 SECURITY DEPS (by LAPATRONCITA [FL]) Apr 10, 2018 6:27 PM
 SECURITY DEPS (by Vee [OH]) Apr 10, 2018 7:41 PM
SECURITY DEPS (by Patrick [VA]) Apr 11, 2018 4:11 AM
SECURITY DEPS (by John... [MI]) Apr 11, 2018 5:39 AM
SECURITY DEPS (by LAPATRONCITA [FL]) Posted on: Apr 10, 2018 6:27 PM
Message:
State Specific Question About: FLORIDA (FL) Under florida statutes can a landlord keep a deposit for when tenants damage the appliances? the walls? dont clean?
--24.18.xx.xxx |
SECURITY DEPS (by Vee [OH]) Posted on: Apr 10, 2018 7:41 PM
Message:
This is a good question for any person, yes that is specifically what the damage deposit is all about, to cover repairs needed at moveout time, the better educated manager/owners get inside every 120 days or less and charge for existing damages so the renter can get back a bigger portion after moveout, I tell my movers I don't want any money (and I don't really) I just want the unit ready for someone to come in the next day, the walls, windows, cabinets, appliances if any are left, ceiling fans, water fixtures and floors cleaned, you would never take a dirty motel room and I don't want my unit back only to spend a deposit cleaning up. The line items you will find on the accounting statement indicate broken rear door trim, cracked window, soiled carpet in such-n-such rooms (I want a truck mounted cleaner and a receipt in case they need to comeback after the carpet has dried out) or the tenant gets charged for the correct cleaning, pls removal of leftover furniture and other rubble found inside - yard - garage if one is there, just like you get a motel room with oil slick outside the door - sheets with stains - drapes that don't close - dirty water glasses in the room, who wants this place?? --76.188.xxx.xx |
SECURITY DEPS (by Patrick [VA]) Posted on: Apr 11, 2018 4:11 AM
Message:
Following some recomendations of this site, I now start declaring charges in the lease. Chimney certificate of 150 dollar charge at move out. Professional Carpet cleaning receipt or 200 dollars at move out. 10 dollars per missing / not working light bulb. 50 dollars per appliance cleaning. etc etc --96.249.xxx.xx |
SECURITY DEPS (by John... [MI]) Posted on: Apr 11, 2018 5:39 AM
Message:
Put simply: You can deduct for things that are NOT "normal wear and tear". Those things are damage. So, damage to an appliance? Yes. Damage to the walls? In most cases. (A few nail holes in the wall might not be considered damage.)
Cleaning is another issue. It really does depend on your circumstances. I have a local judge has made it repeatedly clear that they don't think that "dirty" is "damage." They've explicitly stated that "cleaning between tenants is the landlord's job" and that things get dirty are "normal wear and tear."
I disagree -- but sometimes you have to choose your battles. :)
Most here would say to just deduct for everything to get it back to the status it was when they moved in and, therefore, don't really consider anything to be "normal wear and tear." That tends to work unless it goes to court -- but, that is fairly rare. So, it isn't necessarily a bad suggestion. :)
- John...
--24.180.xxx.xxx |
Reply:
|
|