Landlady's got my deposit and.......

[MrShed]

You should note that realistically, you have very little chance unfortunately of receiving any of your deposit for the foreseeable future. If she has moved to Oz permanently, then even though you can get a claim against her, you will not be able to enforce the judgement.

[MrShed]

Use the land registry website to search the rented property - you should be able to find it out from there. Is the address not in the AST?

[MrShed]

Lol...the AST is the tenancy agreement

[MrShed]

Ah I see, so the only property she now owns is the apartment? I am not sure if serving notice will count there, as it is not her residence and so not reasonable to expect she will receive notice.

[MrShed]

You cannot put a charge on the property if you cannot serve her valid notice of suing her. The reason for this is, if you cannot serve her valid notice, you are giving her no opportunity to either resolve the claim prior to a court date, or to make appearance at the court date, therefore no way of defending the claim.

 

Think about it this way. Because they cannot defend it, you could sue them for 10 times the amount they owe(well you couldnt because of small claims amounts but ignore that ), and IF it was valid service, you would win by default when she didn't turn up because she didn't know about it! That is why it is NOT valid service.

[MrShed]

That may be more feasible. If he has stated that he is now managing the property, that would make him her agent for the property, and so you could send the notice CARE OF him. You still cannot involve him in the actual claim. But, during the tenancy, the landlord must supply an address in england and wales to the tenant....it is not unreasonable, given the information you have had presented, for you to come to the conclusion that this address is the father's address.

[MrShed]

http://www.192.com/

 

It is really quite scary how easily you can find someone on that site!! It searches electoral roll etc.

[MrShed]

Good link, but as stated at the top they are OLD std codes. Some(probably most) are still valid, but some are no longer valid, and some are not listed(just checked my area code, and it is not there). And,some people may move with phone numbers. However, it is a good link to start with!!