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Hi gurus. I rented a room for 5 mths as per contract. At first I decided to move out early before which is somewhere in 5 April . the contracts end on 19/may, due to not feeling secured staying there. I told my intentions to the landlord and she say cannot as I have to follow the date in comnnces. Or she will not return my deposit. So I agreed to stay until the contracts ends. After moving out on 19 she didn't pay me back my deposit. And she told me she only can pay on 27 may as her new tenant pay her deposit on the day itself. So I agreed. Till today 6 June she has been fooling me around saying that today tomorrow and so on .
If I call or text she won't reply me and after few days only she will return the text.
And I called her to the status. She won't pickup an switch off her hp
And she arrogantly says don't call her.
She has been giving me all kind of excuses. What should I do.?? Can I make a police report?
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Hi Zahira,

There will be a bit of inconvenience, but to legally claim back the deposit, you may need to file a small claim against the landlord in this case. And do inform the landlord that you will be doing so. Many landlords feel that tenants will not go to such extreme to claim back the deposit thus they will do it again and again to tenants exiting the lease, so they should learn their lesson if the tenant has returned a unit that is in good and acceptable conditions to the landlord at the expiry of lease. Read More
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