Vieira v Afshin

Tenant wins · Sutton West · 2024-11-12

Adjudicator

Kyle McGraw

Dispute

Illegal Charges

Amount

<$5K

Landlord

A.A.

Tenant

J.V., L.D.

Landlord rep

Nivetha Vijayakanthan

What happened

Tenants applied for an order determining that the Landlord collected or retained money illegally. The Tenants alleged that the Landlord owes them $5,600.00 for the return of one month's prepaid rent, and the return of the last month's deposit.

The ruling

The Landlord must pay the Tenants $3,773.54 on or before November 23, 2024, which includes $920.54 for excess rent collected, $2,800.00 for the last month's rent deposit, and $53.00 for the cost of filing the application. The Tenants are entitled to the return of any rent they paid for the period beginning December 21, 2023, onward.