Cat should not have been in the property at all – but landlord loses out after scratch damage due to lack of check-in evidence

Students often swap tenancies – it’s important for agents to keep up to date with check-ins and check-outs

Adjudicator rules that landlord must foot entire cost of redecoration

The Deposit Diaries: Dispute between landlord and tenant over state of the garden

The portion of deposit that is not a matter of dispute should be returned to the tenant

The importance of putting things down in writing

Michael Morgan, director of dispute resolution at TDS, discusses a recent decision by an adjudicator

Tenants forfeit £75 after failing to have chimney swept

Tenant leaves heating on during time away from property but then there’s a cold snap…

Here’s the buzz: landlord claims £150 for removal of wasp nest, but should tenants take the blame for infestation?