Pet Deposit in California
Hello I'm a landlord in California. We've had our renters in our property for 3 years this July 2009 and up until know we’ve have had a good relationship. Paid on time most of the time, we repaired anything that needed to be fixed.
When they signed their lease three years ago 2006 the agreed and signed our non- returnable pet deposit($300) with a clear understanding that we were allowing their two large golden retrievers and would be keeping the money to complete repairs upon them leaving.
The dogs were trained well enough to do their "business" on one side of the yard. But never the less we are going to have to have new grass put in. It totally smells like urine back there.
So here is where it gets interesting. They have informed us they are not paying to Junes rent. We are to take it out of their $1500 dollar deposit they gave and the $300 dog deposit (total deposit is $1800) (rent is $1925) They continued to state they are going to move out on 6/28 a couple of days earlier then their 7/1 notice. They stated there was no damage done to the house and know they will not be responsible for any type of repairs.
What should my next step be? Regards a in Cali
Our loss is $125 in rent
Plus anything that we might have had to keep due to damage.