Deposit - Room in house - Resident owner.?

Hello,

I have been renting a room in a flat for a 18 months. The agreement I signed is the House/Flat Share License Agreement(For a Room in a Furnished House or Flat - Resident owner. On the day I left, I waited for about three hours for my landlady to return home. On leaving the premises, she arrived. I said I was in a hurry and had to leave to secure my room at my new flat. I said that left her a note with my forwarding address etc and that she has one month to return the deposit etc. ** I took the keys with me.

Upon arriving at my new flat I immediately called her several times to see if I could go round to work out the deposit issue. She replied that she had booked an emergency locksmith. I asked her to cancel this but she said he was already on his way and she would not. This (large sum) has been deducted from my deposit. Do I stand any chance of serving a small claim and winning the money back? On what grounds should I not pursue the money?

Thanks
Jason

Answers:
It really depends on whether there is any mention of changing locks in the agreement that you signed. If you are within the terms of that agreement by all means pursue a small claims action. Consider also any additional sums that might be added as damages such as any fees on bills that would have been paid but for the fact that your deposit was not returned in full. If you can add any additional sums that flow logically from her failure to return your full deposit then do so. The only thing that should keep you out of court is if there is something you are leaving out such as if you left the flat in a damaged or delapidated state. Or if there were repairs you were responsible for but failed to complete. Otherwise everything depends on the agreement.

you should sue on the grounds that the job did not need to be performed and she went ahead and did it anyways. you had the keys, which you hsould've given back, but she did not let you return them.

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