Hi There Heres a question for the legal eagles:
- 6 month Assured Shorthold Tenancy Agreement signed Feb 2012 with three tenants (T1,T2, T3) as joint and several liability
- Deposit was protected with DPS and proscribed information supplied to tenants within 10 days
- After 4 months, two tenants decided they wished to move out and informed landlord
- Landlord came to collect the keys on day of expiry of tenancy, discovered for the first time in the apartment a very strong smell of cat urine
-Tenants admitted cat had been kept in apartment
- Landlord informed tenants of breach of contract and that full cost of cleaning and/or replacing the carpet would be taken from deposit.
- T1 from Feb 2012 tenancy stayed on in apartment with 2 new tenants (T4, T5),- New deposits received from T4 & T5,deposits protected, proscribed information supplied)
- T1 assured landlord that smell was gone after cleaning. LL discovered this not to be the case, and 1 month later relevant sections of carpet were replaced by carpet company
- LL served section 8 2 months and 1 day before end of 6 month period,
- t1, t4, t5 moved out at end of tenancy.
- T1 defaulted on last month of rent
- LL discovered that smell was still in apartment, and that further sections of the carpet would have to be replaced.
- Landlord is now seeking from t1,t2,t3 deposit the full cost of replacing carpets(t1,t2,t3 deposits still with dps).
- Landlord is also seeking to have removed from the property any items of furniture which were placed into the property during the t1,t2,t3 period of the tenancy, and which are not as yet removed from the property.
If all is correct above is there any grounds for t1,t2,t3 to dispute LL claim to deposit, and to cost of removal of furniture?
Many thanks...
- 6 month Assured Shorthold Tenancy Agreement signed Feb 2012 with three tenants (T1,T2, T3) as joint and several liability
- Deposit was protected with DPS and proscribed information supplied to tenants within 10 days
- After 4 months, two tenants decided they wished to move out and informed landlord
- Landlord came to collect the keys on day of expiry of tenancy, discovered for the first time in the apartment a very strong smell of cat urine
-Tenants admitted cat had been kept in apartment
- Landlord informed tenants of breach of contract and that full cost of cleaning and/or replacing the carpet would be taken from deposit.
- T1 from Feb 2012 tenancy stayed on in apartment with 2 new tenants (T4, T5),- New deposits received from T4 & T5,deposits protected, proscribed information supplied)
- T1 assured landlord that smell was gone after cleaning. LL discovered this not to be the case, and 1 month later relevant sections of carpet were replaced by carpet company
- LL served section 8 2 months and 1 day before end of 6 month period,
- t1, t4, t5 moved out at end of tenancy.
- T1 defaulted on last month of rent
- LL discovered that smell was still in apartment, and that further sections of the carpet would have to be replaced.
- Landlord is now seeking from t1,t2,t3 deposit the full cost of replacing carpets(t1,t2,t3 deposits still with dps).
- Landlord is also seeking to have removed from the property any items of furniture which were placed into the property during the t1,t2,t3 period of the tenancy, and which are not as yet removed from the property.
If all is correct above is there any grounds for t1,t2,t3 to dispute LL claim to deposit, and to cost of removal of furniture?
Many thanks...