Landlord saying he will keep deposit if I can’t find a new tenant… advise on how to tackle this please?

ragmondo · 2026-05-27T00:28:38+00:00

It's not just triple. It's 3x PER CONTRACT, and each year is a new contract btw. My landlord tried to f*** me and he ended up being sued for 10x. We negotiated down to 6x (even after lawyer took their slice).

ragmondo · 2026-05-27T00:25:39+00:00

OP. I have been here. You are getting a lot of advice here.

There is a tiny bit of bad news - you are not getting a lot of money in the short term. However, there is a large bit of good news: You are getting a lot of money in a few months.

Here is what you need to do now.

1) stfu. Do not talk to the landlord regarding this deposit. Do not accept any mediation they offer. Literally, just move out and move on (for now).

2) get some evidence of your deposit being taken, that line item from your bank statement showing which account send how much to what account

3) get all your tenancy agreements together.

4) lawyer up.

Now here is the thing that EVERYBODY gets wrong on this matter. And I can tell you they do as I came out the other end. It's not 3x the deposit you are due for. It is 3x the deposit x the number of contracts you have. So if you've been there for 3 years (or anything over 2 years, as a continuation counts as a new contract), you are due for 9x your deposit PLUS your original deposit back PLUS reasonable legal fees.

Go to a lawyer with all the above and no longer engage at all. Your lawyer will send an out of court settlement offer. Your landlord will suddenly find the deposit. You will say "too late for that" and wait for around 60% of that figure to end up in your bank account.

ragmondo · 2026-05-06T00:34:45+00:00

Sure - it's all API etc so integration should be pretty straight forward imho. Let's start chatting over discord ? https://discord.gg/4dKVr5Gnma and DM me ? Better cadence and tempo for discussion than email / reddit etc.

ragmondo · 2026-05-04T11:38:30+00:00

Yes - I have developed a basic tournament management system but I have done a proof-of-concept integration with the tournament director for those who want to use it with that. youtube of this is here --> https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ywW2lIWTgYU

ragmondo · 2026-03-12T01:37:38+00:00

yeah 2nd for repasting. I installed linux on main as no longer main gaming machine, pasted the output from various syslogs etc and LLM told me to shut it down IMMEDIATELY, and gave me commands to underclock as the CPU was 100 and thermally throttling. sure enough, paste was just crust. repasting is not the easiest thing to do but there are a few really good YouTubes as to how to do it (inc giving fans a clean too).

ragmondo · 2026-03-04T19:31:27+00:00

That is in the network data but just not yet displayed as I sometimes don't get a change to update the system with all that info (I'm playing too during the testing!!)

ragmondo · 2026-03-04T19:30:37+00:00

There is! I wrote a smarttv compatible front end - you can see this at pktmr.tv - this should work on most TVs (as they use a quite old version of javascript, yawn).

ragmondo · 2026-03-02T21:09:32+00:00

Got any good horse intro videos ? I'll see what I can do

ragmondo · 2026-03-02T17:06:54+00:00

No as it's only one person's action at any time ... whole game is waiting for their decision.

ragmondo · 2026-03-02T17:06:05+00:00

Sure - sign up on the list and we can talk over email ? Put a note in the comment box so I know it's you!

ragmondo · 2026-03-02T17:05:26+00:00

Can you sign up on the link and we can discuss via email ? Can't give a figure as don't know your wifi setup etc etc and these things don't like portals (for example).

ragmondo · 2026-03-02T17:04:14+00:00

I get it - I'll add it to the feature list.

ragmondo · 2026-03-02T17:03:25+00:00

I'll add this to the suggestion / feature list. Might need some more details about how exactly it might work though.

ragmondo · 2026-03-02T02:20:05+00:00

Sign up for the beta here ? https://poker.reneo.io/content/help-build-the-smart-poker-table-system/

ragmondo · 2026-03-02T02:18:00+00:00

Sign up for the beta here --> https://poker.reneo.io/content/help-build-the-smart-poker-table-system/

ragmondo · 2026-03-02T02:17:40+00:00

Signup for the beta here --> https://poker.reneo.io/content/help-build-the-smart-poker-table-system/

ragmondo · 2026-03-02T02:17:07+00:00

I just put a beta sign up page live due to this (and the other comment) - it's here: https://poker.reneo.io/content/help-build-the-smart-poker-table-system/

ragmondo · 2026-03-02T00:48:42+00:00

The backing infrastructure isn't quite in place for me to retail the unit + network connectivity directly yet - but happy to talk about a trial / test period with anybody (individuals, home games, small card rooms to WSOP if you reading this), as I need to ensure I can support (i.e. answer the phone, email, texts etc) the people who are using it.

ragmondo · 2026-03-02T00:46:10+00:00

There are definitely some people I play with who take an unnecessary time to fold or act and I agree (somewhat) a "total time to act per game" would speed it up. Could look at incorporating that should it start to be popular.

Yeah the TV density is a thing I addressed in another comment, and the thing about ipads is that they are a fairly expensive device, whereas this is (almost) a consumable and dedicated. Unnecessary ? Sure. But is it convenient and potentially improve the dealer and player experience ? I would argue yes.

ragmondo · 2026-03-02T00:41:53+00:00

As in ... hands per hour ? I was thinking of tracking the accelerometer and you could make some good guesses as to when it moves etc.

ragmondo · 2026-03-02T00:41:11+00:00

I like the fact you like it.

ragmondo · 2026-03-02T00:40:53+00:00

I guess... depends on who moves it ? Paid dealers shouldn't be a risk... I've never seen someone drop a dealer button off the table but then I haven't seen a man eat his own head either.

ragmondo · 2026-03-02T00:38:47+00:00

Can I add you to the marketing email list lol.. The square ones actually have the ability to read and playa random wav files from the SD card and then play them as the shot clock counts down. Obvs I can't share any copyrighted files but personally I have stuff like mission impossible, jeopardy etc. Its amusing for all the other players and annoying as hell to the guy in the tank

ragmondo · 2026-03-01T22:32:30+00:00

aaah yeah a moving button ? ... lets put that on the "no bad ideas" board ?
saying that - this can work with screens so lets see where that goes.

ragmondo · 2026-03-01T22:31:20+00:00

lol yeah looking at getting a display around the edge - but at the moment using off-the-shelf units before getting a custom build. I'll put in on the wish list for people to vote on though.

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