Ok - so I haven't been on for a while as I have just moved house (what a mare). But it's nice to finally have my own place - great feeling.
On the other hand I have an absolute **** of an ex-landlord. He wants to replace the whole carpet, using my money, for a very small carpet burn.
We had paid to get the place professionally cleaned and left the place in 10 x better condition than what we received it. We even had a rug made from left over carpet to cover it up as well as offering them £50 compensation for the burn. I looked similar cases up on the web and it seems the TDS don't consider it legitimate to replace the whole carpet for a burn unless the carpet is rendered unusable (it can even be counted as wear and tear).
Normally this would be straight forward as I'd go straight to the TDS to resolve the matter, however they have around 20 days overpaid rent in their account which they are saying they will use to pay for the carpet. Hence I have sent an initial warning letter requesting the overpaid rent and deposit to be returned (minus £50) with a warning of court action.
Also please note this is not about the money - landlord is extremely arrogant and nasty (slammed phone down on me when I tried to reason), so this is just to teach them a lesson.
Has anybody else had similar experiences in the past? Also any idea on which forums to go on to post this question, CUK has become my go-to point for any questions.
On the other hand I have an absolute **** of an ex-landlord. He wants to replace the whole carpet, using my money, for a very small carpet burn.
We had paid to get the place professionally cleaned and left the place in 10 x better condition than what we received it. We even had a rug made from left over carpet to cover it up as well as offering them £50 compensation for the burn. I looked similar cases up on the web and it seems the TDS don't consider it legitimate to replace the whole carpet for a burn unless the carpet is rendered unusable (it can even be counted as wear and tear).
Normally this would be straight forward as I'd go straight to the TDS to resolve the matter, however they have around 20 days overpaid rent in their account which they are saying they will use to pay for the carpet. Hence I have sent an initial warning letter requesting the overpaid rent and deposit to be returned (minus £50) with a warning of court action.
Also please note this is not about the money - landlord is extremely arrogant and nasty (slammed phone down on me when I tried to reason), so this is just to teach them a lesson.
Has anybody else had similar experiences in the past? Also any idea on which forums to go on to post this question, CUK has become my go-to point for any questions.
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