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veronica forde | I have taken a deposit to secure a room to rent do i need to pay back deposit if she has changed her mind? |
I asked the girl to consider carefully before giving me a deposit to secure the room of £220,as I had to ask another tennant to leave. She has not moved in as she now says the fridge is too small !! Do I need to return her deposit or do I keep it for costs incurred and lost rent as a result ? |
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That is the reason for leaving a deposit, to secure the room. if she changes her mind it is her choice and thus loses her deposit. |
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bubbles
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keep the deposit, if there is an argument offer to buy a second hand fridge thats bigger, and charge her more rent.
you cant say fairer than that. |
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Cari
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I believe that legally you can keep it.
What is common practice in share houses is that you would keep whatever you need to cover the rent - for example, I assume that if you have taken a £220 deposit then this is the monthly rent, so your weekly rent would be around £50. Say it takes you a week to find someone else to take the room, then you would return £220 minus the £50 so £170. Get it? But this is just being nice and you don't actually have to do this. |
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k
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You ONLY give the deposit back when the lease comes to an end AND there is no damage.
As she has changed her mind AFTER giving you the deposit and before she moved in the money is yours. |
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Jacqueline H
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If it was a holding deposit, it was her financial commitment to take the room. It's non-refundable even though she;s changed her mind. If it is a deposit as a guarantee on the room, it is held by you until the end of the tenancy then returned subject to there being no deductions from breakages or outstanding rent from the tenancy. If she has committed the deposit, I assume she has committed to take the room for a period of time, including a notice period. The money you hold will need to cover the rent for that notice period. If she has now changed her mind, she is obligated to paying the rent for the period until her notice is up as you had made a deal. Unless you current tenant is fine to just stay put and you haven't lost out on anything, keep the money for out of pocket expenses. |
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D B
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did you tell her it was a non-refunable deposit. If not you are on tricky ground. Go to your local CAB |
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George P
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Did you specify that is was a non-refundable deposit? If so, then keep it.
Did she know you kicked a person out to move her in? If so, keep it. Since you are at a loss because she is changing her mind.
Did she sign a lease agreement before she started complaining about the fridge being too small? If she did, then you can keep it, plus charge her rent, because she should have had you get a bigger fridge before she signed. If she did sign a lease, an not move in, that is on her, unless the place is not livable, then she could fight it. |
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Amanda H
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The whole point of the deposit is to secure an interest in the property and guarentee you she's going to follow through. Keep it. ESPECIALLY if you already had a written agreement. The fact that she's changed her mind over a fridge is also odd. |
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colin050659
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i agree with the top answer |
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speedball182
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was the deposit just to secure the room?
was she going to put another deposit down for potential damages and unpaid rent? if she was you don't have to re-pay the deposit.
but if its her deposit for all of the above you have to repay it, but you can keep an 'Admin' charge.
when the term is up, you will have to re-pay the lot. |
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Vikstar
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keep it - deposits are non-refundable |
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Tamalee
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return to deposit |
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