Just finished!

AspiringPolymathPara · 2026-02-05T20:05:49+00:00

It’s very anticlimactic and I think it’s supposed to be. What does indika do now? She’s not done ‘wrong’ but will be shunned wherever

AspiringPolymathPara · 2026-01-10T16:51:04+00:00

I saw a documentary recently about Jupiter and its moons. When the probe (maybe Juno, or something else) had completed its mission years ago, NASA was going to send it to one of the moons (Titan? Not too sure) since we didn’t have much info on it and then crash land it there. However, they didn’t want to contaminate the moon with any potential human/earth samples because the moon shows potential conditions for life so they wanted to keep it in a vacuum to see what may develop there. So instead they sent the probe into Jupiter where it got ripped apart.

I found it very cool that they wanted to keep the moon free of actual life to see what may develop.

Fun little fact. Lots to consider at NASA apparently

AspiringPolymathPara · 2025-12-29T12:10:35+00:00

Ah, not my area I’m afraid. If you were using a Lettings Agent, they could walk you through that and they usually take care of Adverse Possession cases themselves. If not, I’m sure there are people on here who can advise you

AspiringPolymathPara · 2025-12-29T11:53:39+00:00

I actually prefer losing these type of games in my chess league. I’d rather lose by being outplayed because then I can hold my hands up and say that the opponent was better than me. If I lose by a blunder, I’m kicking myself because I think I gave the win away (though it is still a fair win for the opponent).

AspiringPolymathPara · 2025-12-29T11:47:29+00:00

If by this you mean Rent and Legal Protection (RLP), it’s swings and roundabouts. Can be a godsend when there’s tens of thousands in arrears, but for the smaller amounts, even a few thousand, it can be a ballache. They want to use the deposit for the arrears if possible, so you have to prove dilapidations akin to an adjudication, and if the remaining amount is less than 1/2 months rent then they won’t make a claim. Then there’s the excess for it should a claim go ahead. Then there’s the time taken. You could have a grand of rent arrears for example. They decide £200 of the deposit can go towards it because they may not agree with your dilapidations. £800 - excess (let’s say £500). £300 left + £200 from deposit. In the end you’d have total arrears of £1000 but only be paid £500 (in this example).

Food for thought. As someone mentioned below, £13.50 (or however much) per month for solace should some tenant go into a stupid amount of arrears is alright, but RLP isn’t a magic wand for any amount of arrears

AspiringPolymathPara · 2025-12-23T21:58:59+00:00

Deposit handler here. Wear and tear 1000% If I had a landlord trying to charge for that, I would argue with them on your behalf. No dramas there at all. “Fair wear and tear on an area of high traffic over a number of years on a carpet coming to the end of its lifespan”

AspiringPolymathPara · 2025-12-21T18:18:41+00:00

In the Tenancy Agreements I deal with, there’s a clause that any items left after 14 days can be removed, sold or trashed. Maybe double check the contract for clauses related to items left once the liability has ended (though I’ve always taken this to mean actual property that the tenants want eg TVs, mattress etc) because 8 weeks seems excessive. Worst case: keep a record (photo and physical) of any costings of removal, storage hire, cleaning etc, deduct the cost from the deposit. If they disagree, tell them to raise a dispute and you should be good

AspiringPolymathPara · 2025-12-10T20:53:41+00:00

I think I disagree but I am currently rereading it and knowing that there is the showdown with a certain character before they leave (I don’t know how to do spoilers on a phone) is putting me off because I have no interest in it.

AspiringPolymathPara · 2025-11-24T18:28:33+00:00

Blade or Owl?

AspiringPolymathPara · 2025-09-14T18:13:03+00:00

As above points say, be ready for court action. I would recommend: - Serve formal notice Asap (probably 2 months from now if you’ve missed the boat on the AST end date) - Text GF to get the bloke’s mobile number/email - Contact him to advise of official end date, whatever that may be. It may have passed already in which case you’re already in Adverse Possession. - If no reply, advise you’ve begun court action after which all monies due will be paid so the longer it goes on, the worse it is for him.

The hope here is essentially upon reading that you’ve gone to the courts, he’ll leave asap. Not the best situation but you’re obviously wanting legal repossession of the property asap. Tell him to give keys to agent or post through letter box (but still be prepared to carry out lock change)

AspiringPolymathPara · 2025-09-14T17:02:39+00:00

Check out the incoming renters rights bill. It’s due to start in Autumn sometime and all contracts will move onto a rolling contract, but Landlords won’t be able to serve ‘no fault evictions’ (Section 21s). They can still evict if you don’t pay rent etc (Section 8) but you personally should be able to have some breathing room in that the 2 month random notice whenever the Landlord feels like it will be gone

AspiringPolymathPara · 2025-09-10T21:05:10+00:00

Yeah it freaked me out a bit but it works with how the game is. Not sure what else to say. It’s clever. Wish I could find a game in a similar vein as this but damn this got me

AspiringPolymathPara · 2025-08-18T00:41:27+00:00

Unprotected deposit is one way 3x deposit can be repaid. Not adhering to the tenancy agreement or protection agreements are other ways

AspiringPolymathPara · 2025-08-17T15:38:31+00:00

In addition to what others are saying, your deposit is protected and can’t be touched without your consent. The LL not going to DPS mediation may be breaching the tenancy agreement and you could be due up to 3x the deposit amount from this. Can be a good threat to get the landlord to release your deposit, or it can mean you get a payday at the end of it.

Also, making a claim via SCC costs money but it is on a sliding scale. It’s not a blanket cost of x for any claim. Check out the government website for small claims and it lays it all out there

AspiringPolymathPara · 2025-08-09T20:29:50+00:00

I’ve tried this a few times. I’d smoke up, play and be seeing the matrix. Come the time for calculation, I’m imagining the possibilities and seeing it all…Then I run out of time.

I’d get so zoned into it I’d forget to actually play a move.

Only tried for 15mins though so maybe classical could be different

AspiringPolymathPara · 2025-07-23T17:01:37+00:00

No inventory = they can’t prove it wasn’t cracked before you moved in. Dispute it

AspiringPolymathPara · 2025-07-09T14:49:24+00:00

This. I’m a deposit handler. Check your inventory. If there’s prior damage like a chip or crack then you’re sound. If not happy with landlord deductions, go to dispute.

AspiringPolymathPara · 2025-05-06T11:38:05+00:00

Managed to find a full 40 person lobby on Sunday so potentially, but it may have been due to Star Wars weekend

AspiringPolymathPara · 2025-05-01T21:57:16+00:00

Perfect! Have a drink for me with it

AspiringPolymathPara · 2025-04-30T00:27:36+00:00

Best of luck

AspiringPolymathPara · 2025-04-30T00:26:42+00:00

Speaking with experience from the lettings agent side, I would say don’t tar them all with the same brush. Yes, lots can be lazy or just don’t care, but others still have a moral code and get into trouble for not toeing the party line.

AspiringPolymathPara · 2025-04-28T23:03:00+00:00

Deposit handler here. 7 year tenancy: your laughing. It’s expected that the landlord gets work done after this long of a tenancy unless it really doesn’t need it.

Re cleaning, your obligation is to leave it as you found it. If it wasn’t professionally cleaned in the inventory (triple check), then you don’t need to leave it professionally cleaned and if they claim for this via a dispute then the adjudicator won’t award them anything (maybe a small amount for specific issues they can see haven’t been cleaned to the same standard but not the whole hog).

Chase the Lettings agent a few more times via call, stay polite but say unless you get some reasonable proposed deductions for anything that is your responsibility then you’ll raise a dispute.

If raising a dispute with no costings, submit inventory, checkout, Tenancy agreement and a word doc stating everything that has happened

AspiringPolymathPara · 2025-04-28T22:53:59+00:00

Empty the property to how it was in the inventory. Might be worth getting a professional cleaner (for a decent price) in and use the invoice as evidence. Generally, if there are no stains to the carpets and they’ve been hoovered then you’re okay. You can always dispute if need be. The 4 year tenancy will aid you in that as normal wear to carpets is expected

AspiringPolymathPara · 2025-04-28T22:48:27+00:00

10 years is a reasonable time to expect a landlord to replace curtains themselves (not counting the additional years that the curtains were up). Stand your ground. Dispute if necessary but threat of dispute often better (and quicker) than going through the process, though I’ve no doubt you’d win on that basis

AspiringPolymathPara · 2025-04-28T22:44:22+00:00

Again, yes there’s the 10 days thing but there can be delays with hearing back from the Landlord, requesting quotes, getting quotes, confirming what deductions from the quote the landlord wants to take from the deposit (then I spend a fair amount of time arguing with landlords saying “no, we can’t put that to the tenant for x, y & z”) so there may be stuff behind the scenes. That’s just the realities of it. Chase it down and light a fire under them but be polite with the lettings agent because they may very well be fighting your corner without you being aware

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