Two minutes to check, and unprotected deposits carry a real penalty
How to check
Search each of the three schemes with your postcode and the deposit amount. It takes about two minutes and needs nothing from your landlord.
If it is not protected
You may be entitled to between one and three times the deposit. That is a court claim rather than a complaint and it usually succeeds.
At the end of the tenancy
Disputes go free to the scheme's adjudicator rather than to court. Photographs at move-in are what decide almost all of them.
