This is why I have direct debit into the RE's account. If they were to say I was behind when I wasn't, I could just go to my bank and request a print out of my direct debits and voila, problem solved.
This happened to us years ago. They said we were about 2 weeks behind and we were sure we wern't. They were adament we were and threatened eviction if we didn't catch up, so we did. About 3 years later the RE got out of rentals altogether and passed all their rentals onto another agency. The new RE found surprise suprise, we were 4 weeks ahead instead of 2, so the 1st RE HAD stuffed up Since then we d/d.
I've been direct debiting lately, but didn't have the details at first. I wanted them, but they tried to get my to sign up for this transfer thing that costs extra, so I didn't worry. Then mum gave me the numbers.
skye i was nearly ?1000 in arrears with my rent but my housing allowance hadnt kicked in so it took awhile to come through but our landlord was ok about it. sounds like something has messed up somewhere huni and i hope you get it sorted. xox
When we were renting, we were told that we were 3 weeks behind in our rent (we were normally 2 weeks ahead, so that would have meant us not paying for 5 weeks )..
Anyhow, they hadn't processed some of our payments and were sitting in an unallocated fund account (with our details clearly showing as the payer).
I find they often only look at the info in front of them, without checking other options even when you dispute it..
Not just check EXACTLY what you have paid, but also double check your rights.
Nothing shuts up RE's faster than having the rule thrust at them. I had one that wasn't going to give us time to re-clean a house on exit (well her view of 'time' was between 12 & 1pm when I worked an hour from town - and we were discussing it at 11am!) & was going to take all our bond to get it cleaned. I politely explained that I could not get there at that time & would have to do it after work - & before she could protest, I said that I had already checked the rules for this state, and she was to give me sufficient & suitable time to do it.
Never mine that the house was already clean... but she was sceaming at my housemate "The house is DISGUSTING & incredibly filthy - I don't know how you could live in such filth & mess". I think she had the houses confused!!
i would check your ledger. i had my RE rip me off rent i had paid before. They credited it to another property they managed in the same street we lived in. Something like 2weeks went missing.
last house was rented private and we gave a 4 weeks rent as deposit. when we went to leave she tried to rip us off 2 weeks. she also claimed that if we wanted to deposit direct it'd be $20 extra a week for rent. I told her she was full of *****!
Well I worked it out. I only owed $10 on top of a weeks rent. It came to $600 coz the extra I'd paid didn't quite make up a full week, so didn't count iykwim?
I pay today & I'm paid up til next Thursday now
Glad you got it sorted out! Oh and my landlord is ****ing me off. Says he's going to send someone around to paint the lounge roof and how the hell am i going to entertain the baby all day out and about? I really don't like the idea of leaving a painter in my house but i can't stay around with the paint fumes and a baby. Think i might just tell them we're moving out end Nov and can't he wait til then
Since then we d/d.
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