What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Arizona
Before we moved in we noticed the carpets in the house had a bad smell and the carpeted rooms felt stale. The landlord told us the previous tenants had dogs and that the carpets would get cleaned. They did have them cleaned once but after a few days the smell came back. The owner is refusing to put anymore money into the place and told us to have them re-cleaned ourselves at our expense. We pulled up some of the carpet in one of the rooms to look at the back side of it and there are urine stains on the underside of the carpet and the padding smells. My questions are:
1) Can this be cleaned out or are the carpets ruined?
2) Is it our responsibility to clean or replace the carpets or can we force the owner to do it?
Before we moved in we noticed the carpets in the house had a bad smell and the carpeted rooms felt stale. The landlord told us the previous tenants had dogs and that the carpets would get cleaned. They did have them cleaned once but after a few days the smell came back. The owner is refusing to put anymore money into the place and told us to have them re-cleaned ourselves at our expense. We pulled up some of the carpet in one of the rooms to look at the back side of it and there are urine stains on the underside of the carpet and the padding smells. My questions are:
1) Can this be cleaned out or are the carpets ruined?
2) Is it our responsibility to clean or replace the carpets or can we force the owner to do it?