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landlord replacing “damaged” carpet and charging me for it

Tenant — Sat, 17 Aug 2013 21:35:30 +0000

I just moved out of my apartment after 4 months of living there and I just recieved notice that they ripped out all the carepts and need to replace them because of pet damage. Can they do this without notifying me first?

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Carpet Depreciation

Fri, 10 Sep 2010 08:01:07 +0000

i am at the end of my lease and would like to know the fl. state law of replacement of the carpet. i have rented this apt. for three years and the carpet was at least one year old when i moved in. i was told the law is replacement every four years of carpet in a residental rental home in fl however i wanted to be sure this is the actual law. it seems like there should be some type of carpet depreciation for apartments. how often does a landlord have to replace carpet? if anyone can help i would greatly appriciate it.

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Apartment Carpet Law…?

Jamie — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 13:16:57 +0000

While vacuuming our apartment, a strand of carpet became caught up in our vacuum, and a run was created in the carpet. We notified our landlord immediately, and they determined that it could not be patched. Now, they are insisting that the carpet needs replacing, and we are financially responsible. We feel as though there was a flaw in the carpet, and that we should not be faulted for performing standard cleaning practices. How can we be held responsible for carpet that falls apart with standard vacuuming?

Are we on the hook for this?

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