Hi
I have a court date coming up in april as i am tsking my ex tenant to court over damage caused to the property caused by condensation, does anyone have any experience with this as this is my first court case?
The tenant and his wife was with me for 5 years (he also had 2 children in this time and allowed his parents from india to live in the property for long periods of time with out asking me) he repeatedly complained to me about condensation, after several inspections it was clear this was due to them not ventelating the property ie opening windows,wet clothes on radiators etc.. i educated him on this various times but they did not listen. also the property looked like it hadnt been cleaned ever through out the 5 years. mould starting growing up the walls on the carpet and woodwork and ceilings, the tenant asked me to sort this out so i got 4 quotes all around 3k to sort out and sent them to the tenant saying if he wanted it sorted out he would have to foot the bill. He then refused and gave me notice to vacate. I then had to pay the 3k to sort the property out so i could re let it,which meant the property was empty for 1 month while i got it done. his deposit was 1650 and protected so the tds have that now because we are in dispute and he owes me 1350 on top totaling 3k. in the ast it says the tenant is responsible for damage caused by condensation and i have a survey report that proves it is damage caused by condensation which was caused by "tenants lifestyle" he claims he gave me the property back in the same condition as it was when he moved in which is clearly a lie as it was uninhabitable when he left it in the state he did, i have 60 photos of the damage but i have no photos of when he moved in. i do have an inventory saying everything was in good condition but he never signed it, although i do have an email from him when he vacated where he does refere to the inventory in the email so he cant say there isnt one becaused hes refered to it. there was an extractor fan in the en suite that was broken for 12 months and he also blames this for the damage, but this was never reported to me in writing and when it was eventualy reported to me in person i had it replaced within 2 weeks. What do you think? Id really appreciate any feedback good or bad as im new to the court thing and i could relly do with my 3k back!
I have a court date coming up in april as i am tsking my ex tenant to court over damage caused to the property caused by condensation, does anyone have any experience with this as this is my first court case?
The tenant and his wife was with me for 5 years (he also had 2 children in this time and allowed his parents from india to live in the property for long periods of time with out asking me) he repeatedly complained to me about condensation, after several inspections it was clear this was due to them not ventelating the property ie opening windows,wet clothes on radiators etc.. i educated him on this various times but they did not listen. also the property looked like it hadnt been cleaned ever through out the 5 years. mould starting growing up the walls on the carpet and woodwork and ceilings, the tenant asked me to sort this out so i got 4 quotes all around 3k to sort out and sent them to the tenant saying if he wanted it sorted out he would have to foot the bill. He then refused and gave me notice to vacate. I then had to pay the 3k to sort the property out so i could re let it,which meant the property was empty for 1 month while i got it done. his deposit was 1650 and protected so the tds have that now because we are in dispute and he owes me 1350 on top totaling 3k. in the ast it says the tenant is responsible for damage caused by condensation and i have a survey report that proves it is damage caused by condensation which was caused by "tenants lifestyle" he claims he gave me the property back in the same condition as it was when he moved in which is clearly a lie as it was uninhabitable when he left it in the state he did, i have 60 photos of the damage but i have no photos of when he moved in. i do have an inventory saying everything was in good condition but he never signed it, although i do have an email from him when he vacated where he does refere to the inventory in the email so he cant say there isnt one becaused hes refered to it. there was an extractor fan in the en suite that was broken for 12 months and he also blames this for the damage, but this was never reported to me in writing and when it was eventualy reported to me in person i had it replaced within 2 weeks. What do you think? Id really appreciate any feedback good or bad as im new to the court thing and i could relly do with my 3k back!