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I lived in the same unit 7 years, and the only damage was a small hole behind back door, bleach stain on carpet , scuff marks on the wall, missing door stoppers and cover over front light bulb broke!! And I was told I would lies my deposit! I even spent hours shampooing the carpet cleaning the bathroom kitchen entire house. Would any of this be normal wear and tear? Mind u when i did my walk through, I noted carpet was filthy, house was just dirty! I shampooed and cleaned entire house before I moved in!!
After 7 years of same tenant I would squash that stuff. I wouldn't consider charging for the things you described simply because replacement of some things like carpet, door stoppers and repaint repair would be a necessity anyway. Carpet would be near the end if useful life anyway, the hole in the wall could be from broken door stopper not stopping the door from hitting walletc.
Good luck man. If the charges they impose are unreasonable I would fight them.
I strongly believe that it is the landlords responsibility to change the light bulbs. 1. In my area landlords cannot charge for normal wear and tear. It is common sense that living somewhere requires light. Therefore, using the light bulbs is normal wear and tear. 2. If the light bulb works from the previous tenant, the landlord is NOT likely going to put in a new fresh bulb, so the next tenant may only get a bulb with 5% life left. Then, lets say the tenant moves out after 6 months to a year. They used those 5% left of life bulbs and then bought their own and leave their bulbs in the unit with 50% life left. The tenant just paid for the next tenants light usage, and the landlord gets off scot free? Um no. Under this bogus logic, the landlord would only ever have to pay for bulbs out of pocket once. That is ridiculous. It is the landlords responsibility to maintain the building and provide livable units to tenants.
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