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A missed kitchen start costs €900: Why the written date mattered in court
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You proved the deposit payment, the written start date, and the missed start on 6 May. Under Rule 21, the court starts with the written terms; under Rule 22, the missed start mattered enough here because the date was tied to the electrician schedule. Rule 4 also favors you because the record shows no earlier warning that day before the replacement date was proposed. The other side did not justify keeping the €900 with itemized, actual-cost support, so you receive the deposit back. The €120 claim is supported as a consequential expense, but the causal link is thinner than for the deposit, so the court allows partial relief rather than the full requested amount.