[Add your address] [Add the date] [Add your landlord’s address] Dear [Add your landlord’s name] Disputed deductions from a rent deposit for [add address of property] I am writing about the deposit I paid for the above address. I am concerned that you retained [add amount] of my deposit. I accept and am prepared to pay for the following: [eg £x for unpaid rent, missing items, damage to the property, £x for cleaning costs] I do not accept liability for and am not prepared to pay for the following: [eg unpaid rent, missing items, damage to the property, cleaning costs] This is because [give reasons why you don’t think they should charge eg you cleaned the property to a professional standard yourself] I enclose [include any evidence you have eg inventory showing items weren’t missing] Please pay the remaining amount of [add amount] to me. If you are not prepared to do so, please confirm your reasons in writing. If I do not receive the amount outstanding within 10 days, I regret that you will leave me with no alternative but to take court action to recover the deposit. Yours sincerely [Add your name] Contact telephone number: [Add your phone number]
[Add your address] [Add the date] [Add your landlord’s address] Dear [Add your landlord’s name] Disputed deductions from a rent deposit for [add address of property] I am writing about the deposit I paid for the above address. I am concerned that you retained [add amount] of my deposit. I accept and am prepared to pay for the following: [eg £x for unpaid rent, missing items, damage to the property, £x for cleaning costs] I do not accept liability for and am not prepared to pay for the following: [eg unpaid rent, missing items, damage to the property, cleaning costs] This is because [give reasons why you don’t think they should charge eg you cleaned the property to a professional standard yourself] I enclose [include any evidence you have eg inventory showing items weren’t missing] Please pay the remaining amount of [add amount] to me. If you are not prepared to do so, please confirm your reasons in writing. If I do not receive the amount outstanding within 10 days, I regret that you will leave me with no alternative but to take court action to recover the deposit. Yours sincerely [Add your name] Contact telephone number: [Add your phone number]