I've posted my situation on here before, and exhausted all efforts to claim my Tennancy deposit back. I've sent letters from myself, two different solicitors and still no full deposit. I am now having to apply to my local court and recieved the application forms today, however i noticed in the thread on here which gives examples of wording there's ames of different forms. There's no N1 or whatever on my form (I live in Wales,would this make a difference?). When i rang my court and explained the situation she told me that whether i am just claiming my deposit OR the deposit and 3x amount it's the same from. I'm also a bit unsure of how to fill it in. It asks: "Brief details of claim" "value" "Particulars of claim (attached) (to follow)" could anyone please clarify this so i dont fill it in wrong?!?!

We haven't cashed the cheque he sent (for £318 out of £600) so deductions are £282 for "redecorating" a place that was fine (and even if it wasn't my dad's a painter & decorator so i'd have got him to do it for free for me before we left) and for repair of the boiler which wasn't broken and was his responsibility anyway!! As for not being able to claim the 3x amount as we are moved out, surely this is wrong as you can't get your deposit back whilst still living there?

when moving in to the first place i definately remember, not sure about moving in the 2nd place, and not when we left, No.

Here's my story: My partner and i lived in our last apt for 2 years, and we moved out August 2010. Previous to that we lived in a smaller apt owned by the same landlord for 9months. Our deposit on the smaller apt was £450, and when we moved to a bigger apt, we paid an extra £150 to make the deposit £600. When we moved out of our apt, the Landlords' Dad (who lived accross the road and dealt with any problems tennants had) came to inspect and said that the condition was fine, and i handed him back the keys. We never heard anything about the return of our deposit for a month so contacted the Landlords' Dad (as we never had a contact number for our Landlord) who said he'd ask his son to get in touch with us. We recieved a letter stating that he had deducted money for re-decorating and for boiler repair!! Once we recieved this we sent him a letter asking for details of which Tennancy Deposit Scheme he had used (so we could dispute these deductions) and he replied stating that it was not in one as the tennancy pre-dated the law coming in to force. We replied stating the dates of our tennancy did fall in to this Law coming in to force and had no reply. We sent another letter again stating that it was a legal requirement to put it one of the TDS's and again had no reply. At this point we spoke to a solicitor who sent a letter on our behalf asking for the deposit within 7 days. 9 days later we recieved a letter with a cheque for the deposit MINUS the deductions (which had been pre-dated to the month before even tho the postal mark said the day before we recieved it) and again saying that the deposit was not in a scheme and he would have to "look in the archives to find out why". As we now know that our deposit is not in a scheme we want to persue getting the 3x deposit back as well as our full deposit, however when i spoke to someone at Shelter, they told me it may not be successful as there is a case ongoing (Tiensia services v Vision enterprise) that could change the outcome for other future claims? Can anyone give me advice on what to do? I've searched the internet all day for some help and rang a few people. We dont have the money to waste on court fees if it's not going to be successful. Thanking you in advance