Landlord charged more than Maximum deposit and did not protect it with DPS
Hello,
I used to rent a place starting in November 2017. I was there for roughly 2 years and a bit (moved out around March 2020). We were still uni students so we didn’t know our rights…
I still have the contract.
Both my friend’s and my names were on the contract as tenants.
Issues:
Rent was 1150 per month. The max deposit chargeable should have been 1327 (based on 5 weeks rent). I was charged 1725.
Never got a DPS notification that deposit was with DPS. The contract says “the deposit is to be held by the landlord and registered with the DPS as Stakeholder”.
Never got my 1725 deposit back from the landlord.
I remember that they were an unpleasant bunch of people, the landlord and the agent… They said that they were keeping my whole 1725 for some faint marks on the wall made by my friend’s bike handle… and some wear and tear…
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They have taken advantage of us so much… Please let me know what I can get them for.
Thank you!