who pays for refrigerator ?

[Marci Stein]

Last security deposit question - promise . 

When my tenants moved in 6 years ago , they brought their own fridge 

and put mine in back shed ( without asking— They just told me ).

When they left today , it’s still in back shed , all beat up and useless . 

Even though I knew it was there , I did not expect them to not leave me 

refrigerator- less , and I told 

them so. 

So now I need to buy a new one - I am thinking  it’s ok to deduct from security deposit. even though my old one was always old , it worked fine. 

Is it reasonable to buy a new one for 400? 

Thanks for helping ! 

[Jim K.]

Wait a minute -- you replaced a 10-year-old fridge with a new one and put it on their bill? You can get a working fridge from a scratch-and-dent used appliance store for $200. No, it's not reasonable. Charge them $200 to replace like for like, put in the additional $200 on your own.