Need my rental deposit back! vent...

[thankfulheart]

She did finally pick it up and I got my own notice from her which I picked up today. It included a check for $400 (not the $750 I agreed to take) and a list of the deductions, including things like "toilet seats" (there was nothing wrong with the ones that were there...) and "carpet cleaning" (again, nothing beyond normal wear & tear).  She clearly does not understand the law, even after I included the text of it in my letter, so I guess it's off to small claims court (and I'm not going to agree to allow ANY deductions at this point).  I thought this would be more cut and dried since the law is the law, after all, right?

[kimmiller112]

If you are taking her to court, if I were you, I would't cash the check.  That could be seen as acceptance on your part.  Was anything about carpet cleaning in your lease?  I rent and the last at least three places I rented from expected me to have the carpets professionally cleaned at my departure and was a part of my lease.

[thankfulheart]

Another update: I have retained an attorney (using my legal plan, that turns out to be almost as important as health insurance, it seems!) They are sending a letter on my behalf to see if we can wrap this up.  I'm hoping that will be enough of a jolt to finish it once and for all and not have to go on to court.

[IOBA]

What's the update?

I believe that the landlord can not deduct for anything  that is over 5 or 7 yrs old due to depreciation.  

[thankfulheart]

Latest update: landlord STILL hasn't picked up the certified letter, so not much going on.  I am SO over waiting for my money back. 

[thankfulheart]

The saga continues...landlord never picked up the CMRR the attorney sent, BUT the USPS never returned it, either, it's "stuck" somewhere in the system. So, the attorney sent a copy regular mail in hopes of jarring them loose, but no one has heard anything. STILL.  Looks like I may have to march it all the way to small claims.  Dangit.

[Dustink]

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@thankfulheart wrote:

The saga continues...landlord never picked up the CMRR the attorney sent, BUT the USPS never returned it, either, it's "stuck" somewhere in the system. So, the attorney sent a copy regular mail in hopes of jarring them loose, but no one has heard anything. STILL.  Looks like I may have to march it all the way to small claims.  Dangit.

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Good luck with your long battle. At least it is only a $1,200 deposit. Glad you are not dealing with $5k or something like that. Any amount is bad though.