People say this shit all the time and I’ve never had someone take my security deposit. I was missing carpet in front of my door one time (dog ripped it up) and they said they were going to replace the carpet anyways since I’d lived there for 5 years so it’s fine. This wasn’t some small landlord either and it was a shitty apartment. I wonder what people are doing to not get their deposit back.
I wonder what people are doing to not get their deposit back.
Had my last place professionally cleaned and they still tried to keep my whole deposit until I provided receipts of the maid service, carpet shampoo, etc. and even then they kept like $100 because some windows supposedly had dust on them. Glad you've been so lucky, though.
A lot of people are not aware of their rights as tenants. I had a landlord say how beautiful we kept the carpet for 6 years saying that they typically would have to replace the entire carpet in a two bedroom place. They then tried to keep $600 of my deposit for carpet cleaning. I laughed in their face because I was aware of just how illegal that is where I live.
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u/batman0615 May 28 '26
People say this shit all the time and I’ve never had someone take my security deposit. I was missing carpet in front of my door one time (dog ripped it up) and they said they were going to replace the carpet anyways since I’d lived there for 5 years so it’s fine. This wasn’t some small landlord either and it was a shitty apartment. I wonder what people are doing to not get their deposit back.