I have recently been served a Section 21 notice, with all documents apart from deposit information.
My original deposit was given to the agent, who is no longer trading.
I continued renting directly from the landlord for some years.
Last year, the landlord decided to start using an agent and have since received a Section 21 notice, but with no mention of my deposit.
I still have my original receipt.
Is this valid?
Could someone advise, thank you.
Did you receive a deposit certificate etc from the original agent
If so it’s valid
No, this was in 2005, so the DTP wasn’t law. The agent went out of business within a couple of years and my tenancy continued directly with the landlord. He has never advised me as to where my deposit is.
I presume the new agent should have taken my deposit from my landlord.
Then ask the agent or landlord what has happened to it
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So does this invalidate the Section 21?
In april 2007 future deposits had to be registered. So your tenancy started before then so did not come under that new law You do not want to ask what happened to it? “never advised” you. So you did not ask? “presumed the new agent…” So you never asked them either? So you really do not want to go which is the purpose of your asking here?
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He may not know where your deposit is
It may have gone with the estate agent out of business
A deposit taken in 2005 did not have to be protected provided the fixed term expired before 6 April 2007 and there have been no further fixed term tenancies since that date. In those circumstances the landlord would not be liable for a penalty for not protecting it. However, the rules regarding s21 are different. The landlord would have to protect or return the deposit in order to serve a valid s21 notice. If they haven’t done either of those things then your s21 notice is invalid.
Hi someone to help me to sort out my deposit
Sorry I don’t understand what you mean