LMAO, some landlords are smoking crack

[nick1985]

was this really necessary?

Given the OP, yes

 

[Phokus]

He's probably a conservative

I'd have to see if i could look up his political contributions online, but i wouldn't be surprised if he was... he's acting like a complete tool right now.

 

[aceO07]

Can you describe the damage that was done by your chair?

I put a plastic chair mat on my hardwood floor in my room at home. We've had the house for over 6 years and all the floors are still perfect (spotless/shiny) as the first day it was finished.

 

[DrPizza]

No, we put that the rug there when we moved in.

Fine. Regardless, if there's a conspicuous worn spot in the dining room, unless the previous 15 years worth of tenants also had chairs in that very same spot, then it's beyond normal wear and tear.

 

[MagnusTheBrewer]

Be glad you're not living in Arizona. Here they can charge you for damage the landlord caused by knocking over a lamp, while raping your wife, which burned the place down. Renters are just plain screwed.

 

[Eli]

Hmm.. The limit for charging for carpet is usually 2-3 years, AFAIK. I don't know what it is for wood floors, if it's even different.

Honestly though, wood floors should last many, many years... If your computer chair messed it up, I would say that's on you.

Why don't you call a few places and ask how much it would be to repair a section of wood floor, giving an estimate of how big the area that needs refinishing is of course. That will at least tell you if his charge is out of line.

 

[Zebo]

Landlords make good money niggling away security deposits and small claims may not help. He has a friend to write him an invoice for whatever he says to, you don't. Try and keep that in mind and be nice it might work best.

 

[geno]

What the fuck, are you from Pittsburgh?

I'm glad to know I wasn't the only one that twitched when I read that.

 

[BUTCH1]

When I used to rent I went around with a camera and took shots of ANY defect I could find, and then took photos again after I finished cleaning when moving out, always got my deposit back but a few times I had to keep going back to the Manager's office to "remind" then I wasn't going away, one in particular I visited every single day for 2 weeks before they caved in and cut me the check.

 

[jmagg]

I think you'll pay. A plastic mat would have saved the floor.

 

[XZeroII]

So the floor was in good condition when you moved in and was in bad shape when you left? Then why shouldn't you pay? Destroying a section of floor in 2.5 years is NOT normal. In fact, the landlord sounds like he's actually giving you a pretty good deal by splitting the cost with you.

I can't believe some people who destroy stuff and then don't want to pay for it. Unless you have pictures proving that it was already in bad shape when you moved in, you should definitely be responsible for the damage you caused.

 

[IronWing]

Landlords are evil scum until proven otherwise.






Note: I couldn't find the Eddie Murphy original.

 

[vi edit]

I think you'll pay. A plastic mat would have saved the floor.

Probably would have made it worse. Stuff can get under the mat and act like sand paper to the floors when it slides around a little bit.

 

[BUTCH1]

Landlords are evil scum until proven otherwise.






Note: I couldn't find the Eddie Murphy original.

Yea, NBC locks up a lot of original SNL stuff and is aggressive about getting it off youtube or anywhere else it gets uploaded to, sucks, Eddie's version was a complete LOL..

 

[jmagg]

Probably would have made it worse. Stuff can get under the mat and act like sand paper to the floors when it slides around a little bit.

Been using one to protect my own hardwood floors, works beaut.

 

[Gibson486]

Unfortunately, if you do not have pics of what the condition was before you moved in, you may have a difficult case. "Wear and tear" in lots of states is a very vague term, but if you have no pictures to show the condition of the apt, it's difficult because now it is a argument based on what he said and what you said.

 

[MotF Bane]

He's probably a conservative

In CT? Try the other end of the spectrum.

 

[child of wonder]

Most landlords are the real estate equivalent of serial rapists.

Best advice I give to people is to take meticulous photos of the place before you move in, give a copy to the landlord and write on the lease that you gave them to the landlord. After you move your stuff out, take pictures of everything again so there is a contrast as to how things looked before you moved in and how they looked after you moved out.

 

[Red Dawn]

Given that I'm a snake headed partisan hack, yes

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