{"id":3859,"date":"2018-04-27T15:27:57","date_gmt":"2018-04-27T15:27:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.unipol.org.uk\/?p=3859"},"modified":"2018-07-05T08:55:38","modified_gmt":"2018-07-05T08:55:38","slug":"moving-out-deposit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.unipol.org.uk\/moving-out-deposit\/","title":{"rendered":"Moved Out? Diddled Deposit?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Now that you have moved out of your student property, the time has come to think about your deposit &#8211; and how to get it back!<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3ZfE9lAlfNc\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h4>The basic rules in getting your deposit back are:<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Leave your room and communal areas clean and tidy<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Pay any outstanding bills<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Make sure you have paid your rent fully.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>So what happens if your landlord does deduct monies?<\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> If you have an Assured Shorthold Tenancy (AST), your landlord will have protected your deposit under one of the following schemes:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/myaccount.depositprotection.com\/#tenancy\/checkDepositStatus\">Deposit Protection Scheme<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedisputeservice.co.uk\/is-my-deposit-protected.html\">Tenancy Deposit Scheme<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mydeposits.co.uk\/tenants\/deposit-checker\/\">My Deposits<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">The links above will take you straight to the page where you can locate your deposit. Once you have found your deposit and logged in, you can dispute a charge via the scheme\u2019s dispute resolution service. If you cannot find your deposit, have a look back through your emails, as you should have been sent one at the very beginning with your deposit ID. Otherwise, ask your landlord to give you the details.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">If you are worried your landlord has not protected your deposit, you can contact Unipol and we can contact the landlord on your behalf. We can also contact your landlord if 28 days have passed and you still have not received your deposit (or a written explanation as to its whereabouts).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Like always, if you need any advice or have concerns about your deposit, feel free to <a href=\"M.Blanden@unipol.org.uk\">get in touch with us<\/a> and we will do our best to help you out.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Now that you have moved out of your student property, the time has come to&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":3881,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,5,1,8,10],"tags":[33,22,18,24,27,43,25,26,16,17,46,23],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Moved Out? 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