Comments on: Our landlord kept $1100 of our $1595 security deposit

By: winsonhsieh

winsonhsieh — Sat, 04 Jun 2022 17:11:09 +0000

I didn’t know we meet with a mediator first. Good to know. Thx

By: paulkersey

paulkersey — Sat, 04 Jun 2022 16:31:22 +0000

I’d definitely ask for receipts. I don’t see how you’d be responsible for pressure washing the house, was that in the lease? Small claims doesn’t cost much and you’ll meet with a mediator first and hopefully come to an agreement there, if he doesn’t show, you win.

By: brianjoseph

brianjoseph — Sat, 04 Jun 2022 16:11:28 +0000

itemized yes. Receipts no, tge landlord can do the work himself and charge by the job or the hour but the statement needs to be explicit.

By: bethfertich

bethfertich — Sat, 04 Jun 2022 14:01:28 +0000

It needs to be an itemized list & can’t include normal wear & tear. Note: cleaning is not part of normal wear & tear. Tenant must do it. At the 5 year mark, painting the walls would be normal wear & tear. Owner must cover it.
-landlord

By: theodorecarbajal

theodorecarbajal — Sat, 04 Jun 2022 12:41:52 +0000

Check the rental laws in your state to see if they were supposedto give you an itemized list. But if that check is wrong or if you believe they kept too much I’d take them to small claims court. Did you take pictures when you first moved in and when you moved out? That would be your evidence if needed.

By: johnmcmillen

johnmcmillen — Sat, 04 Jun 2022 11:51:18 +0000

NAL: In my state it must be itemized and the landlord here isn’t allowed to charge for wear and tear that is normal. I would literally request in writing what I all was used for.

By: alexisnicole

alexisnicole — Sat, 04 Jun 2022 09:49:27 +0000

in my state receipts are required.

By: abbeygilmore

abbeygilmore — Sat, 04 Jun 2022 07:29:34 +0000

in some states itemized receipts are required actually.

By: candaceweedman

candaceweedman — Sat, 04 Jun 2022 06:25:29 +0000

No you are not entitled to receipts. The landlord can charge you even if he does it himself equal to what he’d pay someone else. In no way am comparing what I’m going to say just general info. I was a landlord for twenty years and what the deposit covers is wildly misunderstood. It is not to be used for the last months rent. It’s to put the unit back to wear it was when the tenant moved it. Allowable look e charges are these:
-Repairs beyond general maintenance that weren’t reported, screens, door knobs, locks etc.
-Painting is general maintenance and wear and tear except if the damage to the paint is excessive given the amount ic time the tenant lived there.
-carpet cleaning. No matter how clean you left it it’s required. So don’t bother cleaning it yourself just vacuum well. And you will be charged for repairs or even the replacing if there are large holes, stains, or excessive damage.
-Deep cleaning, even if you clean, it still needs to be gone over and sanatized.
-Any holes in the walls or drywall damage, which is a process no matter the size.
-Cleaning the refrigerator. It’s amazing how gross people leave refrigerators.
-Also amazing, how gross people leave cabinets.
-power washing and any yard work that the tenant was responsible for and didn’t to.
-Disposing of items and garbage left in the unit.
-Batteries for smoke detectors.
-Repair if all handrails, railings it’s.
-repair of non working appliances.
If you didn’t report these things before you gave notice, you will be charged.
What they can’t charge for us normal wear and tear for carpet and painting if you’ve lived there for awhile.
If a tenant was a smoker they will be charged to wash the walls regardless. The amount of nicotine in the walls is amazing and it’s hard to get off.
Anyway hope this helps.

By: theodorecarbajal

theodorecarbajal — Sat, 04 Jun 2022 05:37:19 +0000

Send a certified letter asking for itemized deductions, normal wear and tear can not be counted. Painting walls, washing outside of house normal wear n tear.