Hi
I have a house rented to a tenant since last September. At the time I held the property from the beginning of Sept, for the tenant as they were re locating and they told me they were going to move in around the 23rd of the month. They then didnt move in until the 28th and have been living there since.
The rent has been late on a number of occassions and then last month I was left 500 short but they had already giving me notice to leave as they have bought a house in the area. They said the bank lost the money. I pursued this for a while but then decided just to take it from the Deposit.
The told me originally they would move out the 1st of June and then it was the third and then yesterday was the latest date. I rang them earlier in the wk to arrange a transfer but did not hear back from them. They rang me finally today to say that they could not meet me this evening and will only be able to meet me on Saturday to do a tranfer etc. They also told me that they have left food in my fridge and wont be able to collect this until late tomorrow cause of an issue with their fridge etc.
Over the past week or so I have been going into the property (at their convenience) to show prospective tenants the house.
I have noticed that their is quite a number of fairly bad markings to the wooden floors and the hallway paintwork / sitting room is extremely badly marked etc. some delph is broken and the cooker is extremely dirty (black where it has not been cleaned)
So I have the following questions.
Am I within my rights to charge them for 2 weeks addtional rent ie from 23rd - 7th June.
How much can I deduct for the damages to the wooden floor - some of them are deep crevices and damages to the paint work and or cooker etc
I know you have to allow for wear and tear but the house was in extremely good nick (like new) when they took it 9months ago.
I dont want to be difficult so would appreciate your comments. This was my first renting experience.
Cheers
I have a house rented to a tenant since last September. At the time I held the property from the beginning of Sept, for the tenant as they were re locating and they told me they were going to move in around the 23rd of the month. They then didnt move in until the 28th and have been living there since.
The rent has been late on a number of occassions and then last month I was left 500 short but they had already giving me notice to leave as they have bought a house in the area. They said the bank lost the money. I pursued this for a while but then decided just to take it from the Deposit.
The told me originally they would move out the 1st of June and then it was the third and then yesterday was the latest date. I rang them earlier in the wk to arrange a transfer but did not hear back from them. They rang me finally today to say that they could not meet me this evening and will only be able to meet me on Saturday to do a tranfer etc. They also told me that they have left food in my fridge and wont be able to collect this until late tomorrow cause of an issue with their fridge etc.
Over the past week or so I have been going into the property (at their convenience) to show prospective tenants the house.
I have noticed that their is quite a number of fairly bad markings to the wooden floors and the hallway paintwork / sitting room is extremely badly marked etc. some delph is broken and the cooker is extremely dirty (black where it has not been cleaned)
So I have the following questions.
Am I within my rights to charge them for 2 weeks addtional rent ie from 23rd - 7th June.
How much can I deduct for the damages to the wooden floor - some of them are deep crevices and damages to the paint work and or cooker etc
I know you have to allow for wear and tear but the house was in extremely good nick (like new) when they took it 9months ago.
I dont want to be difficult so would appreciate your comments. This was my first renting experience.
Cheers