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U**TL;DR**: Landlord barged into our house with 10 buyers while I was alone and sick. After vacating, he held our 2.5L deposit for 6 months. He finally returned it but deducted 37k (standard) + an extra 50k for structural and seepage issues we had reported months prior. Now he’s ghosting us.
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We had a harrowing experience with the landlord of our last house, and I’m writing this post to ask for advice.
My husband and I were renting a 2BHK in the Marathahalli area in Bangalore (starting April 2024) with a rent of 33k/month, and a deposit of 2.5L. Within a few months of us residing there, it was apparent that the kitchen had major plumbing issues, with water seepage into cabinets, wood turning mushy, mould on utensils… we had to keep cleaning constantly just to maintain basic hygiene. We notified this to the landlord, who advised us to get white cementing done. We did that (at our cost), but it held only for a few weeks before the issues started again. Not to mention the constant cockroach infestations despite multiple pest control attempts.
About a year in, they decided they wanted to sell the house, and asked us to send videos and photos of the house, which we did. Then they started sending potential buyers to see the house. The owners would call / message while we were at work, saying today evening some people will visit. This went on for several months. It was a nuisance but we complied out of good faith.
Now fast forward to the day when things got really out of hand. My husband was out of station, visiting his sick mother. I had a terrible fever that weekend. The landlord calls me and says someone will visit, I said I’m alone at home and really sick, so I’m not able to show the house today. They kept pressurizing to show the house, and eventually, he landed up at the door, along with around 10 people, and started ringing the bell constantly. I just hoped they would go away in a while. They kept ringing for 15-20 times, banging the door, and shouting. Finally I had to open the door, the landlord came in with his buyers and they stayed in the flat for almost half an hour, as there were several customers.
After this incident, we were told to vacate the house in a month’s time as we were ‘not cooperating’ anymore. In the meantime, I too went out of station to be with my husband’s family, his mother passed away, and while dealing with that, we had to find a new house and shift. We shifted in November 2025, and we requested for the deposit back. And we kept requesting. Either he would ignore the message, or give some excuse to stall it, or say “I’ll do it by this weekend” and then not do anything. This went on for the next 6 months.
Finally, 2 days back, he returned the deposit, but it was not over yet. Deducted 37k as “standard deductions as per agreement”, and over and above that, deducted 40k for “kitchen expenses” and 10k for “bathroom expenses”. He said he had to “change the kitchen completely because of the issue.. complete interior is damaged, we had to fully remove the interiors, do plumbing work, and changed everything”. As for bathroom, he said it was “completely damaged, we had to fix it including flush”. We are not aware of any damages in the bathroom save normal wear and tear, and he did not bother to clarify what was damaged.
When we tried to contest the extra 50k deduction, he stopped responding to our messages and is not taking calls either. We have the rental agreement, as well as proofs of the plumbing issues that we notified to the owner in the first place.
Is there any legal route to confront the landlord and actually get the money back? My friends and family are asking me to let it go, and that the time, money, and effort spent in the legal procedures is not worth it, but I want to pursue this. Any advice will be much appreciated.
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