My landlord won't return my bond

helpmeout

My landlord won't return my bond.

I rented a room through a private landlord for 13 months, I gave the requried 4 weeks notice and was told that my bond will be put in my account when I left.

I have email regularly requesting my bond back over the past 5 months. I did not sign a contract of any sorts and I am led to believe that my landlord was doing things illeagilly - not acknowledging the rent she received etc.

She was and as far as I know living abroad, I myself am no longer in Dublin either.

Do you think there is any chance of me receiving my bond back? If so how?

Thanks

Stark

By bond, do you mean your deposit?

I suggest you get onto to Threshold: http://www.threshold.ie . They deal with this kind of shenanigans on a regular basis.

I hope you were doing everything through a bank account and not through cash in hand by the way.

Mr. Presentable

I'd say you have no chance if there's no lease agreement signed by both parties. How will you demonstrate that you were a tenant, or that you paid any rent?

helpmeout

By bond I do mean deposit. All rent was paid into a bank account in the landlords name and I also have various emails etc. That state i was a tenant there.

Thanks for the advice will try Threshold.ie

D3PO

helpmeout wrote: »

Thanks for the advice will try Threshold.ie

unless you have a reciept proving you paid a deposit dont waste your time and given you didnt have a written rental agreement the odds are you dont.

GerardKeating

helpmeout wrote: »

By bond I do mean deposit. All rent was paid into a bank account in the landlords name and I also have various emails etc. That state i was a tenant there.

Thanks for the advice will try Threshold.ie

You might have another problem, you mention the property is living aboard, if this was the case, you were required to dedute a withholding tax from the rent and give it to government.

You might be liable for this.