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Hello,
I moved out of my apartment July 31st and I just got a "final account statement" in the mail dated October 14th. It showed one charge of $180 to "pull and seal carpet", which I take full responsibility for as I know my cat caused some damage. The only other charge was $1600 for "rent loss 2 months due to damages". Could it have possibly taken that long to fix the carpet? What should I do to find out if this charge is really valid? Also, I had paid a pet deposit of $300, which would more than cover the carpet damage, but under "total deposits on hand", my landlord listed $0. Shouldn't this deposit be applied to damages? Any help or insight would be greatly appreciated.
A little more info...I did give more than 30 days notice and my lease was up. They called it a "pet deposit", not a "pet fee".
Did you have a security deposit that they took the $1600 out of? Or are they trying to bill you extra for this?
If the pet deposit was in fact a deposit they should have applied it towards the damages.
There is little justification for them charging you two months lost rent for the carpet replacement. It should not have taken more then a week to replace the carpet.
Many states require that the landlords provide you with written intemization of any damages they intend to deduct from the security deposit, within 30 days after you move out. If they do not do this then they are not entitled to keep any of your deposit. Check your state laws in the sticky thread at the top of the renting forum.
Thank you I really appreciate all of these responses! I did not have a security deposit because I moved in when they were having a special and wasn't required to pay one.
Where do you live? In most states, your landlord is required to send you an itemized list of repairs within either 30 days or 45 days of the lease ending. Since they did not comply with the required time, even if their requests were legitmate (which they aren't), they missed the boat anyway.
Where do you live? In most states, your landlord is required to send you an itemized list of repairs within either 30 days or 45 days of the lease ending. Since they did not comply with the required time, even if their requests were legitmate (which they aren't), they missed the boat anyway.
^^These deadlines apply when they are deducting from security deposit. OP didn't have a security deposit. Sounds like landlord is wanting OP to pay this amount.
If your lease expired then you don't owe 2 months rent. They will need to sue you in order to try to collect this 2 months rent. But they would most likely lose in court. Don't see how you would owe for 2 months rent until you broke the lease, which isn't the case here. If they file a lawsuit you will be notified. I don't see them filing a lawsuit until they are really ignorant about the laws. They cannot get a judgement against you for this unless it goes to court and you lose.
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