Comments on: Deposit Dilemma – Please Help!

By: Tabaria Chowdhury

Tabaria Chowdhury — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 06:46:20 +0000

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By: Tom Thomas

Tom Thomas — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 20:44:31 +0000

Sounds like your landlord does this with all of his tenants and hopes that nobody complains. These types of people give landlords a bad name. If it happens again just issue a county court summons against you landlord and they will soon pay up. Hope you managed to get all of your deposit back.

By: Teena

Teena — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 10:22:29 +0000

I have the same problem with rooms4every1. On my contract it says £25 admin fee but they have deducted £120 in total as admin. They have charged £7.50 for vaccuming the floor which I left as clean as possible with the useless vaccum machine they have given us. Also they are charging for wear and tear which is not really the tenants fault.

I have never received any deposit certificate from them. So I am disputing the matter and would join you guys to make it loud and clear that rooms4evry1 is a money ripping agency. Warn prospective students in Uni by complaining about them to the student guild.

By: Ronald

Ronald — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 17:03:43 +0000

Rooms4every1 are DEPOSITE STEALERS!
Beware. The dentist who owns the place need to realise that stealing from students deposite is wrong. For you to become a dentist you started as a studnet so please treat your tenants fair and with respect.

Someone should contact the watchdog on you guys

By: Stacy

Stacy — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 16:36:52 +0000

Rooms4every1 is the WORST estate agent in birmingham. I rented a property from 1st July 08-1st July 09. they told me that I would get my deposite 2 weeks after I have moved out however its been 1month & 3weeks and I still have not recieved my deposite. I have phoned and sent e-mails to the staffs and the resoponse I get is excuses. I am a student who lives on a limited budget and the last thing I need is the my Landlords taking money from me when I did not damage the property and I left every thing in tact. Please advice me on what to do.

By: Ed Sparkes

Ed Sparkes — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 21:09:25 +0000

Hey Frankie,

there are some really good comments up here so make the most of them.

For my part i’d suggest you check the original contract etc see if you can find any evidence that those admin charges were always part of the deal. I know for my deposit i paid 300 but it was made quite clear that after admin fees there was only ever 250 up for grabs at the end of the year.

Basically you dont wanna come all the way up to Brum and then get smacked by red tape so do as much as you can beforehand.

If you need any help im happy to do some chasing this end for you before you come up then im happy to do that and i can talk to Oggy if you like to try and get some solid contacts for you. I’ll show this blog to someone in the ARC tomorrow if you like to get some professional opinions so watch this space.

If you need just text me 07743516535.

By: James Williams

James Williams — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 14:34:36 +0000

The email Nick was trying to give you is actually vphc@guild.bham.ac.uk
hope you get it sorted

By: Frankie Ward

Frankie Ward — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 19:57:08 +0000

Thanks Nick. I need to get through to other students to make sure that my ex landlords don’t get anyone else!

By: Nick Petrie

Nick Petrie — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 19:44:21 +0000

Frankie,

it is probably also worth dropping James Ogden / Ed Sparkes an email at hcvp@guild.bham.ac.uk to see if there is anything they can to do help – any advice they can give.

Nick

By: Frankie Ward

Frankie Ward — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 19:27:30 +0000

Thanks Barnard!

Dave, are you with Rooms4Every1 too? I’m basically not going to accept my cheque (can’t anyway cos it wouldn’t work) and have sent them a letter informing them that I am not happy. If they do not respond favourably then I will put in a claim via the small claims court…

good luck

Frankie