Re: Security Deposit returned,not full amount- damage.

Re: Security Deposit returned,not full amount- damage. by Katiekate (New York) on July 23, 2014 @17:25

First...did you get a court summons or just a letter threatening to sue?

I have been threatened so many time I long ago lost count. Only once did it ever actually happen. The threat is the attempt by tenant to scare landlord into doing or not doing something. Ignore is until it because an actually court summons...if ever

Make sure you have receipts for everything. In New York you cannot charge for your own time...so be sure you have receipts for the cleaning company on the massive clean up.

Make an itemized list with the same exact amount listed for each item as your receipts list. (Make it simple for the judge). You might have real trouble with some of the broken stuff...but all the paint and damages for crapy paint jobs should be easy to prove...(you took pictures..right).

When you receive the court summons to small claims...go there and immediately file to counter sue for the additional costs all the added damages actually were.

My guess is you will never hear about this again if it was just a threatening letter.

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Re: Security Deposit returned,not full amount- damage. by Bill on July 24, 2014 @14:34	[ Reply ]

Make sure you stay within the 4 corners.

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