The concept of a damage deposit is simple. Your landlord holds a big fat chunk of your money so that they’re covered in the scenario that you and your cotenants turn their maisonette into the fifth circle of hell – sounds fair enough.
Unfortunately, damage deposits are often treated as a piggy bank by opportunistic landlords who aren’t content with the thousands of pounds they’re getting from their tenants and can’t resist the opportunity to bump them for trivial infractions at inflated costs.
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