Hi
I have a tenant who has just moved out and towards the end of the tenancy it came to light that they had sublet a private parking space which came with the property. That’s been going on for about a year, and is quite clearly not acceptable according to clauses in the AST. They have obviously made an amount of money from this over the past year. We are about to consider whether anything needs to be retained from their deposit and I wondered if it’s possible for us to retain any amount of money that they have gained from subletting the car park space?
many thanks
John
You can only claim for losses you have incurred. Presumably you haven’t lost anything so there would be no right to make any deduction from the deposit.
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As above, you have no chance of making a deduction, and frankly, I cant see the problem.
You have missed a trick there, mate.
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If you’ve had the rent, then you have earned the money you expected from the contract.
You could sue them for breach of contract, but as Richard19 say’s I suspect your rental contract will only allow you to deduct from the deposit money that you are out of pocket.
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thanks for everyone’s replies, much appreciated