I move out on the 22nd of december and I showed a girl round on the first who said she will take the room and she paid the deposit to me. I told her two of my housemates are moving out and she rang this morning saying she doesnt want to move in now, her mother then rang me and i said look i need to find out my rights and she said she would send some guys round to collect the money, what are my rights? also she never signed a tennancy agreement as she was going to do that this week......and there is no formal paper work to say she paid the deposit??
2006-12-10 23:20:07 · 4 answers · asked by doll 2 in Family & Relationships ➔ Other - Family & Relationships
I've no idea exactly where you live, so the laws might differ, but generally a deposit, is a deposit. It's designed to reserve something in good faith, but if someone reneges on that, they lose your deposit.
She changed her mind, too bad. What in the hell did she think she was giving you the money for then? Charity? She has no right to get it back. And the fact that she never asked for a receipt for the money just makes her dumb.
As for her mother threatening to send some guys over to collect the money, well, I believe that's called extortion.
The money is yours, but keeping it may prove to be more of a headache and not really worth it. That's a decision you will have to make.
2006-12-10 23:53:34 · answer #1 · answered by castle h 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Where i come from once you've put down a deposit, that's that.
You can't claim it back.
You held the place for her, you could have found someone else in her place, but you kept it for her. So sorry.
She doesn't get it back.
She asked you to keep it for her.
That is what she paid a deposit for.
That's what you did.
So now if she doesn't want the place.
That's fine.
But she loses the deposit.
2006-12-10 23:50:42 · answer #2 · answered by Louw D 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Find out the rights and laws of landlords, tenents, and deposits for your county. Let the police department know about the threat.
2006-12-11 09:43:56 · answer #3 · answered by merry59 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I was going to tell you something about "let the buyer beware" but, then you mentioned she was going to "send a couple of guys over" then you can call her up and tell her "O.K. come over at ten, a couple of my friends that work on the police department will be here to meet your friends" come on over. And, then tell the cops what's going on. Or, pay her the money back and let it go. but, do it in a public place to save some skin. Like the local precinct
2006-12-10 23:46:39 · answer #4 · answered by cowboydoc 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋