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Btw, it wasn't your responsibility to repaint either...that's considered reasonable wear and tear....and every time a tenant moves out...the landlord is supposed to paint the premises. |
Instead of faxing the letter go the post office and certify it so they have to sign for it, it is less then a dollar to do that, keep the receipt and copy of letter. It will serve as proof you contacted them about the NSF Check and you may need the proof if you have to pursue legal action. Then they can't say they never received it. |
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I am told that faxing something would hold up in court, but I've never tried that.... |
Personally I'd be concerned with them charging you for things that were not on the list. Can you expand on this please? As another poster said, they CANNOT use bond money for anything else other than keeping in a trust account. I'd be contacting the rental board (or whatever it's called in Australia) to let them know that the cheque has bounced so they can investigate. The company could be fined for improper use of bond funds. I hope you get this sorted out. Best of luck! |
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About repainting..I holes in the wall where I hung stuff up..they told me I was supposed to spackle them..fine I said..then they told me I had to paint over the holes..but the walls weren't white..they were an off-white. Luckily, the office had a small can of the paint they used, or else they were going to make me pay out of the deposit for it. So I painted.. |
If you have any problems with this rental company, I would consider calling an attorney for a consult and bringing in your rental contract and having him/her look it over. Sounds a bit off. We also have a couple of commercial property rentals and other then having the clients leave the place clean and hauling away excessive trash we redo everything when the clients move out. I am curious about what your contract stated. Sounds like they are trying to take advantage of you because you are young. |
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Some things off the top of my head that weren't on the list were wiping off the ceiling fan blades (even though our living room ceiling was at least 25 feet tall), wiping down the baseboards, cleaning behind the washer and dryer, etc. Basically, they wanted their old tenants to clean up everything for their new tenants. It was a load of BS, but I didn't know what to say to get around it..so I ignored it so I didn't have to deal with it anymore.. |
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I looked back at the time, and the contract did state that no holes were to be put into the walls.. This was a neighborhood where most of the people by the houses sight unseen and then use this rental company to rent them out to college students..the person that owned the home I lived in is from California.. |
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No every landlord is supposed to hold that deposit money in an escrow account...if your parents never have to worry how they would come up with the money to return someone's deposit...it's really a non issue...because no one will ever check unless a problem occurs. Yes, you have to fill in the holes where you hung pictures....but NOT repaint. Matter of fact...know what works? Colgate paste toothpaste...really. No, you shouldn't have had to paint those spots...they had YOU do their work. You now have the upper hand...really. Worse case scenerio...you take them to small claims court. It'll cost you maybe 35 dollars to file....and that amount can be added to the amount you're awarded. Not if you are awarded...WHEN...because you would be. I highly doubt the rental company would even let it go that far....just the threat will be enough for them to correct this situation. |
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IF it goes that far....make sure you have all your documentation along with the letter you write to them. |
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I would only resort to that if they drag their feet about reimbursing you. |
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It's a small company..the lady that answers the phones and is in the office all day is also one of the owners, along with her husband. And I also think theyre fairly new around town..but they had A LOT of listings! |
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Cleaning is fine...including the dusty ceiling fans blades, baseboards, spackling the holes, etc...but NOT painting. They seemed to have forgotten it WAS a new house....now it is not....as long as you didn't do any structural damage....and cleaned it...you should've gotten your entire deposit back. I realize you did what they said....so you would get your money back...some landlords pull that crap. Some also do whatever work themselves....not hire anyone to do anything...but charge you like they did any way. |
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I would have been perfectly fine with all the cleaning..the baseboards, etc...if they had put it on the checklist! I thought that's what it was for..we did everything that was on it..and then they throw this other stuff that wasn't even on it at us! |
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