Comments on: Landlord deducting excessive amount from security deposit https://www.rentalprotectionagency.com/tenant-rights/landlord-deducting-excessive-amount-from-security-deposit-0 Sat, 16 Oct 2021 17:50:16 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.38 By: Darren from Ohio https://www.rentalprotectionagency.com/tenant-rights/landlord-deducting-excessive-amount-from-security-deposit-0#comment-31648 Thu, 08 Sep 2011 12:37:50 +0000 http://www.rentalprotectionagency.com/blog/renter?p=2588#comment-31648 File small claims suit to claim your security deposit.

You are entitled to ‘normal wear and tear’ on carpet, etc. He cant deduct 20% per year from your desposit because A. You dont know how MUCH he paid for the carpet when it was NEW, B. You dont know HOW NEW the carpet is. A price cannot be reasonably and fairly determined for the carpet.

Cleaning costs of $275?. You must of trashed the place I think here in Ohio Landlords can only charge and tenant no more than $15 per hr for a professional cleaning service to clean. I might be wrong on the dollar amt might be higher or lower but its close!!. Do the math…

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