Charged pet deposit and new carpet?

Question

Ok, I just received a bill for my last apartment, they are charging me $275 for new carpet which is just fine but I paid a $ 400 pet deposit and fee but it also states that I still owe that $400 pet stuff, I cant prove that I payed it! Even if i have to repay the $400 pet fee and deposit can i stilll be charged for the carpet also? Thanks!!!

Answer 1

I am a pet owner who has lived in many, many apartments over the years.

First of all, if you paid the pet deposit, you'll have a cancelled check or something in your lease showing it was paid upon move in. Call your bank and see what they can do.

Secondly, require an itemized list of items replaced and their costs from the apartment complex. By law, they have to provide this to you. In some states, they even have to prove (with receipts) that they paid to have the work done.

Finally, did you do a walk-through with apartment mangement before moving out? If so, they'll have documentation of stains and tears in the carpet at that time.

The pet fee, by law, covers any basic wear and tear and cleaning needed upon move out. So don't let them charge you more.

Ultimately, send a letter to your old address, to the new tenant, in about a month. Verify with that person that the apartment was clean with brand new carpet. If not, you can sue management!

I feel bad for whomever had my apartment before me, because despite the $200 cleaning fee required, this place was NOT clean and I had to call maintenance a few times to clean things up and fix things. Basically, his $200 fee was pure profit for the company, because they weren't going to clean.

Answer 2

I would venture that the $275 you owe is over and above the amount covered by your security and pet deposits. If you think you can get new carpet installed for only $275, you need to check out a few estimates for having that work done.

To correct some of the misconceptions posted above, a pet deposit does NOT automatically cover any damages done by the pet. It's merely an ADDITIONAL form of security deposit. Any expense over and above the amount of the total damages is still your responsibility to pay.

Answer 3

My sister just had the same thing happen to her. She is planning on asking them exactly what the pet deposit covers? It should cover any damage done by the pet. If the carpet is only going to cost $275 that should come out of that payment. Have you talked to them about if that $400 pet deposit on your bill is a typo? I feel for you if you know you paid it and they are trying to tell you that you didn't. Do you remember who you gave the pet deposit to? Maybe they'll remember that you gave it to them and be honest!! Best of luck to you!

Answer 4

They can charge whatever they want and why shouldn't they where there are so many people out there who would pay without even questioning.

But that don't mean you have to pay.

You may have to pay it, if they are following the landlord/tenant laws of your state. You need to go talk to professional about this.

I wonder if $400 would cover the cost of replacing the carpet. It won't in any of my apartments. $675 sounds closer to what I would be charge.

Answer 5

You can request from you previous landlord/management company a detailed list of damaged items and the reason they are keeping the pet deposit you originally paid. The fact that you don't have you receipts is tough, can you go back in your checkbook and find anything there??
Good luck, and be sure to check your renters rights in your state, educate yourself and then do what you have to do to at least get an answer from them.

Answer 6

i'm no professional on your worldwide places regulations, yet right here in the states we've civil courts to deal with such concerns. yet somewhat advice: continually have your puppy written into the lease and pay a puppy deposit if needed. continually checklist the concern of a condominium assets i.e. photograph or video, upon taking possession of pronounced assets and upon shifting out of such assets. As they say a image is properly worth one thousand words. regrettably I even have yet to suited my scent-o-meter, or to have it regarded by using any courtroom as a valid medical approach of records sequence. Oh yeah, continually, if a threat, checklist any defects upon taking possession of any assets and be careful of any landlord that may not sign an contract to the glaring state of the valuables. good success, yet you should be out of your deposit and be hopeful that the owner won't attempt to come lower back when you for the added fee of adjusting the carpet, which probable won't ensue by means of fact even he himself could ought to confess that the carpet became into used once you moved in and he of course is getting the income of renting an house with "form new carpet".