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Re: Alleged pet odor damage to carpet/tile
by Tenant Advocate
on September 18, 2016 @20:26
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Ask the landlord to convey all this in writing to you and summarize with dates and times everything that has happened so far including how you cleaned the carpet, and any and all witnesses.
Conclude by reminding the landlord that false claims could be construed as criminal fraud and that should you believe this is occurring you will not hesitate to take the matter to court or even to the local police for possible criminal charges.
More than likely your landlord is just trying to shake you down for more money and the threat of criminal charges will scare them to death. If not be prepared to actually go to court or the police (more than likely they won't do anything, but this will scare most people who know they are in the wrong). You see due to years of abuse most landlords believe (usually correctly, sadly) that they can get away with almost anything when it comes to security deposits and these sort of false claims. They do not even see a possibility of it being considered as fraud (which technically it is) because so many get away with it.
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