Can/Have you withheld some or all of their deposit?

( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Fri 11 Jun 2010, 9:10, 1 reply, 16 years ago)

Yeah,
they barely paid much deposit in the first place so I kept it all. The guy wanted to pay the deposit in instalments so I said that anything he paid up to the full amount, until he paid the full amount, I would keep. He didn't pay it all so I'm keeping it all. Other than the smoking thing they were pretty good tenants, albeit a bit annoying. Because I did it all myself rather than through letting agents they used to ring me and ask me to come over for stupid things.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Fri 11 Jun 2010, 10:07, Reply)

Sounds like a ballache :/
Glad you could keep the deposit, should help get it all sorted.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Fri 11 Jun 2010, 10:10, Reply)

I've given it to letting agents now, they can deal with annoying tenants.
They rung me yesterday to tell me the council had asked if I would consider letting the place to 'vulnerable' people. I had to say no, although I did feel bad about it. Whilst I would like to help genuine people in need, most 'vulnerable' people are the ones who will just trash the place and never clean it. To me it's not just about getting my rent paid on time, it's about how they'll treat the place as well.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Fri 11 Jun 2010, 10:13, Reply)

Don't blame you
At the end of the day, if they trash your house there's generally no comeback, and you're left with the bill.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Fri 11 Jun 2010, 10:17, Reply)

I feel bad for saying no DSS but I just don't trust them.
I even have a friend who is on DSS because as soon as she had a baby her partner slipped and fell down the stairs, putting his arm through a window and ripping all his tendons, rendering his right arm useless for a long time, so they're genuine people who are on DSS and she was saying how hard it was for them to find a place to rent.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Fri 11 Jun 2010, 10:22, Reply)

Yeah, but knowing your luck (I don't, but going to assume here)
You'll get a family of delinquents who'll smoke drugs, smash everything and run a brothel in there.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Fri 11 Jun 2010, 10:24, Reply)

exactly, it does seem when I try and give out good karma I just get shit back.

( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Fri 11 Jun 2010, 10:25, Reply)

We've already discussed Karma, you and I
I still have the picture of the cat.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Fri 11 Jun 2010, 10:27, Reply)

Oh noes!
Don't hurt the kitty!
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Fri 11 Jun 2010, 10:31, Reply)