We signed off our apartment a day early because it was clean, empty and ready to go. The property manager came and signed off on the final inspection and told us we were getting out full deposit back. This was around noon, at 8am the next day my boyfriend called and told him that I had left my watch and some make up in one of the bathroom drawers.
He said that he had thrown it out! My boyfriend asked him about the watch (my mother gave it to me and it wasnt cheap but it was more sentimental than anything) and he said "nope there wasn't a watch but I threw out the other junk." I know I should have double and triple checked all of the drawers, and I did execpt the bathroom. The tenancy wasnt even supposed to end until 1pm that day!
My question is should he have thrown my stuff out so quickly? It obviously wasnt junk I had some brand new still in the packaging cosmetics in that drawer! My watch was clearly not junk unless gold and silver are considered junk now?
2007-05-31 20:13:07 · 4 answers · asked by curlifries18 2 in Business & Finance ➔ Renting & Real Estate
The apartment had been cleaned by professionals before we signed out. I really dont give a fig about the cosmetics I just want my watch back!
2007-05-31 20:19:46 · update #1
Sorry maybe I wasnt clear, I was there when the apartment was cleaned. I know the watch was in the drawer when we left that day as no one had been in the apartment for a couple of days before hand. I know the watch was in the drawer to because I took it off when we started moving boxes to keep it safe. Im so stupid!
2007-05-31 20:23:48 · update #2
Well, you signed out, so anything left behind was his
And the person with the watch was probably the cleaning person who found the stuff and turned the rest it to be thrown out by the manager.
2007-05-31 20:18:06 · answer #1 · answered by Mike1942f 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
When you signed off on the apartment, you essentially told the landlord that you had everything that you wanted out of the place and anything that was left was his to do with whatever he chose. If property is abandoned, the landlord is required by law to store it for a certain amount of time to allow you to claim it, but once you have signed out, he can assume it is unwanted. I am sorry about your watch, but it was probably taken by someone on the cleaning crew. There is nothing you can do.
2007-05-31 20:24:14 · answer #2 · answered by mamalissa 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
When you signed off that you were clear of the apartment, you basically signed that you'd removed all of your personal belongings from the space. In reality, you could have been charged for the removal of any belongings left in the apartment.
My question to you is... If the watch was so important, why didn't you take care of it properly?
2007-06-01 01:34:56 · answer #3 · answered by Interesting 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You were robbed by the cleaning staff. No way to prove it though.
2007-05-31 20:21:39 · answer #4 · answered by hypno_toad1 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋