Re: breach of contract. - Landlord Forum thread 353361

Re: breach of contract. by Mark (NV) on July 19, 2017 @15:07

Thank you! No proof ofhow the house look when the tenant moved in and it is not in the lease agreement that he paid pet deposit but now he is saying he paid1 also in the original lease said tenant paid $150 for cleaning and in did not get that , only i got security deposit!

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Re: breach of contract. by Anonymous on July 19, 2017 @15:32	[ Reply ]

Your lease should state what monies were received from the tenant and what they were for. Does the lease list an amount for pet fee or cleaning fee? Was a receipt given to tenant by previous owner? As the tenant has been there for nearly seven years, many things will not be deductible such as the painting and carpeting. Their value is zero due to depreciation. Without proof of previous condition, you will have no facts to back up any security deposit deductions. All in all, you should just accept what the tenant has offered and move on by getting your place back on the market asap.

Re: breach of contract. by Mark (NV) on July 19, 2017 @15:52	[ Reply ]

Lease agreement only states cleaning fee no pet deposit!

Re: breach of contract. by jannie (IL) on July 20, 2017 @09:00	[ Reply ]

Since the owner passed along the security deposit to you -- he should have passed along the pet deposit. Personally, I'd tell the tenant I'm sorry, but the owner didn't inform me of a pet deposit. (In my experience I collect the pet deposit when the tenant moves in - unless the tenant got the dogs later. If the tenant had a cancelled ck for pet deposit or signed document with both signatures; I'd honor it. (however, I wouldn't refund unless there was no obvious pet damage (chewed doors, doggy messy,smells on carpet hardwood). I would refund the security deposit - if the place is left clean - most of the stuff (carpet wear) would be normal wear/tear unless terrible.