Re: breach of contract. - Landlord Forum thread 353364

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

Lease agreement only states cleaning fee no pet deposit!

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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.