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Repairs using tenancy deposit

jellyfius · 2015-04-09 13:37:36

Hi all, I'm just about to move out of a flat I was renting and, during the tenancy, there was damage done to the intercom system in the flat. Basically, when I was dusting, a transparent plastic cover for the CCTV monitor fell away from the console and little plastic pins were broken at the bottom of the cover meaning it…

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MadDog76 wrote: »

Tenants try cover up damages instead of being honest with their LL's .......... fair LL's equal honest Tenant's.
This LL is not being fair .........

I am a landlord and have been as fair as I can possibly be ... I have had some absolutely perfect tenants and my share of irresponsible ones. So saying that fair LLs = honest tenants is a total myth. I have been shafted by tenants whom I treated in a proper professional manner

It is stated in my lease that any and all damages must be reported as soon as possible .. the reason for this is I don't want the tenant hiding anything and then hoping I don't notice until the place it let again or i have refunded the deposit.

I treat all lies, attempts to cover up etc as a potential breech of the lease. I have had tenants break some stuff, they have informed me and I have just replaced and said nothing .. funnily enough these tend to be the tenants who get their deposit back almost instantly as when I do the walk through after the lease is up I don't get any surprises.

Its just like the tenant who just unilaterally decides to use the deposit as the last months rent ... when that is mentioned or happens I know that it is almost definite that there will be damage etc when the house is expected.

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