All Forum Posts by: Dee Neal

this was great. 

thanks. this isn't the only damage but i didn't want to bomgard you all with pics. but yes. i am getting contractor's estimates. 

I don't plan on doing any of the work myself. there's too much to do in there. I have learned a valuable lesson. Inspect, inspect, inspect. Also, not to try to help tenants out so much. They've been there for two years and I've done way more than any other landlord would've ever done to help them keep a roof over their head thinking about their children. Lesson learned. You can't be nice. thank you guys for all of your advice. 

Hi Guys, 

Thanks guys. Where do I go to find out how to calculate depreciation? My floors were new not a scratch. Here they are now. And yes. I do I have pictures of everything. For the carpet, I was just going to charge the price of cleaning eventhough, their cat peed on it so much that it has to be pulled up. here's the damage to my floors. they were flawless. and Im not even going to try to figure out how they got all the steel wool in the stove. isn't that a fire hazard? 

I didn't spell prices out in the lease but the lease does state for them to return the home in the condition it was delivered in. I also made them sign a rules and regulations document. and sign the move in walk through sheet. 

uugghhhh 
I dont think i like tenants. 

Well i have my tenants their notice after a long two years. I can't believe they expect a deposit back with the way they left my house. the home had fresh paint, new floors downstairs (carpet was upstairs) they left the home a filthy message, my downstairs floors are way damaged, ive got holes in walls, baseboard trim hanging off, missing doors, missing shower head, she stuck a bunch of steel wool all in my stove which ive never dealt with that and dont know if to just take it out or replace it for fear of missing some fibers and having my new tenant start using the stove and it catch fire. 

just eyeballing the damage to the property, she's in the negative as far as the deposit goes. 

what do landlords normally deduct from security deposit? 

i know what she says she did. she says that her lease allowed her to move out early with notice provided she paid a certain amount and she says she did that. im not a lawyer. i have told her that she needs to get a lawyer but i thought that was just odd. she told me that for one of the months the landlord charged $1200 for water. im from philadelphia and the landlord tenant issues are normally tenant friendly. i just can't see how charging someone $1200 for something they aren't using is feasible especially water which is normally the lowest costing utility. 

I have a client that I am trying to help find a rental. Her issue is that she is fighting with an old landlord. She says she gave notice before breaking her lease. That's not for me to decide. I told her that she needs to clear this up in order for her to be able to rent again.

One thing she told me, which I have never heard of, is that her landlord charged her several astronomical  water and sewer fees each moth after she moved out of the rental.

Is this customary? What can a landlord charge besides court fees and rent if a tenant breaks their lease or are evicted for non payment.