Owner cheated on house deposit
rahul
(Querist) 20 April 2015
This query is : Resolved
I moved into this property on May 25th and the rent agreement is effective from 1st June.
The owner charged us for the period of 6 days, in addition to the following charges borne by us subject to deduction from following month's rent:
Plumbing repair charges, electrician repair charges,Painting etc. As these transactions were done in cash and most local services do not issue any receipt, we deducted the following month's rent and paid the remainder amount(very small) in cash to the owner.
Now when i have vacated the flat, the owner has refused to acknowledge the charges and has deducted rent for the month of June(already adjusted) on top of charging us for staying in the house from 15th May (which is completely false).
I vacated the flat in February, and the owner has not yet paid the deposit, in spite of the fact that the agreement states that she should have been paying the deposit immediately on handover.
Can someone please advice?
T. Kalaiselvan, Advocate
(Expert) 30 April 2015
Vacating the rented premise without receiving back the deposit amount will lead to such trouble post vacating. Send a legal notice demanding refund of deposit amount.
