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  1. Dear Members I am an incidental landlord having lost my job and forced to relocate to an alternative location for a job. Unfortunately, I foolishly and naively did not do adequate research when renting out my house to a neighbour's close relative. As a result, I did not protect the tenant's deposit - I provide a chronology below. A catastrophic falling out, followed by non-payment of rent forced me to seek repossession under S21. I successfully obtained an Eviction Order as a direct outcome from the help I got from you! I would be grateful for your thoughts, views and suggestions. The matter I have set out below is a result of my own naivety and foolishness having not done my research properly as an amateur and accidental landlord: Issues :- (i) Is the former tenant right in asking for the return of the deposit even though it was paid by a party unrelated to the contract over a year before the commencement of the tenancy agreement in question? (ii) Are there certain legal arguments that might be of material relevance to my dispute with the tenant – for or against/ Facts of matter / chronology I became an accidental landlord when I lost my, and I was forced to leave the 3 - bedroomed home and relocate to a new job some four hours’ drive away. I put my house up for renting. My neighbour’s two granddaughters took up tenancy (AST) in my house consecutively following heart felt pleas from my neighbour of 15 – years. (i) The first granddaughter (A) was aged 17 and a teenage mother. Her parents were guarantors and provided the surety / deposit on 29/08/11. I did not protect the deposit purely out of ignorance and foolishness on my part. I did not do my research well. (ii) The neighbour approached me again in 2012; saying that ‘A’ had turned 18 was now ready to move out to smaller accommodation. (iii) The neighbour asked me if I would be agreeable to an arrangement where another granddaughter (B) and her family would move into the house as a straight swap between the two cousins (A and B). There was an unspoken and unwritten assumption that ‘A’s deposit would be rolled over to the second B’s tenancy. (iv) The house swap between A and B happened in October 2012 when B’s family took occupancy of my house. I never communicated with ‘A’ and ‘B’ directly – but always through their grandmother, my neighbour. (v) However, around July 2013, B contacted me directly and asked me to allow her mother to move in with her for 3-months; this was my first direct contact with the tenant. (vi) In August, the tenants (B) asked to agree to having cavity wall insulation installed using their state benefit status in return for a reduction in rent, I refused and relations pretty much soared bitterly thereafter following rude e-mails from B. (vii) Some 4 – months after the end of the initial 6-month contractual period, B brought up the ‘deposit scheme’ issue saying that this had not been deposited within the 30-day window. I asked ‘B’ to confirm in writing that they had paid ‘A’ her deposit which they did. I immediately protected the deposit and served the prescribed information on ‘B’ but they refused to counter sign the deposit scheme certificate. (viii) I served a Section 21 Notice to quit which went undefended, leading to the issue of an Eviction Order. (ix) The tenants eventually abandoned the property, leaving a trail of damage and destruction and £1830 in unpaid rent. They left bulky items and abandoned furniture items. (x) The tenants are now seeking redress for unprotected deposit and have issued a letter before action demanding £575 If I were to send a cheque for the asked for money 'in full and final settlement' - does Members please advise me on any further wording I might need to add to the cover letter in order to protect myslef? I thank you in advance.
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