Has anybody ever gotten thier deposit back after moving out of a rental house?

Question

Everybody keeps saying we'll never see our money no matter how nice it looks.I even took vidio of how it looked before and after we moved in and it looks great.

Answer 1

My parents are landlords. They use the deposit to clean up the house and make any repairs that are necessary when a tenant leaves, and give any remaining deposit back.

Answer 2

Yes, I have. My full deposit was given back to me because I did the following;

-I had to shampoo the carpets (some managers/landlords require a receipt and will not let you use your own carpet cleaner)
-I used putty to cover all the tack holes and other defects (some managers/landlords require you to do this AND paint, I got lucky and mine did not)
-I put all the drapery back on the windows like when I first moved in.
-Cleaned the widow seals, made sure that there was no dirt ect.
-mopped and bleached the kitchen floor
-and clean the fridge and stove with a heavy duty cleaner.

The place looked better than it did when we moved in…aside from the putty coving the tiny holes… but they pained and replaced the carpets between each tenant anyhow.

Now, I’ll be moving with in the next month or two and I know that the property owner is less than nice (a real “so-and-so”) SO I am not sure if I will receive the full deposit back. But if he doesn’t include an itemized list with what was taken out of the deposit, then I’ll be sure to raise some hell.

Answer 3

In Texas, a landlord must return the security deposit within 30 days of the tenant vacating the property. Any money that is returned must include an itemized statement for each repair that was made and how much it cost. I imagine that it is like this in most states. Be sure to take a picture of any shrubbery, as years ago, I had a landlord charge me to the trim hedges in the front yard, but there weren't any. You can take the landlord to small claims court if they do not give you any deposit money back I would imagine.

Answer 4

I've always gotten my money back. The last apartment I rented, I requested a walk through inspection before I left. I was present at the inspection. Then the apartment complex manager completed forms about the inspection and we both signed off on the form. I saved a copy of the form in case they gave me a hassle about my security deposit, but I received my money back in about 6 weeks with no problems.

Answer 5

Yes, and no.

One place that we were living in, gave it back. We left it looking better than when we moved in (according to the property manager, who had pictures).

One place, we left it looking great, or so we thought, and they said there was damage done, that they could not prove to us except for the receipts that they had to purchase rug shampoo, caulking, and a few new nobs for the kitchen cabinet drawers. How those few things added up to $975.00, I will never know. I was told that I could not fight it, because they said they also had to new tiles in the bathroom and a new fridge, but since these are items they have on hand in the maintenance garage, they no longer had receipts for them. To me, it would be the other way around, the shampoo and caulk would be in the garage and the fridge would need to be purchased. Oh well, since then they have been shut down due to lack of keeping up to health code and city code standards.

Answer 6

I lived in a one bed room apart for 1 year exactly, and my land lord gave me back 85% of my deposit back, casue I was a good tenant and i tried and kept the place as clean as possible.

Hopefully you were the same, then you should have no issues what so ever.

Dont expect to get back everything, as it does cost something to clean up and tidy up the place again, and you will have to bare a part of that cost also

Hope this helps, good luck

Answer 7

You should get some of it back. Most landlords will take out some of the security deposit to get the property back into perfect shape but unless you trash the place, it shouldn't use up the entire security deposit.

Answer 8

I have always received my money back. Not always all of it, but the majority.

If you haven't lived there too long, landlords typically keep more.

I think you did a great job by videotaping a before and after (good thinking!). Did you tell the landlord that? If they know that, they may be more inclined to give you everything back if there are no damages...you've got evidence!

Good luck.

Answer 9

it is going to cost greater desirable than $3 hundred to alter the carpet, they are going to depreciate the carpet in accordance to it age. My leases now have laminate flooring. when I had carpet for any stain i might charge for the replace of carpet. i might prorate it. I charged my final tenants 60% of the value of recent carpet by way of fact of stains, dogs urine. For me if a stain is from puppy urine I won't worry attempting to scrub i visit in simple terms replace the carpet. Urine gets into the undesirable and could on no account flow away. notwithstanding if it would not scent immediately the scent WILL come back. This why i do no longer positioned down carpet anymore. once you progression out this could look unfair yet once you progression in i'm particular you will relish no longer have a house that stinks. As a landlord I could evaluate this. upload: for motor oil i might replace, it quite is not hassle-loose and that i do no longer comprehend how nicely it is going to sparkling and if achievable there may be different themes linked with a petrol product. i visit basically evaluate worst case circumstances while it consists of prepping the abode for the subsequent tenants.

Answer 10

I always get my deposit back.

I had one landlord try to keep my deposit for bogus reasons, and I took him to court and won.

Don't ever let someone just take your money. If a landlord wrongfully withholds your deposit, take him or her to small claims court. Don't ever let them try and palm off normal wear and tear as damage either.

It's a refundable deposit ... not a bonus for the landlord to keep.