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I did take pictures with tape removed as soon as I really noticed it - it took a while because my couch was mostly covering all the damage and had been providing a "shadow" cover. I had been vacuuming one day and realized that the weekly vacuuming was pulling up little pieces of carpet. I sent them to management and they basically said this won't be addressed till move-out. It took like almost a year for me to send them images though. It wasn't until it got really bad that I even noticed it, and even then it wasn't actually that bad.
I did speak with the office about it the other day when dropping off my move-out notice, and they said they were probably going to replace the carpet anyways since it's old, but that they thought there was a 50/50 chance that it would come out of my deposit.
Kind of ****ed up right? Like they were going to replace the carpet anyways, but now there's a chance it will be on my dime? And yes it was kind of squashed down in certain areas when I got here, and they had paint on it near the wall. It was already messed up. Unluckily for me, when I first moved here, I was coming from an actually uninhabitable place (think: no windows, not up to building code, rat infested, zero insulation, trash hoarding roommates who never bathed, mold, etc), so doing my move-in checklist, I basically marked everything as good because I literally couldn't see any flaws because I was SO used to the absolute dumpster fire I was in prior. Now I see everything wrong with it, and I'm kicking myself because I'm worried I'll be held liable....
I did take pictures with tape removed as soon as I really noticed it - it took a while because my couch was mostly covering all the damage and had been providing a "shadow" cover. I had been vacuuming one day and realized that the weekly vacuuming was pulling up little pieces of carpet. I sent them to management and they basically said this won't be addressed till move-out. It took like almost a year for me to send them images though. It wasn't until it got really bad that I even noticed it, and even then it wasn't actually that bad.
I did speak with the office about it the other day when dropping off my move-out notice, and they said they were probably going to replace the carpet anyways since it's old, but that they thought there was a 50/50 chance that it would come out of my deposit.
Kind of ****ed up right? Like they were going to replace the carpet anyways, but now there's a chance it will be on my dime? And yes it was kind of squashed down in certain areas when I got here, and they had paint on it near the wall. It was already messed up. Unluckily for me, when I first moved here, I was coming from an actually uninhabitable place (think: no windows, not up to building code, rat infested, zero insulation, trash hoarding roommates who never bathed, mold, etc), so doing my move-in checklist, I basically marked everything as good because I literally couldn't see any flaws because I was SO used to the absolute dumpster fire I was in prior. Now I see everything wrong with it, and I'm kicking myself because I'm worried I'll be held liable....
Lesson learned. Photos are relatively impartial to opinion and condition unless you're a whiz at Photoshop. Whether you feel a place is nice, acceptable, terrible or not, take photos upon moving in so you'll have evidence of condition upon moving out.
Lesson learned. Photos are relatively impartial to opinion and condition unless you're a whiz at Photoshop. Whether you feel a place is nice, acceptable, terrible or not, take photos upon moving in so you'll have evidence of condition upon moving out.
and if any work is performed by the landlord or their vendors that results in damages, immediately take pictures and formally notify the landlord in writing as soon as you discover it.
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