5th
May 2015
A survey states that a large percentage of tenants who took part said that they had ,over the last five years, lost part or all of their deposit when finishing a tenancy.
The London removals company that carried out the research claims that 52% of the 1,034 tenants they surveyed, had experienced problems when asking for the deposit back from their landlords or letting agents and 6% had lost all of their deposit.
20% of tenants had received back their full deposit when vacating properties easily enough and that around 25% said that they had enter into a dispute with their landlord or letting agent, to retrieve their deposit.
Students living in HMO’s and tenants in a house share are the most likely to lose their deposits. The Capital is widely regarded as the place where tenants are more than twice as likely to lose all of their deposit.
Director Regan McMillan of the removals company said: “We've seen an increase in customers hiring professional cleaners before checking out of a rented property.
“It seems to be the only way to counter what they see as the inevitable attempts to withhold part of their deposit. Our customers tell us they feel vulnerable unless they have paperwork to prove that they left the property in an acceptable state. Moving is stressful enough without having to worry about having your deposit unfairly withheld.”
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