Rental deposit question

Since Sannie going to loose her deposit anyway, she should just stay there for May also, and not pay May rent
 
Jean Claude Vaaldamme said:
Since Sannie going to loose her deposit anyway, she should just stay there for May also, and not pay May rent
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Sannie did consider that. But she found this really nice place with a decent oompie as a landlord - he would not even take her holding deposit before sending and receiving back a signed lease agreement. She would have lost the place if she stayed another month.

The learning curves we go through... tsk-tsk.
 
Nemesys said:
Sannie rents a house from Karen, pays pro-rata rent and full deposit from 22 March. Sannie requests a contract from Karen to sign, Karen does not provide this. So no signed contract.

Nothing signed only verbal. My advice depending if the amount of the deposit will not break the bank write it off as school fees paid.
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You've got it the wrong way around. The lack of a written contract means the landlord has absolutely no basis on which to withhold the deposit. If anyone is going to pay school fees in this situation it will be the landlord, not the tenant. If I were the tenant I would first take the landlord to the rental tribunal, and if no luck there take them to small claims court.
 
Just contract a Letting Agent @ 10% rental-commission and hardly worry about dramas/disputes with your Tenants.

I personally don't have the time to deal with Tenants and their kak stories.
 
Nemesys said:
Sannie rents a house from Karen, pays pro-rata rent and full deposit from 22 March. Sannie requests a contract from Karen to sign, Karen does not provide this. So no signed contract.

Nothing signed only verbal. My advice depending if the amount of the deposit will not break the bank write it off as school fees paid.
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Um ja... Sannie can't afford the rent anymore, so it's kinda a bank-breaker yes. Karen on the other hand has 14 houses she rents out. I assume all without lease agreements. Poor people...
 
RedViking said:
Which has absolutely nothing to do with this thread. But keep applying the snake oil. Agents are useless. To owners and tenants.
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I'll bet that this thread would not have existed, had the OP contracted with a Letting Agent to manage this nonsense.
 
3WA said:
For R9k, I would say Small Claims Court, with solid proof that Sannie had a tenant to replace them without any vacancy or loss of income to Karen
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Rental tribunal not small claims
 
RiaX said:
Rental tribunal not small claims
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Is there a rule that says this matter can’t be handled in small claims, because rental tribunal are useless.
 
3WA said:
Is there a rule that says this matter can’t be handled in small claims, because rental tribunal are useless.
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I dont think so but the magistrate will refer the case
 
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