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Wonder if someone can help me! I have just given notice to my landlord. He has written his own water tight and completely loaded to his side contract (he is a lawyer). Amongst other things, this has included paying for the up keep of the white goods should anything go wrong, but I digress. He has insisted on 2 months notice to leave.I verbally told my lettings agency 4 days before the start date (25th May)of the 2 month period and emailed them in writing a day after the 2 months (29th May) start date to leave (we want to leave on the 28th July). Three days (and now into the next month) (2nd June)he emailed back and said he was refuting the leave date on two counts. 1. That we hadn't written a hard copy letter to the agency & 2. That we hadn't included the signature of our guarantor and since this was now three days into the next month (due to him not responding sooner), as his tenancy agreement stated Two CLEAR months, he was insisting that our leave date be end of August (basically a month after we need to leave). Is this legal despite his contract? Plus he invested our deposit himself and registered it with the DPS but didn't tell us where he invested it. Is this legal Thanks in advance for any help from those in the know!

Within thirty days of originally taking your deposit, your landlord should have issued you with certain documents (the Prescribed Information), including details of which authorised scheme he is using to protect your deposit. If he didn't do that then he's broken the law (regardless of whether he's actually protected the deposit or not) and you can sue him for 1-3 times the deposit, which is likely to be more than the extra month's rent he's quibbling over.

Quote from: CorlyonCorin on June 05, 2018, 03:19:29 PM...this has included paying for the up keep of the white goods should anything go wrong...

White goods do not form a part of a Landlord's formal repairing obligations, believe it or not... your boiler may also be white, but that would be included. Your fridge? No. However, many Landlords will take a "if I supplied it then I maintain it" point of view - but that is going beyond the letter of the law.

Quote from: CorlyonCorinHe has insisted on 2 months notice to leave.

If you are on a SPT then your Landlord cannot override your statutory rights which say you must supply "at least 1 month" notice, even if it's written into the AST you signed.

Quote from: CorlyonCorinPlus he invested our deposit himself and registered it with the DPS but didn't tell us where he invested it. Is this legal Thanks in advance for any help from those in the know!

I read this as the Deposit is protected, just that the Landlord has retained the money rather than physically (logically?) sent it off to the Scheme in question, this is perfectly legal - it's called the Insured Scheme. Wise Landlords do this. I didn't do this in the past, now I do. The Landlord has no obligation to tell you where it is.