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#AskTDS Monkey Business in the Garden

| 29 November 2019

Do your tenants ever give you problems with gorillas in the garden? Probably not - Disputes involving gardens appear in a little over 15% of the tenancy deposit disputes we manage but even fewer involve gorillas! Nonetheless they have occurred in the past which goes to show that considering all the details in a tenancy agreement and the inventory documents is so important. This was the outcome of that adjudication…

#AskTDS: What constitutes as “clean”?

| 4 April 2019

In this week’s #AskTDS, TDS’ Director of Dispute Resolution, Michael Morgan, answers the question ‘What constitutes as “clean”?’

#ExpertView: How TDS is helping to reduce deposit disputes

| 22 January 2019

The overwhelming majority of tenancies end amicably, but sometimes disputes do happen. In this week’s #ExpertView, TDS Adjudicator Michael Hill explains how TDS is working to prevent disputes.

#ExpertView: TDS' CEO, Steve Harriott, looks back at TDS' performance in 2018

| 24 December 2018

As 2018 draws to a close, in this week’s #ExpertView, TDS Chief Executive Officer, Steve Harriott, takes a look back at how TDS performed.

#AskTDS: "Can landlords attend TDS Academy workshops?"

| 28 September 2018

This week, our Director of Dispute Resolution and host of TDS Academy events, Michael Morgan, answers a landlords’ question: “Can landlords attend TDS Academy workshops?”

#AskTDS: “I have heard about a TDS Deductions Template, what is this?”

| 24 August 2018

Our #AskTDS blog series answers a tenant, landlord or agent’s question every Friday. This week, Sandy Bastin, Assistant Director of Dispute Resolution at Tenancy Deposit Scheme (TDS), answers a landlord’s question: “I have heard about a TDS Deductions Template, what is this?”

#AskTDS: “Do I need to professionally clean the property at the end of the tenancy?”

Alison MacDougall | 1 June 2018

In this week’s #AskTDS, Alison MacDougall, our Director of Dispute Operations, answers a tenant’s question, “Do I need to professionally clean the property at the end of the tenancy?”

#AskTDS: “Do I have to re-register my deposits every year?”

| 11 May 2018

This article has been written in response to a landlord’s query: “Do I have to re-register my deposits every year?”

#AskTDS: “Can I use my deposit to cover my final month’s rent?”

Alison MacDougall | 4 May 2018

This article has been written in response to a tenant’s query: “Can I use my deposit to cover my final month’s rent?”