Re: Security Deposit handling - Landlord Forum thread 354289

Re: Security Deposit handling by Anonymous on September 19, 2017 @00:06

I assume they moved out on 9/11, which means you have until 10/11/17 to tell them about how you used their deposit. It's nice that you decided to not charge them for the cleaning, due to the circumstances involved. But since they knew about the wall paper when they moved in, and did not ask your permission to remove it, then, yes, you should charge them for putting back new wall paper.

Excessive nail holes are a matter of opinion. You wanted them to live like you would, didn't you, by hanging lots of pictures on many walls? You wanted them to feel "at home" in your rental, which hopefully lead them to be long term tenants for you. Whether there were 5 holes per wall, or 25, it won't take you all that much longer to patch all of them, and repaint again. Either don't charge them for any repainting at all, or pick the worst room with the most holes, and just charge them for repainting that room only.

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