thats what i thought, if it went to court and he won how much does that undermine the arbitration process. i dont see why he's doing all of this. if it was me and i had paid £470 for cleaning/decorating i would happily go to arbitration to prove it

what would that be

quick update - advice and reassurance required he called the police who visited us to discuss items 'stolen' they wont get involved like you said due to it being a civil matter he's now issued us with a court summons (court in northampton when we live in leeds??) for the £470 bond deduction and £470 for items 'stolen' - advice at all? reassurance :)

thank you :)

mr shed you are a legend thank you i keep repeating his words to me in email (direct quote) ''i am excluding items left by the previous tenant such as wardrobe, curtain rails, sky box etc'' if the police do contact me over this do i have a case for slander?

mr shed you are what my teenage brother would call a legend i have been worrying all night and only calming myself by repeating the words he stated on his email ''i have excluded items left by the previous tenant such as wardrobe, curtain rails, sky box etc'' if he calls the police and they contact me do i have grounds for libel

hey all - urgent advice needed i spoke to my solicitor who advised to go to arbitration etc n i informed my letting agent that this was the action i was taking n he has now said he is calling the police in the morning to report me for theft of some items from the property. these items we were told were the previous tenants (who was not our landlords tenant due to flat being sold to our landlord prior to us moving in) and they also do not appear on the inventory. he also states he is taking civil action against us but does not state what please help im starting to worry

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Hey all, hope you are all good today It's Friday!! Anyways, I have been arguing with my letting agent now for 24 hours which isnt healthy at all!! basically i have been going through all our tenancy details now we have left and have come across the letter we received from the DPS on 27th August 2009. We signed the tenancy from 31st July 09 and that was the date we handed the deposit over. Now the letter we have from the DPS states they received the deposit on 16th August and they have the tenancy start date as 01/08/09. Question 1 can I use this breach of the 14 day thing to my advantage? Also has anyone been successful claiming the full deposit back under this kind of breach? If my letting agent refuses mediation/arbitration with DPS what do we do from then? Also, finally sorry, when we moved in he didnt carry out an inventory and get us to sign it. Instead he sent me an email with the inventory as an attachment and stated clearly 'i am excluding the items left by the previous tenant such as the wardrobe, sky box etc' now these werent on the inventory and i have a copy of this and he's now saying we removed these unlawfully and therefore he has a right to claim for them is this right?? cheers guys enjoy your evening

can i also point out that the only information we have regarding our deposit is a letter sent to us by dps with the details of when the deposit was paid - there isnt anything to do with how we can go forward with complaints or the purpose of the deposit

what does arbitration involve?

can i also make the quick point that we have a letter from DPS saying the details of our deposit it has the tenancy start date as 1st Aug which is incorrect as it was 31st July (the date the tenancy starts and the date we got keys and moved in) and the deposit was received on 16th August - is this where I can get him on the 14 day rule?

Thank you I have emails from him stating that he is excluding the items left by the previous tenant from the inventory such as the wardrobe yet in his latest email he practically blackmails us by saying either accept what I have said or pay for the wardrobe etc.

The property had just been redecorated when we moved in and cleaned also, though I doubt it was done professionally due to the state of the oven. He's charging £350 for decorating and £120 for industrial cleaning. The high amount for decorating is why I asked if I could provide my own quotes as I know several decorators and could have got it done a lot cheaper but he went ahead and had the work carried out before waiting for my reply. The state of the property is as thus - there are a few smudges on the walls in the lounge and thats it for the decorating side. With the cleaning I cant really see why it has to be industrially cleaned as there are no stains on the carpets, smells etc. We cleaned it thoroughly before we left, there are a few fingerprints on the kitchen doors which were left when cleaning but we arent professional cleaners ourselves so its not like we could get it to the high standards he wanted.