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Thanks sophiesofa, to be honest I did skim-read the previous thread - as soon as I saw 'White Gothic House' and Reg Laxman's name I became furious and felt I should divulge my experience to tell everyone of my experience of Reg and of living in that property. I have been successful in getting my deposit back but ONLY because I ended up having to send a threatening letter to Reg because I realised he didn't put my deposit in the DPS and he had put it into his bank account. According to the DPS government website, the landlord will have to pay 3 x the deposit if they find them guilty of not protecting their tenant's deposit. So instead of taking him to small claims court as I had threatened AND Reg having to pay 3 x the money, he very speedily paid my deposit back! New tenants beware! I found this guy's behaviour untruthful and unreliable. Plus the property is already showing signs of wearing down and aging quickly inside because of the cheap materials he's used to build the place. Genwilliams I think you really had a narrow escape!!

Hi everyone, I was recently a tenant in White Gothic House - all flats inside the building are rented not bought (thank goodness!) as I don't think Reg Laxman has the proper paperwork to support a sales of any of those flats. I'm trying desperately to get my deposit from one of the flats I rented back though....Reg is a real dodgy dealer. I left the flat in absolutely immaculate condition (and this was weeks ago!) I don't know if anyone else has taken my flat over or not. As soon as other tenants inside the flat got letters from the council about demolishing White Gothic House we all realised how dodgy he really is and a few of us left immediately after that. The whole building is built really cheaply (inside and out) - basically Reg has cut a lot of corners building these flats. If I had known all of these things about Reg I wouldn't have touched the place with a barge-pole! Now I'm still chasing him after weeks of moving out for my deposit! It's unbelieveable. I hope he's somehow stopped from being a landlord!