Hi guys, hope you can help. I'm a little concerned that this is too old for me to claim for now but whenever I think about it I'm annoyed that it can be done. I signed up to rent a house back in 2006 and paid, as you do, a months rent and a deposit of £340. Now when I'd agreed to let the property I had just split from a long term girlfriend who I lived with and was desperate to find somewhere quickly and move in asap which I did, the same day as the previous tenants moved out. Meaning the landlord had not checked it before I moved in. The state of the house was terrible and I spent my first week getting it as clean as I could, fast forward 2 years and the tenancy was ended on my part to move onto bigger and better things, my problem now is that the landlord refused to give the deposit back, saying the state of the house was his reasoning, well I know myself that the state of the house was a lot better than when I'd moved in to it and on top of that I had phoned him several times to report damp in the kitchen which he checked more than once but never did anything about. The property was vacated on 31 September 2008 and I have still not received my deposit. Is there anything at all I can do? Any help would be much appreciated. Adam

Morning guys, I just wanted to offer my thanks for you being here and informing the cluless ones like myself that it's not necessary to be walked all over. I had, or have, a similar problem with council tax and Rossendales, I had just filled out a form agreeing to pay them and wrote the envelope etc then decided to check online to see if anyone else had similar problems and what their outcomes were. I was delighted to come across this forum and cannot thank you enough for the information you have given out, I'm sure I'm not the only one who you've helped and I will certainly be recommending this site to friends. Thanks again. Adam