25 Westminster Road, Chester, CH2 3BB
MAN/00EW/HTC/2023/0005 · Cheshire West and Chester · decided 19 Jun 2024 · rent repayment order
old rulesDismissed: the tribunal did not make a rent repayment order in this decision. See the original for its reasons.
| Offence | Other |
|---|---|
| Landlord | Individual |
| Applicants | 1 tenant |
| Rent | not stated as one figure |
| Rules | Old rules (offence before 1 May 2026): maximum 12 months' rent. |
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From the tribunal's reasons on the amount
deposit scheme on or around 1 July 2023. The Applicant considered that the most appropriate route to recover the monies was via the 2019 Act because he considered the payment to be a prohibited under the Act. … The Applicant confirmed that he was aware when making the payment that a payment for damages for breaches of the tenancy agreement was a permitted payment, but he did not consider that he was liable for any of the items claimed. … The Respondent outlined that the house is a small house and when he met the Applicant at the Property on 30 June, he was quickly able to identify the works that needed to be done and which the Applicant, as the tenant, should be liable for. He claimed that the Applicant fully accepted his liability for these works and agreed to make the payment of £995.00 to the Respondent in full and final settlement, knowing that the damages would total in excess of that sum. 12 The Respondent asserted that it was only when he had supplied his landlord’s reference that this position changed, and he then received an aggressive ‘pre-action’ letter from the Applicant. … Determination. The Tribunal explained to the parties at the outset that for the purposes of this application it was not necessary for the Tribunal to make findings as to whether or not the Applicant should be liable for any or all of the damages, and we would not be doing so. …
An extract from the part of the decision that sets the amount. To keep people's names out, any sentence that might contain one is left out (marked …). The full reasons are in the original decision.
The original
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