There is a provision for 1 months notice in the rent agreement. And he had taken 2 months deposit at the beginning. I want to send a legal notice to a landlord who is refusing to refund a month's deposit because :
a) He got a verbal notice one month in advance and not written. (Nothing mentioned in the house rent agreement that the notice must be in writing)
b) He got a written notice one month in advance. (But according to him, it was not 'drafted' properly.)
c) He got the 'properly' drafted notice of vacation 7 days before repossession since I had been out of town, something he knew.. (So he chooses to deduct 1 month's rent from deposit because he didn't get a 'properly drafted' written notice one month in advance)...
Nowhere in the rent agreement is it mentioned either that the notice must be in writing or that it needs to be drafted 'properly'. The intention to vacate was clearly spelt out to him one month in advance and he is withholding one month's rent on the grounds that the notice was not 'properly served' within time. Please help.
