Grr...
Ok, so does anyone here have any professional involvement with dealing with landlord rental disputes? If so, could they give me a gaz?

Short hand: Old letting agent tried to gouge £3k out of us for damages left in an old property. We fought his ludicrous claims and when he said "i'll take you to small claims court" we said "bring it on".

The judge took out most of the claims, and in the end we paid the much more reasonable fee of £900 (including court fees). The letting agent has now come back to us to say that he's charging us another £1k for his personal expenses. The tenancy agreement says he can do this, but, as per his original claim, his charges are ridiculous (£15 to write a letter, £60 to prepare a statement, £60 per hour in court etc).

Do we have a leg to stand on, and if we fight this, can he then claim additional expenses?

*seethes with rage*
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Thu 4 Dec 2008, 17:20, 5 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

without having any actual experience
it would seem to me that having already been to court and you having paid a certain amount including costs that he can't then claim further costs from you for the same thing.

rachelswipe is most likely the one to ask though
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 4 Dec 2008, 17:29, Reply)

Vipros
I thought so too, but in our tenancy agreement it states that we have to pay the landlord all costs and expenses incurred in the recovery from the Tenant any monies due.

I'll gaz Rachelswipe, thanks :)
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Thu 4 Dec 2008, 17:34, Reply)

Regarding the costs to send a letter
It sounds alot like the old bank charge and penalty costs. It does not cost £15 to send a letter, therefore he is profiting from it and is therefore a penalty charge. These are unlawful.
( sandettie light vessel automatic New Twitter - @bollocksreally, Thu 4 Dec 2008, 18:36, Reply)

Does not cost £15 to send a letter
depends where you send it from though.
I think he's being an idiot; if it was a couple of hundred of quid you'd probably just have paid it
If I were you, I'd ask the Citizens advice rather than teh internet
(sirolimus, Thu 4 Dec 2008, 21:00, Reply)

Grr!
Landlord Zone is great for this sort of thing (it's not just for landlords).

www.landlordzone.co.uk/forums/

Lots of knowledgeable people on there.

I would hope your letting agent doesn't have a leg to stand on! How can he charge YOU to take you to court?
(Ovaltina, Fri 5 Dec 2008, 3:29, Reply)