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UHi There,
I live in Bangalore and have lived in the same flat for almost 30 months as of today. I told my landlord last month that I’ll vacate the place and he said okay.
Background on rent agreement:
Aug’22 to June’23 -> Had a rent agreement to pay 13500/- rent/month -> Deposit: 20k and 5% increment
July’23 to Nov’23 -> no agreement was there and verbally discussed that the rent would be the same, so I was paying the same rent 13500/-
Dec’23 to Oct’24 -> In Dec’23, the owner told me that he was going to increase the rent to 17k so If I wanted I can vacate the house or I can increase the deposit to total of 3 lakhs and stay here on same rent. So I did the same and we created a new agreement with 3 lakhs deposit and rent 13500/- and 5% increase after 11 months.
I asked him couple of days back how much I’ll get back from my deposit at that point he said that 5% increment is there and I didn’t pay it so he will deduct the amount from the deposit for 19 months so a total of 32k I’ve to pay him extra.
It was never agreed upon and he is not listening and challenging me to go to court or police if I don’t agree.
I told him that for 22 months we’ve agreement to pay only 13500 rent, so I can give for 8 months but he doesn’t want to listen, just behaving rudely and not even talking to me or letting me involve my other neighbors.
Could anyone please suggest what can I do here?
Thanks in advance 🙂
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UThe standard deposit is approx 9 months rent, there are generally a lot of issues is getting it back. But it depends on the owner as well.
Your deposit was quite high to begin with.
Was in this situation only once, but on the loosing side of the situation where I settled as per the owner’s wishes as I did not want to continue the fight or go the legal way.
Check if you are okay with the settlement he is proposing, and ask him to cut from your deposit and give the rest of the money back. If possible, get the last months rent also reduced from the deposit which reduces your exposure.
If you fight this, he can easily hold the deposit money and you will have to go through the legal route which will again take time and resources.
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UGenerally threatening people with FIR and telling them I’ll inform their employers works pretty well for me.
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