<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by extreme00:
my former landlord is charging outrageous amounts of money for damage. first, there was no damage. she is charging $80 for patching a few holes from pictures and repainting the walls. shouldnt that we considered wear and tear? and the walls didnt need to be painted. then she is charging $30 to change locks when we gave her the key. and $10 to sweep the floor. this place was not big it couldnt have taken more then 5 minutes to sweep the floor. plus they didnt sweep the floor before we moved in(the floors were disguisting and took me a week to scrub them back to being white). thank you.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
My response:
When she sues you, or you sue her for a refund of your deposit/security money, all you have to do is bring all of your photos or videotape of the apartment you took just before you left. That will prove to the judge you're entitled to your money and that the damage was normal wear and tear.
Good luck.
IAAL
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