You need
to get onto your Local Authority Environmental Health Departement - they should have a section which specialises in private tennants being messed about with by landlords. If you explain the situation to them they can send a nice letter / or someone round to the landlord and that should be enough to get your cash back. Damp is not your problem, as a tennant. Its an issue with the landlord to sort out. You are only liable if you have knowingly or willfully damaged the property / contents whilst living there. You could even just threaten the landlord that you'll go to environmental health - the landlord sounds dodgy anyway and I doubt they'd want the Local Authority to know they're renting, as I doubt they'll have declared this for council tax, etc. Good luck!!!
( SpankyHanky, Wed 28 Jan 2009, 12:57, Reply)