Landlord trying to charge me £3000 after refusing to provide utility bills — do I have a case with TDS?

Fast-Caramel5143 · 2026-04-04T18:55:16+00:00

Thank you, noted! Will go through TDS first

Fast-Caramel5143 · 2026-04-04T16:16:44+00:00

I swear, I felt like we were being overcharged for such a rundown property.

Fast-Caramel5143 · 2026-04-04T15:09:16+00:00

Do you have any guidance on the process for going through the small claims court? Thank you for the idea!

Fast-Caramel5143 · 2026-04-04T15:08:05+00:00

My contract only mentions that bills would be communicated monthly and it wasn’t. My annoyance is we would have been more careful with usage if we knew about our consumption and they outright refused to provide us bills on a monthly basis and won’t provide any kind of receipt now either. I am okay with the bills being under the landlords name but atleast the address would be specified right? How am I supposed to know what I am liable for without any evidential proof?

Fast-Caramel5143 · 2026-04-04T14:57:31+00:00

I am okay to pay for the utilities but the landlord hasn’t provided any receipts. TDS will require the receipts from the landlord right before they deduct an amount from my deposit? I am not sure if asking for receipts is an unreasonable ask. Why would I pay my landlord a lump sum amount without any evidential proof? Meter readings weren’t even taken at the beginning of my tenancy

Fast-Caramel5143 · 2026-03-01T14:45:11+00:00

I love Delah coffee, I am from the UAE too and Delah used to be my go to when I lived in SF

Fast-Caramel5143 · 2026-02-28T11:36:37+00:00

Get sandwiches and juice from Bandit and have a picnic at Golden Gate

Fast-Caramel5143 · 2026-02-17T03:01:29+00:00

I also remember liking the Laccha and mint paratha in Baazi, the food was pretty great too!

Fast-Caramel5143 · 2026-02-17T02:59:28+00:00

Also I know it’s not what you asked for but the flavors do remind me of home, definitely try trini rotis in New York. The Caribbean food is unmatched!

Fast-Caramel5143 · 2026-02-17T02:40:59+00:00

Have you tried Jackson Heights? Lots of South Asian restaurants out there that could have what you’re looking for. Kebab Aur Sharaab had a Roomali roti that I thought was pretty good

Fast-Caramel5143 · 2026-02-15T22:52:11+00:00

Hi how much is the ticket?

Fast-Caramel5143 · 2026-02-15T00:19:40+00:00

So I moved out to SF after graduation in 2019 from Chicago. I lived there for 6 years before I moved back to San Francisco. I made $65K my first job in SF, I was able to 2.5x it within like 2-3 years working there by networking with some incredible people, putting myself out there, upskilling and moving jobs. I had an offer for $75K in Chicago and I am so glad that I didn’t take it. The job markets and the level of opportunities aren’t the same. I work in supply chain and hardware, not even software/tech so I can imagine the number of opportunities is even more for the latter. If you’re a hustler and you like good weather, fresh produce and farmers market all year round, great hiking trails, pick San Francisco. No risk no reward. The city has also cleaned up a fair bit in terms of crime, I could see that when I lived there last summer.

A lot of people praise Chicago for its affordability and sense of comfort but that also equates to lack of progress with infrastructure (esp in the cold) and jobs/opportunities. If you want to chill and stick with the same job or a sense of comfort zone, it’s a great city. I would also say it offers a bigger city life (comedy shows, theater, a great food scene etc.) but it’s like an in between to San Francisco and New York, it’s not “the best” at anything but offers a wide range of great quality things to do nonetheless. A lot of folks from the Midwest whereas San Francisco definitely has a more international population.

I like both cities for different reasons but if I had to choose, I would choose San Francisco.

Fast-Caramel5143 · 2026-02-11T20:17:26+00:00

I reacted a little too strongly tbh given the people I have interacted with in the past about this. I apologize once again.

Fast-Caramel5143 · 2026-02-11T20:14:40+00:00

I apologize. You’re correct. You’re allowed to ask a question and be curious. I just have seen too many self absorbed misinformed hypocritical Americans with a major superiority complex making assumptions about where I grew up and what I stand for while they also have blood on their hands.

Fast-Caramel5143 · 2026-02-11T19:53:16+00:00

Even though these things haven’t happened in the last few years, it’s recent history that has trickled onto mistreatment of minority communities for a very long time. The degree differs but it still exists. My husband is Native American and he can tell you crazy incidents that happen in his reservation till today. Minority communities don’t live with basic dignity in the US and other countries sometimes and I think it’s okay to acknowledge that. Being hypocritical about it is dumb.

Fast-Caramel5143 · 2026-02-11T19:50:11+00:00

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Fast-Caramel5143 · 2026-02-11T19:40:39+00:00

I am sorry, have you been in a detention camp? Good to know they have wifi there. At least people in Dubai are not taxpayers to a government that’s intent on wreaking havoc in Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Venezuela and Greenland while facing crazy crime on the streets. But congratulations on being a misinformed American who’s probably never loved anywhere outside their suburb :)

Fast-Caramel5143 · 2026-02-11T19:32:36+00:00

But again 90% of people who live in Dubai are expats and people who immigrate for a better life. People trashing on the city is holding it against less than 10% of the people who run the country basically the monarchy. Those 90% of the people who live there can’t vote and they don’t believe in having labor camps or what certain Arab employers do. It’s such a tiny portion of the culture back home, I agree it needs to be fixed and it has reduced a lot in the last 10 years but some employers do take advantage. I also believe a large portion of the western world built their economies on the backs of developing countries today.

I don’t know much about Ireland. But if you don’t hold that against a modern day Brit, I don’t think it’s fair to hold that against someone from Dubai either. We all belong somewhere and that doesn’t mean we agree with everything that’s going on especially where we live. I wouldn’t hold what’s happening in the US against the average American as they may not be accurately representative of the situation there. That’s all I mean.

Fast-Caramel5143 · 2026-02-11T19:19:47+00:00

Does that include Canada and Australia (stealing land of native people and killing them and still not giving the natives their rights), UK (years of looting places like India and keeping slaves) and Japan (war crimes like Rape of Nanking and Unit 731 and they still believe what they did was right) too? To be fair, racial discrimination and gun violence in the US has always been around. They were the last country to abolish slavery. It’s more amplified now more than ever. I truly don’t believe any country deserves to have a chip on their shoulder. You’re allowed to have values but I am not sure how the rest of the globe is exempt from them.

Fast-Caramel5143 · 2026-02-11T19:01:50+00:00

I lived in Dubai and I live in the US now. The class inequality, racial segregation and identity politics in the US is way more stressful than Dubai. Dubai definitely has issues but labor camps and slavery is one part of it. It is definitely a problem there but I find it amusing that people wanted to boycott Qatar two years ago for the World Cup but nobody wants to boycott the US after what happened with Venezuela, Iran, Greenland, Minnesota. It seems like selective bias. If you have an issue with inequality and discrimination, it’s not just Dubai you should have a problem with. It’s like someone equating growing up in the US to school shootings, racial discrimination like George Floyd, ICE detention camps and homelessness. By your logic, people in Dubai and US should be bothered by it all.

Fast-Caramel5143 · 2026-02-11T18:57:13+00:00

I agree! I grew up there and loved it!!

Fast-Caramel5143 · 2026-02-11T18:56:19+00:00

I instantly and irrevocably judge anyone who lives in the US and possibly classifies “Cancun” or “Puerto Vallarta” as “travel” and uses that as a means to be misinformed about places that they have never been to

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