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Survey reveals landlords' postcode lottery -Tenants in South
East England more likely to damage your property
12 January 2009
Tenants
in the South East of England are most likely to damage property
- according to new analysis from The Deposit Protection Service
(The DPS). More than 40 per cent of DPS disputes between landlords
and tenants have occurred in that region - with tenants trashing
houses, letting gardens go wild or simply disappearing without
notice.
More
than half of the disputes in the South East (52 per cent)
were the result of tenants damaging the property. More than
a third (36 per cent) were due to the property not being cleaned
- while the rest concerned poor repair of the garden.
The
North East saw the second highest level of disputes (15 per
cent), followed by the South West (12 per cent), North West
(11 per cent) and West Midlands (11 per cent).
London
is the worst offender when the analysis was broken down into
cities, followed by Bristol, Manchester, Newcastle upon Tyne
and York. Kevin Firth, director of The DPS, said: "Exasperated
landlords have sent us all sorts of complaints about tenants
- from vomit on the carpets to carpets vanishing completely.
"One
landlord discovered that his property was being used as a
brothel - while we have had several unsuspecting landlords
whose properties have been transformed into cannabis factories.
"The
introduction of a dispute resolution service has been one
of the real successes of the Government's tenancy deposit
legislation - ensuring that these differences are sorted out
fairly.
"It
is important to remember, however, that the number of disputes
that do arise between landlords and tenants is relatively
small."
The
Deposit Protection Service currently manages £250million of
live deposits, equating to over 329,000 separate deposits.
Around 250 new landlords and agents sign up to the service
every day.
Source:
The
Deposit Protection Service
See
also:Tenancy
Deposit Scheme
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