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Author	Jaccident
Comment	So, in principle, it is hard to tell without seeing your lease. If you have a lease only for a room it is contestable that you're not as responsible as the others, it's also worth noting that you can sometimes only be held to the state it was in when you entered the property. This would be overriden if you had, through the signing of the lease, been presented with a schedule which you had to accept. I have taken a flat over from a friend before, and have taken on their schedule as the cost for us to fix the issues was less than the cost to run the inventory process. Also, having been the "last one in" I have made agreements with my flat mates that damages are weighted against them. They didn't exactly like it, but they understood it wasn't my responsibility to pay for damages done by the person they lived with and didn't hold to account. Also, lastly, bear in mind that there's a "reasonable degredation" to factor in. For example, a landlord is expected to paint approx every 3 years or 2 tenants, whichever comes first. Not all do, obviously, but the court will often assume that it's impossible to live in a pristine bubble. Most im\[portant would be that your deposit went to a registered scheme, if it didn't your landlord is liable for a huge fine, so dig out all your communications with them and check. It's often not worth you pursuing (since you don't get the value of the fine, only the value of your deposit with damages) but I have used it to get out of damages I thought were unfair before.
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Created	Fri 3rd Apr 2020 12:41pm
Status	normal ()

So, in principle, it is hard to tell without seeing your lease.

If you have a lease only for a room it is contestable that you're not as responsible as the others, it's also worth noting that you can sometimes only be held to the state it was in when you entered the property. This would be overriden if you had, through the signing of the lease, been presented with a schedule which you had to accept. I have taken a flat over from a friend before, and have taken on their schedule as the cost for us to fix the issues was less than the cost to run the inventory process.



Also, having been the "last one in" I have made agreements with my flat mates that damages are weighted against them. They didn't exactly like it, but they understood it wasn't my responsibility to pay for damages done by the person they lived with and didn't hold to account.

Also, lastly, bear in mind that there's a "reasonable degredation" to factor in. For example, a landlord is expected to paint approx every 3 years or 2 tenants, whichever comes first. Not all do, obviously, but the court will often assume that it's impossible to live in a pristine bubble.

Most im\[portant would be that your deposit went to a registered scheme, if it didn't your landlord is liable for a huge fine, so dig out all your communications with them and check. It's often not worth you pursuing (since you don't get the value of the fine, only the value of your deposit with damages) but I have used it to get out of damages I thought were unfair before.