What would be reasonable (anyone, but esp. landlords) UPDATE & WWYD now?

The walls are built up, stone by stone,
the fields divided one by one.
And the train conductor says
''Take a break Driver 8, Driver 8 take a break
We’ve been on this shift too long''

And the train conductor says
''Take a break Driver 8, Driver 8 take a break
We can reach our destination, but we’re still a ways away''

I saw a treehouse on the outskirts of the farm.
The power lines have floaters so the airplanes won’t get snagged.
Bells are ringing through the town again,
Children look up, all they hear is sky-blue, bells ringing

And the train conductor says
''Take a break Driver 8, Driver 8 take a break
We can reach our destination, but we’re still a ways away''

Way to shield the hated heat.
Way to put myself to sleep.
Way to shield the hated heat.
Way to put myself, my children to sleep.

He piloted this song in a plane like that one.
She is selling faith on the Go Tell crusade.
Locomotive 8, Southern Crescent, hear the bells ring again.
Field to weed is stricken thin

And the train conductor says
''Take a break Driver 8, Driver 8 take a break
We’ve been on this shift too long.''
And the train conductor says
''Take a break Driver 8, Driver 8 take a break
We can reach our destination, but we’re still a ways away''

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My H is a partner in a lettings firm and he says if your tenancy started after April 07, that even if your proprty is a private letting, your deposit should be held by a specialist deposit company.

If there is no dispute following the inventory / inspection then the deposit should be returned to you within 10 days. You should certainly have heard something by now.

If the landlord is holding the deposit himself then he would be in breech of the dispute service rules.

I would definitely chase up asap.

Thanks O-L. We moved in at the start of July 07 and there was definitely mention of the deposit company at the time. I'll see what it actually says in the tenancy agreement. Does the move out day count? If it doesn't and it's ten working days, that would be Monday.

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Ah I have it slightly wrong sorry! My H misunderstood what I was asking. The landlord or agent has to advise you of any deductions they plan to take from your deposit within 10 working days. The 10 days starts from the end of your tenancy, so not neccessarily when you moved out if you left a couple of days early.

If there are any planned deductions you will have to agree on them. Once an agreement has been made on how much deposit is to be returned it must be paid back within 10 working days.

Therefore if you haven't heard back from him re any deductions by Mon then you can expect to receive your deposit within another 10 working days.

Sorry I got it wrong, hope that makes things a bit clearer?

It does, thanks ?

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I think invisible man might have been better though.

Okay, I sent the landlord an e-mail on Monday morning asking if there was any news on the deposit. He e-mailed back the same day saying he hadn't received the check-out report and would chase it as he knew we would be needing the money. On Tuesday he e-mailed to say he now had the report and would contact us "tomorrow" (so Wednesday) after he'd had chance to look at it. We've heard nothing since. WWYD now? Anything, or just wait?