apartment landlord issues...

I am currently having some troubles with my DK landlord. I lived in Denmark (Aarhus) for 3 years and have now moved back to Canada.

My landlord has kept all my rental deposit (26,700 DKK) and is trying to get me to pay more.

There is no way the painting, etc. cost this much and he refuses to be reasonable and is threatening legal action.

Does anyone know any resources for landlord/tennant dispute in Denmark for Canadians? The rental laws seem really confusing in DK, and any help would be appreciated.

R

dboteju's comment

Typically if you have problems with a landlord "huslejenævnet" in the kommune that you live in, is the place to go.

Here's a link to the one in Århus kommune:

http://www.aarhuskommune.dk/portal/borger/bolig_flytning/bolig/huslejenaevn

Huslejenævnene i Århus
Rådhuset
8100 Århus C

Nævnets sekretariat kan endvidere træffes på:

Tlf: 89 40 22 70
E-mail: husl@jur.aarhus.dk

They're open from 12-14 daily.

The cost is 242 kr. according to the website, but it might be enough to scare the landlord if you mention it :-)

If you can't understand the danish on the website, post back and I'll see if I can help further.

Good luck.
Damantha.

rkuchinsky's comment

Thanks for the feedback. I will check into it, but i imagine things would be much more difficult seing as im not there. most goverment stuff is hard enough even when you can show up the 2 hours a day they are open to take a number, fill out forms, etc :)

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