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  1. I was renting a property which I have now left, and the Landlord/ his agent gave me no deposit back... this is currently in dispute with TDS. Whilst I was in tenancy I reported several problems to the landlords agent (hot water/ heating faulty and electrics unsafe and faulty) which i have email evidence of. Neither of these faults was addressed. Having looked into it since i left, i realised that I was never given an address for the landlord in the Uk. The address on the contract was blank. I understand this means that no rent was legally due. My 2 questions so far are; 1. can i claim the rent back, as they did nothing to sort out the maintenance issues they should have? 2. if the rent was paid direct into the landlords agents account, do i claim off the agent, or the landlord? Additionally they took items of mine from the garage related to this property after I had physically moved out, but before my tenancy came to an end... the landlord is saying he didn't take it, the agent did, and the agent is saying the landlord is responsible for removing my stuff... who can i go after in this case, or how can i find out for definate who authorised my properties removal?? Both parties are basically sticking two fingers up at me, and either giving me the run around, or just ignoring my requests all together. If this is how reputable companies act, then i feel sorry for you guys that deal with more scrupulous landlords
  2. Did you have any joy against VW finance, as I am just about to start my claim, and any help you could offer would be useful!
  3. yes, it was an AST. The TDS will not give me a date that the LL agent stopped using their service, should they have to provide me with that information? Will the dispute service take into account my belongings removed from the property, or am I better going through the courts?
  4. The scheme used was the Tenancy Deposit Scheme, and when i asked for a date they stopped the service they would only say "recently". I then asked whether I was still able to open a dispute, and "The deposit was registered within our scheme, but as i have previously mentioned your Agent is no longer a member of our scheme and arranging alternative arrangements to have that protected..." and "If you wish to raise a dispute there would be a charge to the agent, however the agent may choose not to pay this fee and would have to forward your dispute to the company they are now using to protect deposits" replied this morning!! I did ask the landlords agents who they were now using to protect my deposit by email, and copied that letter to the landlord at the house I rented (as his only known UK address) over 14 days ago but have received no reply. They are just not answering any of my queries, they have charged me for cleaning (when the house was spotless and the cleaning contractor has confessed to me they were told to clean the whole house and quoted without seeing the state of it), they took some personal belongings from the garage of the property (4 days before my tenancy agreement ended, although after I had vacated the property in the main), and they billed me for removing the lock.. (my tenancy was still valid at that point)...
  5. My landlord (through his letting agent) has refused to return any of my deposit. I disputed this, and after 5 weeks of unsuccesfully trying to negotiate (in fact i was getting no responce) I contacted the TDS service who informed me the landlord had "recently decided not to be members of the scheme anymore". Is this legal, and how long after the end of tenancy does the scheme 'safeguard' the deposit for ?? please help, i'm running into so many brick walls.
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