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Deposit checker

Was your deposit protected?

Enter a few details. We check your tenancy against the deposit protection rules in the Housing Act 2004 and the Tenant Fees Act 2019 — and tell you instantly whether you may have a compensation claim.

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What we check

  • • Whether your tenancy type is in scope for statutory deposit protection
  • • Whether the deposit was placed in DPS, MyDeposits or TDS
  • • The 30-day protection window (Housing Act 2004)
  • • Whether prescribed information was served
  • • The 5-week rent cap (Tenant Fees Act 2019) — anything more is an unlawful payment

If anything is missing, you may be entitled to 1×–3× the deposit back as compensation.