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Hello.

 

I am a student and have just moved out of a privately owned halls of residence.

 

It states in the AST that I have joint liability with other tenants for the kitchen and other shared area's despite the fact that the AST covers a single room only.

 

I was curious as to the legality of this as it seems illogical that if a bar stool for example is broken that a group of people are held responsible when it was clearly the act of one person.

 

If communal charges are legit then it seems that I can be held accountable for the cleanliness damage caused by other people - which does seem wrong.

 

Any advice you can share would be great.

 

Regards

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Are you sure what you have is an AST? as a tenancy granted by a univeristy or institution cannot be an AST.

 

That aside, I dont see why you couldnt be held responsible for the communal areas.

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it is 100% an AST with Liberty Living (the landlord)

 

My issue is the fact that our kitchen area was shared between 5 tenants, I was the only tenant to make an effort to ensure it was clean before I left and as far as I'm aware at least 3 of the other tenants did not receive any charges for the communal area's.

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Holding a group of tenants jointly and severally liable is nothing unusual for a letting/rental agreement. No doubt, one person may be a far bigger contributor to the problem than others; however, it would be almost impossible for the landlord/agent to prove in most circumstances hence why this arrangement has come to be practiced. The question is, can you prove that you are being unfairly singled out and that other people have not had the same deductions. If so, ask liberty living why they have only deducted from your deposit. Also, have you checked that your deposit is infact protected in one of the government approved schemes. This is a legal requirement and has been since April 2007.

 

TFT

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