Subj : Re: Renting
To   : Nightfox
From : fusion
Date : Wed Jun 05 2024 08:23:13

On 05 Jun 2024, Nightfox said the following...
 
 Ni>   Re: Re: ASCII world map
 Ni>   By: poindexter FORTRAN to TheNerd on Tue Jun 04 2024 09:14 am
 Ni> 
 Ni>  PF> Not to mention the fact that when you do move, it's sometimes a strug
 Ni>  PF> to get your security deposit back. Showing the place looking better t
 Ni>  PF> when you move in and having the landlord try to deduct repairs/cleani
 Ni>  PF> would be entertaining!
 Ni> 
 Ni> Years ago, when moving out of an apartment, someone from the leasing
 Ni> office did a walk-through with me and said it looked okay.  I did all
 Ni> the paperwork & things and moved out, and a month or so later, I got
 Ni> contacted by that apartment saying they were charging me for carpet
 Ni> damage in a section of the carpet.  They said it looked like pet urine. 
 Ni> I didn't even have any pets when I was living there, and I didn't know
 Ni> what they were talking about.  When I said I didn't have a pet, they
 Ni> apparently didn't believe me; they said I could have had a pet and not
 Ni> told them.

yeah.. renting is pretty crummy.. i learned from some friends to always document *everything* so i did. a bit strange to take photos every 6 months of your apartment or whatever - as if you're trying to list the place for sale or something - but it's definitely helpful when they try to come after you for "damages" .. they'll lie and say you kept your surroundings poorly or whatever.

a common one is definitely carpet.. i've had places tell me they "always replace carpet between tenants" and then try to charge for it after the fact. or say pet fees are for replacing the carpet afterwards and then attempting the same.. if you have that in writing they're toast regardless of what you did to it ;)

on the other hand, i knew someone that basically glued a carpet to the kitchen floor so it wouldn't move.. got away with that one because he was there long enough that the flooring was past it's useful life.. i guess even the best tenants (the landlord praised him for it a lot..) can do annoying shit ;)

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