Landlord is making up reasons to keep part of deposit

[Ohiogal]

Did you repaint the walls? Did you scrub down the doors? Did you scrub the windows? Did you get the cobwebs out of the corner. How long were you in the house? Did you scrub down the kitchen cupboards?

 

[bromicjac]

Did you repaint the walls? Did you scrub down the doors? Did you scrub the windows? Did you get the cobwebs out of the corner. How long were you in the house? Did you scrub down the kitchen cupboards?

Yes...everything was very very clean...the doors and baseboards have actual floor stainer on them from when she hired a friend to stain her concrete floors. I have pictures of that as well as the areas that I cleaned. I failed to get close ups of the windows, but everything else is photographed.

 

[Ohiogal]

Yes...everything was very very clean...the doors and baseboards have actual floor stainer on them from when she hired a friend to stain her concrete floors. I have pictures of that as well as the areas that I cleaned. I failed to get close ups of the windows, but everything else is photographed.

did you repaint the walls when you moved out after patching the holes? Or did you just do touch up work?

 

[bromicjac]

did you repaint the walls when you moved out after patching the holes? Or did you just do touch up work?

I did touch up painting and spackling of the holes just before moving out. I had only lived there for 11 months so the paint job I did in the beginning still looks new.

 

[Ohiogal]

I did touch up painting and speckling of the holes just before moving out. I had only lived there for 11 months so the paint job I did in the beginning still looks new.

But touching up may not have been enough. There may have been issues with it. Be prepared for that argument.

 

[Gail in Georgia]

OP, you're jumping the gun here.

What you need to do.

1. Send the landlord your new address in writing as requested.

2. Wait until you get the information regarding the status of your security deposit.

3. If you disagree with the amount kept, write your demand letter. Give the landlord a certain amount of time (say, two weeks after they receive the letter) to return what you believe you are fairly owed.

4. If no response (or one that is not to your satisfaction), THEN you consider a lawsuit over these funds. Such lawsuits are typically handled through Small Claims as they involve relatively small amounts of money in dispute.

5. The court will decide who is "more right".

Gail