Landlord is responsible for burst pipes but you can deduct excess from deposit??
Surely not if its landlords responsibility? Sounds a bit contradictory to me..
Excellent,
So just to clarify, If say, I am your tenant and i advise you i will not be in the property for the first two weeks in January as i am going on holidays, am I still Liable for excess even though i have formally (in writing) advised you the property will be vacant?
Thats exactly what i was thinking, now i could accept if you DID NOT notify your LLord the premises would be vacant during a cold snap like the one we just had, then the LLord could take the excess as they had no knowledge of the premises being vacant and therefore could do anything to prevent freezing..
But being THEIR property and THEY are legally required to insure the property - how can this be liability if the tenant????
as Bronte pointed out (as a Landlady)
So for those of you who called me greedy / bad attitude / shame on me & such... I will most likely be serving that tenant notice along with her 5 children to find alternative accommodation. And whatever it costs me to get the house back to "renting standards" I will be deducting from her deposit. Ill give her notice tomorrow for the 25th feb. That should give her enough time to get out. Thats when her lease is up.
A landlord doesn't have sex (I'm sure some of the wags here will be getting onto me about that) they can be either male or female.
A landlord doesn't have sex (I'm sure some of the wags here will be getting onto me about that) they can be either male or female.
Whats with the pettiness;
Anyway:
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/landlady
1. A woman who owns and rents land, buildings, or dwelling units
If thats the case if you want 3 months rent then it should be held over by a third party and an independent assessment be taken out (at the landlords expense) of the condition of the property. Maybe then the tenant would also get back any interest that is owing to him from the deposit!!
There are far too many landlords who withhold the deposit or portion of it when the tenant has left the property in the same condition as at start (bar any reasonable wear and tear).
The problem is that good landlords are then tarred with the same brush in the same way that landlords look on tenants with an inherent distrust because of poor tenants
Webbs, you make an excellent point. As far as I know, this happens in many other countries, the money is held independently or in an interest yielding account. I have no problem with this as I always keep the deposit separate as I don't consider it to be mine.webbs Re: Burst pipe who's responsible - Landlord / Tenant?
If thats the case if you want 3 months rent then it should be held over by a third party and an independent assessment be taken out (at the landlords expense) of the condition of the property. Maybe then the tenant would also get back any interest that is owing to him from the deposit!!
That is exactly what I said to a woman one day (owns about 10 houses) and she said to me a landlady runs a boarding house or a pub, she lets out property so as far as she's concerned (and me too) she's a landlord.
So's my wife...
If thats the case if you want 3 months rent then it should be held over by a third party and an independent assessment be taken out (at the landlords expense) of the condition of the property. Maybe then the tenant would also get back any interest that is owing to him from the deposit!!
I would absolutely love such a system. Where I am is exactly how it operates (not the interest bit !) and basically the tenant is responsible for everything, all apartments etc are pristine on letting and leaving. And I mean pristine. They even measure how high the hedge is when you go in and it has to be the same when you leave. Independant assessment is paid for by the tenant or split 50/50. It's more in the interest of a tenant to have the assessment paid for by his professional rather than the landlord's.
Re the landlady thing, having been a landlady myself in another life I forgot about the pub landlady. I prefer being a landlord, much easier.
I would absolutely love such a system. Where I am is exactly how it operates (not the interest bit !) and basically the tenant is responsible for everything, all apartments etc are pristine on letting and leaving. And I mean pristine. They even measure how high the hedge is when you go in and it has to be the same when you leave. Independant assessment is paid for by the tenant or split 50/50. It's more in the interest of a tenant to have the assessment paid for by his professional rather than the landlord's.
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