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Re: FIRE! - Landlord Forum thread 339500

Re: FIRE! by Terri (VA) on October 6, 2015 @10:20

                              
Susan - what does a tenant need to do to end the lease? So far, nothing has been done (officially). Legally, I have 45 days to return the deposit. The fire marshal's report will be completed tomorrow (not months away, thank goodness).

I guess my concern is that if I return the deposit and find out that the cause was, for example, smoking in the house (which the lease clearly states is not allowed), they purposely caused the fire by breaking the lease. If I give them back their $$, I still need to pay the $2500 deductible, and am out the deposit that is used exactly for that purpose - to cover damage that was caused by their actions. The insurance company may go after their deposit, but then the INSURANCE company gets my deductible AND their deposit.

I may be wrong on how some of this works, but I plan to give them their deposit today if it truly was accidental or occurred in the fireplace.
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