Comments on: Moving out, moving in

By: This and That « Sleeping Monkey

This and That « Sleeping Monkey — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 10:00:24 +0000

[...] isn’t really any news other than that. You can read about all our house woes over at Dan’s blog. Annie and I spent a day on Brighton beach while the weather was amazing; [...]

By: Dan

Dan — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 13:02:12 +0000

23333 – Jim, where does that number come from? And yes I agree, I’ve certainly learnt a lot from all this. Guess I’ll just put it down to experience,

Will – The thing that really sucks is this isn’t a student let, thus a lot more money’s involved

Toni – I agree things could have been a lot worse and if they’d have been I’d guess we’d be in the middle of going through the courts at the moment. And thank you, we appreciate your care and love very much

By: Toni

Toni — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 12:26:29 +0000

I sorry you had such a difficult time. From other people who rent, I’ve heard stories of entirely fictitious damage being listed by agents to enable them to retain the entire deposit, so although I’m sorry you lost so much of it, things could be worse.

But I am very glad for the turn around on Sunday. I pray that this move will signal a change in many areas of your lives, and it will provide a fresh start for you both in a better place than Reading. We care about you two very much indeed.

By: Will

Will — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 21:12:47 +0000

Students are treated so badly by landlords! Bad luck Dan – thank goodness you fought even the little that you did though! And good riddance eh?

By: 23333

23333 — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 15:23:57 +0000

This makes me angry – agents and landlords are a mixed bunch. Generally, agents are out for every penny. Landlords can be more helpful, but only if you’re lucky. Our last landlord was really laid back and was just happy the house still had four walls – our previous landlord had an independant inventory who wanted money to have the sheets ironed (even though we’d bought new ones!). I think the one thing to take away is to ALWAYS require the use of an independent inventory and be heavy on any breaches of contract.