Damn it, I can tell our former landlords are going to dick us out of our security deposit (which was 6 weeks rent). They inspected the house and apprently have all sorts of complaints, like "You filled all the nail holes, but they still need to be sanded before we paint." PLEASE, people, why you gotta be nit-picking asswipes?
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Scrappy - Oct 31, 2007 10:48:11 am PDT #1850 of 10002
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Pix - Oct 31, 2007 10:51:07 am PDT #1851 of 10002
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie
Robin, that's absurd. Did you document? You probably have a case with someone if so. Also, grr.
Also, also, GC is teh CUTEST with the kitty ears.
So the kids had a half day and are gone. I have already submitted my grades and comments, but I'm supposed to stay here until 4. HA! So not happening. I'm out of here by 1:30, latest.
§ ita § - Oct 31, 2007 10:51:42 am PDT #1852 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
"You filled all the nail holes, but they still need to be sanded before we paint."
Oh, dear god. Yeah, not looking good.
My last place dicked me over by pro-rating rent past the end of the cycle because I dropped the keys off two days late. Said they didn't know I was gone. Of course, they'd shown the empty apartment in my absence, before the cycle was even over. Just hadn't noticed all my stuff was gone.
Aims - Oct 31, 2007 10:57:16 am PDT #1853 of 10002
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Robin, just FYI (and I'm sure you already know this) ...if they fail to give you a printed, itemized statement within 21 days of your moving out, they are required to refund all monies, even if you torched the place.
Steph L. - Oct 31, 2007 10:58:49 am PDT #1854 of 10002
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Damn it, I can tell our former landlords are going to dick us out of our security deposit (which was 6 weeks rent). They inspected the house and apprently have all sorts of complaints, like "You filled all the nail holes, but they still need to be sanded before we paint." PLEASE, people, why you gotta be nit-picking asswipes?
Doesn't California have tenant-landlord laws pertaining to "normal wear and tear"?
hippocampus - Oct 31, 2007 11:00:21 am PDT #1855 of 10002
not your mom's socks.
GC those ears are most excellent!
These landlords need a head-smack.
Steph L. - Oct 31, 2007 11:02:55 am PDT #1856 of 10002
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Robin, here's a summary of California tenants' rights w/r/t security deposits: [link]
From the 5th paragraph down: "Painting is not required, nor is filling in nail holes. These are not valid deductions."
And if filling in nail holes isn't a valid deduction, then sanding down the filled-in holes damn well isn't.
Laga - Oct 31, 2007 11:06:51 am PDT #1857 of 10002
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
man {{{Buffistas}}} rock. I wish I'd known this stuff the last three times I didn't get my security deposit back.
Trudy Booth - Oct 31, 2007 11:13:20 am PDT #1858 of 10002
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
FFR, toothpaste is good for nail holes. Just rub it in, no sanding.
Steph L. - Oct 31, 2007 11:14:07 am PDT #1859 of 10002
I look more rad than Lutheranism
I wish I'd known this stuff the last three times I didn't get my security deposit back.
I had an evil landlady try to shaft me out of the security deposit by claiming she had to have a "cleaning team" come in to clean after I moved out. Which she may have opted to do, but she didn't include an itemized list of the cleaning expenses -- including everything that was dirty/damaged beyond normal wear and tear -- when she sent me the letter telling me she was keeping my security deposit. (And, of course, she couldn't have done so in good faith, since nothing beyond normal wear and tear was present.)
Therefore, I wrote her a polite but firm letter citing Ohio law, etc., and she wrote me a vituperous letter accusing me of threatening her with a lawsuit. Which I did. She didn't return my deposit.
So I had my friend, who's an attorney, spend 10 minutes drafting a letter on her letterhead, and she sent it to the landlady.
Got my security deposit back.