my daughter moved out and left a mess what should i do?

Question

my daughter came here from texas and had no where to go my landlord was nice enough to give her a place till she got on her feet, the apartment was painted off white she repainted all the rooms wild colors and now has left and the landlord is mad should i go redo the damage or let him sue her in court???????? she also ripped out carpet from two rooms cause it smelled like cat pee but in return she laminated the living room floor and put up insallation over a door from the living room going upstairs to the upper apartment to drowned out noise and also addded a gate to the original fence so the backyard is completely fenced in!!!!!!!! i am caught in the middle i feel i owe my landlord since ho did my daughter a favor and never recieved a security deposit help!!!!

Answer 1

1. Your daughter should not have done any repairs or changes to the property without permission and an agreement from the landlord.
2. Your daughter needs to come back and repaint the rooms.
3. Your daughter needs to work with the landlord to come to an agreement over what she is responsible for.

4. You should help facilitate communication between the two and offer to help if either your daughter or landlord asks. Let your landlord know you are sorry about what happened and you would like to help if possible, but that it is still your daughter's responsibility. It sounds like he should be willing to accept that the repairs your daughter made cover the damages. Just get your daughter to speak with him. It's time she learned some responsibility.

Answer 2

Sounds to me like the landlord is already ahead of the game. Your daughter replaced what was probably nasty carpet with new vinyl flooring, fenced in the backyard and left the apartment more sound proof than before. So she left the walls a little loud in paint which is easily covered up. I'd tell the landlord to go piss up a rope,

Answer 3

To save your daughter from going to court, I would offer to repaint the place myself, since it seems as if that's the primary complaint. Then I would try to collect the cost of the paint from your daughter.
If he's upset about the floor or even the insulation and fence as well, let him take her to court. I don't understand why, if she was getting on her feet, she had the time, money and energy to do all this stuff. She needs to learn that you can't do whatever you please to a rental property without permission.

Answer 4

I believe it is time for you to let the landlord do what he would normally do.
If you keep stepping in to help your daughter she will never learn to stand on her own two feet. It is time she started to pay for her own messes. She seemed to be able to make a big mess so let her pay to have it cleaned up.

I am sorry but you cannot be responsible for her mistakes all her life.

Answer 5

You need to let your daughter receive the consequences of her own actions!! Do something nice for the landlord to say sorry.

Answer 6

Your daughter is an adult and needs to be responsible for her actions.

let the landlord sue HER

Answer 7

Let him take her to court. The best thing you can do is stay out of it. She is obviously an adult and needs to learn her lesson. You can't help her out forever.

Answer 8

All she did was paint, which is easily fixable. She also did other work, out of her pocket, how is that damage??? Stand up to this creep!

Answer 9

Just clean up you daughter's mess. That is what we mothers always do for our kids. Tell your daughter that you are going to clean up her mess this time. Stick to your guns and don't do it again. yeah, right.

Answer 10

Again proof positive,
"No one will scre* you over like friends and family"