Or simply someone you know gave your name and address when stopped.

Go for it.

Yes, that's his plan. Anyway, the 28 February is well passed and he didn't take you to court. This proves he's bluffing. It's up to you what to do. If you just want your deposit back, start the pre action protocol for the difference he owes you. I would keep the non protection of deposit separate as it is a much simpler matter, no defence from his part.

So he could be making this up. Strange because he claims of having a report from simply business contractors. And no, they wouldn't give him a quote for a declined claim. From earlier posts seems that LL fixed a few things in the house, so the prices that he's claiming are actual costs. Anyhow, it will be difficult for him to explain why he wanted to give you back part of the deposit and when you challenged this he realised there were £14k of damages.

Not at all, but if there are pictures of water damage the judge might consider that. Was there any water damage in the kitchen and if so, how did it happen?

You probably got the buyer name and address from ebay when they bought the vouchers. Write to them and let them know that you will file a report of fraud if they don't explain how your vouchers got spent by them and then refunded by paypal at your expenses. Send the same via email a couple of days later. I bet they'll start panicking saying that the uncle/wife/child/dog/cat/hamster used the account and they didn't know. Happened to me a few years ago. All sorted.

Dodgy electrician = Cash in hand

How's a flood caused by one's negligence? Did you attach a hose to the kitchen tap and washed horses? I don't understand this flood business that it's apparently your fault.

Yes, it's ok. Unless we get heavy rain for 2 weeks...

Fill it yourself. Ballast is best.

You can do your own work, but still need to pay a competent person to certify the installation is safe. Many won't do this because they don't know what has been done under floor boards and into ceilings. Best bet is yellow pages and good luck. Then you bill the fake electrician for the certification and also report him if you have any proof that he claims of being qualified.

So you had left the property two weeks before the insurance claim. He's taking the mick! Ignore his rubbish and start your own claim for the non protection of the deposit. The last schedule you posted is more reasonable, but as he didn't protect the deposit he's stuffed. Go for the jugular.

All of you, please be aware that unless your sale receipt says Vista Motor Group limited, any action against this company will be easily and successfully defended. You must start a claim against the company or individual whose name appear on your receipt. In op's case, as said, Ms Rija trading as ATM Motor Trade  would probably be a better bet to recover some money, especially if her address is known.

I had runs with our management company and got refunds of the last 5 years charges because they couldn't produce evidence of expenditures. Your case takes it to another level. They're entitled to charge an admin/management fee, but outsourcing the job and charging twice for it is a joke. Start by asking for accounts inspection of last year and familiarise yourself with the landlord and tenants act. To get them it would be best to do it with other residents, but i went solo and succeeded . See my thread here: as suggested, the 2 management companies might be related, check list of directors on companies house.

Back to the dictaphone like the good old days. Still works perfectly. Until they find a fix, if...

Sorry Bazzas, but i entered a 12 months contract in January and got a new phone would be a bit of a waste to buy any phone now, don't you think?

Tapeacall not on Android. Damn Google!

Have you got a spare iphone to give me? At the moment i haven't got a spare grand in my pocket.

Yes, no voice recording from other side, only my voice, even if i use the loudspeaker. I took suggestions from the net and disabled all other apps using microphone including "hello Google" but nothing changed. Not only they don't pay tax, they want to help squashing the consumer (taxpayer).

Is your phone updated to G950FXXS4DSC2/G950FOXM4DSBA/G950FXXU4DSBA?

Hi, following an update yesterday on my android i found that the automatic call recording app i was using (cube acr) stopped recording the other party voice. Quick online search and found that it's Google interpretation of European legislation. They don't want the consumer to be able to record companies talking rubbish and making false promises. I tried another dozen apps and got the same result. Where do we go from here? Back to the dictaphone in the pocket, ready to record incriminating claims from dodgy companies? Or is there a solution someone has already worked out?

Metal bollards?

I like ericsbrother idea about the fence. That would make think quite awkward for the council. Police would say it's a civil matter and advise the council that knocking the fence down would be criminal damage. The council would be forced to start a court case but in the mean time other residents could jump on the bandwagon and build a fence. Imagine that...

Yes, both name would appear, unless one of them gives authority to act. So, if there was no flood, why did simply business insurance inspect the damage on 31 December 2018? What happened that made the LL open a claim?

He's having a laugh. Half of the stuff on that list is his responsibility. The rest cannot be proved or needs to be quoted. For example: he claims that there was z flood caused by you and he tried to claim through his insurance which denied payment because the damage was caused by your negligence. All of this will be in writing from the insurance, including all the damage inspected. So, if insurance documents say that the water damage was caused by your negligence, the judge will most likely agree. With things like bathroom picture £100, he's got no chance. No evidence of what this picture was and how much it costs, unless he kept the receipt and has a photo of the bathroom. Got to say, judges are not impressed by shabby landlords not protecting the deposit, not doing a proper inventory, failing to have gas appliances inspected, letting central heating system deteriorate to the point of seizure, leaving rent increase open to interpretation and claiming crazy amounts to scare tenants. Holes in the walls, concealed plaster damage, do you know anything about it? Scruff marks don't count as after so many years it is expected to have some wear and tear. As a landlord i redecorate my property every 6 years and this is in the contract. LL cannot expect a perfect property after people lived in it for many years. So let us know what happened with the alleged flood.