tenancy deposit
i have a new tenancy at £3000 pcm and have collected £3000 deposit from the tenants. I usually prote

How can I get my deposit refunded.
My daughter shared a flat with two other students.July 08-June 09. The tenancy agreement was AS

Court Action For Not Lodging Deposit
Hi, We had a tenant who moved into a property and within the first week she said that her company wo

When to Inspect
In order to both agree and release the deposit from the scheme, an inspection has to take place. Id

When does TDS apply
My tenant moved in 2002 and is still in the property. I am holding the deposit since then.

Forgot to put deposit into TDS
I forgot to put the tenants deposit in a TDS due to a silly admin error. The tenancy has ended

Tennancy deposits and accelerated possession procedure
In the County Court accelerated possession procedure, cliam form N5B -claim form for possession

Studio Flats
What experience have fellow landlords had in respect of Council Tax and Studio Flats. Question, when

Deposit protcetion and leaving tenant.
Hi, Please could you advise me what to do when one of my tenants wants to move out but the other wou

Forgot to put deposit in TDS
I forgot to put the tenants deposit in a TDS due to a silly admin error. The tenancy has ende

Letting Agent under liquadation
I currently let my property and used an estate agent to find tenants. When the tenancy agreement was

agent become bankrupt and tenants diposiit was holding by agents now the reciver saying me that i
hi please help me my agent goner bankrupt and matter is with reciver called cmb partners llp the le

Am I as landlord reponsible for a deposit?
One of the letting agents I have used has just gone bankrupt. The agents who have taken over his bu

tenants deposit
can a letting agent withold tenants deposit after they have vacated the property until the agent is

When suing a landlord for not registering a deposit
I am a landlord, but am helping my partner sue his unscrupulous landlord for not registering his dep

TDSL complaint
Dear Help desk Some tenants are threatening to complain to TDSL with regard to my withholding b

alternative deposits for letting agreements above £25,000 pa
Hi Help desk What alternatives to deposits are there for tenancies above £25,000 pa apart from

TDS - true that lamndlords with an income of over 25k don't have to register?
In a bit of a panic as just read the RLA article on AST's in the magazine september/october. Is

Deposit Alternatives
Is it legal to ask for 2 months rent in advance instead of taking a deposit off someone. Kind R

advance rent should now be registered as a deposit in deposit scheme!
This is the advice given by Dave Absolom, the RLA legal adviser, in answer to a previous deposit que

PRESCRIBED INFORMATION ON CUSTODY DEPOSITS
I always protect my tenant's deposits by placing them in the custody scheme as soon as i receive

electrical goods within a property
A friend of mine has just given notice on a flat he has been in for 18 months - very good tenant

Deposit Found to be Unregistered by Deposit Protection Scheme
Dear Sirs, I attempted to register one of my tenants deposits (a modest £300) by sending off th

SUIING LANDLORD FOR NOT REGISTERING DEPOSIT
A friend (of a friend) of mine recently attempted to sue his landlord (after the tenancy had ended a

Section 8 Notice
As we are not members of a Tenancy Deposit Scheme, we used the following wording for the additional

Which Deposit Scheme?
When letting a number of properties and taking a deposit for each one, which is the best depos

TAKING PETS IN PROPERTY
Could anyone enlighten me as to the situation of allowing a pet and asking for an amount of money to

JUDGE OVERRULES LAW ON FINE FOR NON PROTECTION
A friend (of a friend) of mine recently attempted to sue his landlord (after the tenancy had ended a

GAS AND ELECTRIC METERS
TENANTS HAVE MOVED OUT OF A PROPERTY OWING MONEY TO SCOTTISH POWER FOR BOTH GAS AND ELECTRIC

Who regulates Inventory Companies?
We have had a company do a very shoddy job of our check-in report- I have made many complain

rent arrears
Tenants moved in 20 april 2009 there was no deposit and no money was paid for the first 8 weeks, the

Change Door Locks
I have a tenant who is refusing to pay rent, when he leaves the house could i enter my property and

CAN ONE OF YOU LOVELY PEOPLE PUT ME STRAIGHT PLEASE
My tenant had contract starting 1st august 2008 ending 11am 31st jan 2009.He wanted another contract

re change of payment dates on an asured shortold tenancy
We have a tenant who commenced a tenancy on the 12/1/2009 . He has recently changed his employm

Original Contracts
If we hand out an original tenancy agreement for a tenant to show to the council, and it is lost in

Delivering Prescribed Information Late
I was releived to read in one of your articles last year that you helped a landlord appeal against a

Original Contracts
If we hand out an original tenancy agreement for a tenant to show to the council, and it is lost in

Which is better? Landlord takes tenants to court or other way round?
I have problem tenants who are threatening to take me to court over a boiler timer issue (for which

CHECKING ON DATES FOR SECTION 21
TENANT STARTED TENANCY 10TH MARCH AND SECTION 21 GIVEN AT START. DATES ARE EXPIRES AFTER 9TH SE

Notice
A tenant has given one months notice but the tenancy agreement states that the notice required is tw

threatening behavour
i was called to a property i own by a neighbour reporting noise when i got there the tenant was out