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Annabelles_mom · 08-10-2006, 08:09 AM

Yeah, people don't care when it isn't their property. I am lucky, my tenants are ok, but their kids are very messy and I already found a hole in the wall! But, they are going to rent from me for a long time, so I don't have to worry about cleaning the place up for a while.

lolabella · 08-10-2006, 08:37 AM

If you keep the security deposit high, they will make an effort to clean the place up when leaving because they will want their money back. We are in the process of moving out of an apartment, which is not trashed one bit, but I will go over and vaccuum this weekend and make sure everything looks the way it did a year ago when we started renting because I want my 600 dollars back. Not that I would have broken the windows, or ripped the screens apart had the deposit been lower, but now I want the place to look like it can be rented the next day, so the landlord will give my money back after we walk him through the house and return the keys.

fannie · 08-10-2006, 08:49 AM

Any time I rented I tried to make sure the house looked better when I left than when I went in it! I had always gotten my security deposit back. Until the last house I lived in. I paid a $450 deposit and she wouldn't let me have a dime of it back. I couldn't find one of the keys to the doors and she said she had to replace all the locks in the whole house because of the one key. A guy we knew moved in there after me and she hadn't replaced any of the locks. Go figure.

Rem&Silkmom · 08-10-2006, 09:03 AM

How awful that people just don't care. I rented for a number of years and I never treated people's property that way.

However I had a real A*&H(**e for a landlord the very last place I rented. I got Remmy 3 weeks before my lease was up and he knew I was moving out. He charged me the FULL pet deposit for three weeks!

I did not even have to tell him that I had a pet but decided to do the right thing. I thought that was CRAZY, but I paid it.

Then when I moved out he decided to sell his condo. There were scratched on the kitchen counter. The counter was made out of laminate. The buyer did not want laminate but wanted it replaced.

Guess what he replaced it with...and I paid for the whole thing. A butcher block counter top...which is way more expensive then laminate. That guy was a real JERK!

JeanieK · 08-11-2006, 12:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Peters

sounds like they trashed the plcae on purpose? can't you press charges for property damage!?

Yes you can, but when they don't have anything, you're wasting your time. You can't get blood out of a turnip

JeanieK · 08-11-2006, 12:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Rem&Silkmom

How awful that people just don't care. I rented for a number of years and I never treated people's property that way.

However I had a real A*&H(**e for a landlord the very last place I rented. I got Remmy 3 weeks before my lease was up and he knew I was moving out. He charged me the FULL pet deposit for three weeks!

I did not even have to tell him that I had a pet but decided to do the right thing. I thought that was CRAZY, but I paid it.

Then when I moved out he decided to sell his condo. There were scratched on the kitchen counter. The counter was made out of laminate. The buyer did not want laminate but wanted it replaced.

Guess what he replaced it with...and I paid for the whole thing. A butcher block counter top...which is way more expensive then laminate. That guy was a real JERK!

Well that is the other side of the coin. There are greedy landlords out there too.

JeanieK · 08-11-2006, 12:28 PM

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Originally Posted by RRRJeep861

I hear your pain. I had 6 rentals for 15 years & had to sell because I had enough of the pigs. My income was cut in half when they sold,but it was worth it to me. This one womon told me she has 2 kids but when she move in there where five.

Her kids broke two windows in a month which I paid for, I then informed her that anymore broken windows she is responsible for ( where's the incentive to stop breaking windows if I keep paying) And she was po-ed about that.I can probably count on one hand the number of clean tenants I had in 15 years. I found the worst were young girls. I only asked from my tenants, pay your rent, keep it clean and no loud parties. You wouldn't believe how hard it was to find someone that could do this. Good luck with yours.

I actually had one tenant threaten to sue me because her kid broke the window and had to have stitches. And somehow she thought it was my fault.

08-10-2006, 08:37 AM	#17
lolabella Donating Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: . Posts: 493	If you keep the security deposit high, they will make an effort to clean the place up when leaving because they will want their money back. We are in the process of moving out of an apartment, which is not trashed one bit, but I will go over and vaccuum this weekend and make sure everything looks the way it did a year ago when we started renting because I want my 600 dollars back. Not that I would have broken the windows, or ripped the screens apart had the deposit been lower, but now I want the place to look like it can be rented the next day, so the landlord will give my money back after we walk him through the house and return the keys. __________________

08-10-2006, 08:49 AM	#18
fannie Donating YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Missouri Posts: 1,693	Any time I rented I tried to make sure the house looked better when I left than when I went in it! I had always gotten my security deposit back. Until the last house I lived in. I paid a $450 deposit and she wouldn't let me have a dime of it back. I couldn't find one of the keys to the doors and she said she had to replace all the locks in the whole house because of the one key. A guy we knew moved in there after me and she hadn't replaced any of the locks. Go figure. __________________ Steph, Mama to 6 skin babies and beautiful yorkies!

08-10-2006, 09:03 AM	#19
Rem&Silkmom YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Chesapeake, VA Posts: 833	That is Sad How awful that people just don't care. I rented for a number of years and I never treated people's property that way. However I had a real A&H(e for a landlord the very last place I rented. I got Remmy 3 weeks before my lease was up and he knew I was moving out. He charged me the FULL pet deposit for three weeks! I did not even have to tell him that I had a pet but decided to do the right thing. I thought that was CRAZY, but I paid it. Then when I moved out he decided to sell his condo. There were scratched on the kitchen counter. The counter was made out of laminate. The buyer did not want laminate but wanted it replaced. Guess what he replaced it with...and I paid for the whole thing. A butcher block counter top...which is way more expensive then laminate. That guy was a real JERK! __________________ Remmy&ChanceMOM*

08-10-2006, 08:09 AM	#16
Annabelles_mom No Longer a Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Louisiana Posts: 314	Yeah, people don't care when it isn't their property. I am lucky, my tenants are ok, but their kids are very messy and I already found a hole in the wall! But, they are going to rent from me for a long time, so I don't have to worry about cleaning the place up for a while.