I have lived in my rented town house for two years. i have a section 8 Voucher . i cleaned my place before i moved in for half off my security deposit. landlord told me any repairs needed done she would do but i could go ahead and move in .(needed to be moved fast). however all repairs take months to get done and the carpet has never been replaced or cleaned besides me doin it on my own . the carpet needs replaced because its dirty and Comin up . who is responsible for paying and What should i do if she refuses to do it?

Originally posted 2010-09-14 12:06:22.

I lived at Jamison Park Apartments for two years in two different apartments. The first apartment after a year I moved to the next building over and received a clean bill meaning carpet in excellent condition. After the second year I moved out completely and received a letter stating that all of the carpet had to be replacement due to pet urine. Now I would understand if my dog was there peeing left and right but my dog stayed there minimally he was always at my moms house or at work with me.  Now I’m getting this letter saying that it’s almost 1,000 dollars for 500 square feet to be replaced of carpet. I went down and spoke to Kathy the property manager and said I wanted to see the itemized statement of the cleaners and the carpet installers. She told me the carpet cleaners NEVER came out and I called and they confirmed that no one had been out there since 2009 to clean carpets. How is it that after a clean bill from the previous apartment that once I left the property completely they want me to replace carpet that wasn’t even new when i moved in. Kathy also told me that some units have carpets 10 years and older…