"mice infestation", carpet cleaning deducted from my security deposit?
I recently moved out a small farmhouse property. I left the home in excellent condition, having taken care of it meticulously. The week prior to my move out, I had the carpets professionally cleaned, too.
The landlord took a very long time to return only a portion of my $1200 deposit. She charged me more than $200 for carpet cleaning (the home is only 700 square feet) and says it is infested with mice, charging me another $150 for pest control.
First of all, isn't she, as the landlord, responsible for pest control? We never saw any mice. Maybe they were in the basement, where I would never go in (yuck, more than 100 years old). Also, if I had the carpets professionally cleaned right before my move out, how can she charge me for that?
By the way, since she took more than 30 days to give me this portion of my deposit, in my state she cannot take any deductions out of my security deposit and is liable to return double the deposit amount to me. Thanks for your info.
Take her to small claims court along with your receipts from the professional cleaning service you had done. Since she didnt get your deposit back to you in the amount of time your state law requires sue her for the extra $1200 if she's going to be a landlord she should know the laws of her state. I hope you made a copy of the check showing the date in which she wrote it to prove it was past the time allowed.
As for the mice she should have to pay for the extermination fee.
Lou Sorkin Pulls the Rug Out from Under Carpet Beetles
[simpleaffiliate source="amazon" results="8"]carpet pests[/simpleaffiliate]
[simpleaffiliate source="cj" results="5"]carpet pests[/simpleaffiliate]
[simpleaffiliate source="clickbank" results="5"]carpet pests[/simpleaffiliate]
No comments:
Post a Comment