? about return of sec. dep. after fire in SFH - Renting -Apartments, houses, lease, tenant, landlord, agreements, termination - Page 3 - City-Data Forum

Ultrarunner · 08-09-2010, 03:13 PM

Often the key test is one of Reasonableness...

As long as your actions can be justified in a reasonable manner you're most of the way home.

The courts make final determination where individuals can't agree...

ilovebdj · 08-10-2010, 06:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lacerta

Let's say I rent a property and have a $2000 deposit on it. I have a big party and wake up the next morning realizing that now there is $5000 worth of damage to the property....

I want to come to your next party!

manderly6 · 08-11-2010, 09:54 AM

If there is no determination of fault I would think it is fair to return the entire deposit. Lets say it goes to court. I would imagine it would be the LL's responsibility to prove blame. What are they going to say? Tenant is going to say I have no idea how it started. LL is going to say they have no idea how it started. Report is going to say it has no idea how it started.