Hi guys, I send a N1 Claim together with a postal order of the court fee on the 16th Oct 2012. It has been two weeks now, and I didn't receive any Notice of Issues yet. Is this normal? Who should I contact to ask what has happened to my claim? Thanks a lot for your helps

I have seen on the website that there are new corrections to TDS, and understood Lea_HTH and Steve__M , again many thanks and hope this post is helpful to others. Just one more question, is it N1 that I should be using or N208?

Thanks for your advices. I have in fact already threatened with non-protection, but he doesn't seem to give a sh** about it, but continuously saying that we don't clean this well, that well, blabla. We have taken pictures of the house and believed that it is in good standard. Since he was not able to give any initial inventory (whether signed or not), this becomes the reason that we want to sue him for our money. That's a very good point. Clearly we don't have any proof for free rent offer. It was also true that he didn't ask for rent of the two week in the first place. Otherwise, we would consider to not living in there or at least negotiate the rent with him. Does this mean the landlord has more advantage in this part of the story?

Thanks for your reply, my tenancy ended after this time. Does that mean when I make the claim in N208 form ( I suppose?), I make it open claim saying that I don't know how much I should claim for? or should I put 750 pounds + interest only then?

Thanks for your reply, really appreciated. I have checked and the deposit is not being protected. We have also asked the landlord for the protection, he failed to show us any (have written proof). I am now aware the it is up to Judge to decide how much we get in the end, but in the claim form, how should I put? please see post 3 Many thanks

ok, I had some advices from my friends, and compared with some posts in the forum, now I am very confused: Here are the possible claim ideas: 1. Claim 750 + 1750 x 3 + interest, reason for 1750 x 3 is because non of the deposit had been put into TDS. 2. Claim 750 + 700 x 3 + interest, reason for 750 x 3 is because the landlord had returned 1000 back so they will not come into effect. 3. Let the court decide? (a lazy friend's advice) Which one is the correct one? I guess the answer to this can be help to a lot others who face the same situation that only partial deposit has been returned and the full amount had never been protect by TDS. Many thanks again and again

Just to add, there are three of us living in the house, If we decide to sue the landlord, do we put all our names in the claim form (N208) or just one of us as a representative?

The situation in brief is that we had paid 1750 pounds in total as deposit. At the end of tenancy, the landlord deducted 750 pounds for garden refurbishment and rent on extra two weeks (which we were told that the two weeks would be free, but we have no written proofs for this). After looking at other posts, I figured that the landlord didn't put a penny into the DPS, and the landlord had never give us a initial inventory to sign for. We also figured out that he probably don't even have one. Under such circumstances, what are the chances to claim the 750 pounds back or partially back? Many thanks for your help If you need any other details, let me know.