correctly and has now gone abroad to work leaving the other students in this position but mainly with the LL who rented out a grotty, grotty house to 6 kids and who now is "unavailable"!
Thank you to anyone who can help.
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Mamalook · 27/08/2014 17:11
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