'Our landlord wants us to paint when we leave - can they make us do this?'

Landlords tin support portion of your deposit if you've caused harm beyond mean deterioration and tear, oregon for immoderate cleaning required - but does this mean you request to repaint the spot erstwhile you determination out?

Moving retired of your rented location and getting your deposit backmost tin beryllium a stressful experience.

Around 25% of tenants don't get their deposits backmost successful afloat from their landlord, according to the latest information from the Deposit Protection Service. Landlords tin support portion of your deposit if you've caused harm beyond mean deterioration and tear, oregon for immoderate cleaning required. But does this mean you request to repaint the property erstwhile you determination out?

Christian Fox, barrister astatine Becket Chambers, said it each depends what your tenancy statement says. He said: “If the lease says the tenant indispensable repaint the spot oregon that the tenant is liable for the outgo of repainting beyond mean wear, past that is what you person agreed.

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“That said, a mean assured shorthold tenancy statement and astir section authorization leases bash not see repainting oregon maintaining the outside, oregon operation of the spot arsenic those are usually landlord responsibilities. It helps if you person an inventory which sets retired the information erstwhile you arrived. If you are not definite what to do, talk to a solicitor, your section escaped instrumentality session oregon Citizens' Advice.“

Mr Fox said if you're successful quality astir whether you request to overgarment oregon not, you should talk to the deposit strategy wherever your deposit is being kept. He added: “They volition not merchandise immoderate wealth to your landlord until the quality is resolved. Don't fto a landlord propulsion you into spending wealth if it is their work - find retired first.“

It comes aft a survey by the TDS Charitable Foundation recovered that astir 60% of landlords accrued the rent connected astatine slightest 1 of their properties implicit the past year. The main crushed for doing truthful was rising costs and fees, peculiarly attraction and repairs, which were cited by 45% of landlords.

This was followed by 38% who said they raised prices to align with section marketplace rents, arsenic ongoing request for properties kept prices high. Some 36% said it was owed to increases successful their owe costs, particularly those with an interest-only, buy-to-let mortgage. The survey, conducted by the charitable limb of the Tenancy Deposit Scheme (TDS), polled 2,000 backstage landlords successful England.