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Carpet Damage

By Michelle

Hello,

 

My lease was up for my previous apt in june 2010 in az. I had a pet apt which a paid a deposit on. Upon move out I called my apt building and asked if I should steam clean the carpets or have a walk through to which the both replied no. I now know to always get a walkthrough. Anyway about a month later I get a bill for 400.00 stating that the carpet had some red wine stains and pet stains. There was some red wine stains but nothing a good steam cleaning couldn’t get. As for the pet stains my dog has never gone to the bathroom in my house. He threw up bile maybe once or twice but again a steam cleaner could take that out. When I call the property mgr she explains to me that it was becuase when they pulled up the padding there was pet stains which makes no sense at all to me considering there are no pet stains that could have taken place while I was living there that went to the padding. Is there anyway to fight this? Any sort of documentation that I need to get from them? Can someone explain what would have to be done to get a stain to the padding? Thanks any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

 

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Edited on: Tuesday, March 20th, 2012 12:57 pm
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Rachel R.

July 7th, 2010 2:26 pm

Your landlord will have the upper hand, especially if they have pictures to validate their story. The question is whether or not the stains were pre-existing. If what you are saying is true, then the stains probably came from a previous tenant. Possibly your pet may have had a whoops that you didn’t know about?? Who knows.

So, how do you get out of paying for carpet replacement? One option would be to go to court. However, based on my legal expertise; in this situation court will most likely side with your landlord. You can however file a formal complaint against your landlord. This alternative has been very effective for some of my friends. The complaint is a cheap powerful option as it is documented against the landlords public record. Since you are already up against their word against yours– all you can do is threaten their image. If they’re at all concerned about their image they will come up with a better solution and possibly remove the carpet charges all together.

My best opinion would be to file a complaint with the RPA, or to just let it go. The complaint really seems like the only real option left.

Good luck!!

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