Unfortunately, I have heard it is very difficult to get your deposit back...they will make up stuff that needs "repair" just to keep it.
Especially if they don't like you. A year and a half ago I got my deposit back and the landlord asked me not to mention it as there are certain tenants who pissed him off and will not be getting the deposit back so no point in stirring them up by telling them I got mine.
I didn't get my deposit back on a rental in Tandayag. Saw a lawyer (near Robinsons) who advised me to go to my local courthouse (Dauin, I'd moved to Zamboanguita) and lodge a Small Claim. I did. VERY helpful court staff. Gave a printed statement of chronology, copies of emails, notes of phone conversations. Court served notice on landlord - copied to me - landlord gave the full amount owing to the Courthouse a couple of days before the scheduled hearing, where the Magistrate passed the envelope of cash to me. Process took about a month. Very impressed.
from personal experience this will only work if the Barangay Captain is NOT friend of the other side several times I had called meetings to sort out some land issues and each time it was the Barangay Captain who didnt show up
Maybe go to the municiple and try put pressure through them,they have a duty to sort these sort of things out.
Attorney Rilt Dorado is no longer located next door to Bogarts. He can be found in the same building as Alima Cafe, which is located along the road next to the new 7/11 on Aldecoa Drive opposite Silliman Medical Centre. If you walk past the Alima Cafe to the end of the building, there is an alleyway and his office is signed: Geoscape Survey Services.
He's moved now - sidestreet across the road from Silliman Hospital, building on the left. About 50 - 60m from the main road.
