Ask Experts Questions for FREE Help !
Ask
    jfosterfarmers's Avatar
    jfosterfarmers Posts: 1, Reputation: 1
    New Member
    		  
    #1

    Mar 20, 2009, 07:14 PM
    Security/Key Deposit
    I live in the state of California. We moved grandma out of her apartment end of this month. She was a smoker. We are being told that we have to clean the carpets and wash the walls and that they pay charge us for re-painting the apartment. She live in it exactly 1 year. The only thing that is in the residential lease is "we will apply the deposit after you vacate the premises to repair any loss or damage caused by you or your guests to the premises or the development other than normal wear and tear". There is not a non-smoking clause in the agreement except for in common areas. We have already paid to have the carpets cleaned, but what about us cleaning the walls and being charged for paint whether we wash the walls or not.
    Fr_Chuck's Avatar
    Fr_Chuck Posts: 81,301, Reputation: 7692
    Expert
    		  
    #2

    Mar 20, 2009, 08:12 PM

    It is not unreasonable to have to clean up "smoke" damage, the next tenant could have breathing or allergic issues, and the place has to be completely cleaned.

    The issue of the paint could be if they were yellowed due to the smoke.
Not your question? Ask your question View similar questions
 

Question Tools Search this Question
Search this Question:

Advanced Search

Add your answer here.


Check out some similar questions!

My Landloed has not provided a certificate of deposit for security deposit [ 3 Answers ]

I have requested several times,verbally, a receipt for an escrow account for my 2100 dollar security deposit. The landlord has not complied and I feel he has spent the money. I called him on several occasions which finally he picked up the phone. I told him to figure on picking up the rent...

Security Deposit [ 4 Answers ]

If a landlord in New Jersey fails to advise the tenant of the location of their security deposit, with 30 days, what legal rights does the tenant have against the landlord especially if the landlord uses the money for his own personal use without permission from the tenant...

Security Deposit [ 3 Answers ]

My husband gave a security deposit to a landlord for an apartment we thought we were going to rent. A few days later we received the lease in the mail that stated we needed to give first and last month's rent PLUS the security deposit. The wrong date was on the lease and it stated that we paid the...

Security deposit [ 1 Answers ]

I'm A Tenant A Will. The Day I Move Out, When Does The Landlord Have To Give Me My Secutirt Deposit Back. This Is In Massachusetts Help

Security deposit [ 3 Answers ]

Hi All, My old landlord has not returned my deposit, we moved out on oct. 7th last month and on the 8th he came so we can insp. And gave back the keys. We were never late on our rent and keep the house as it was when we moved in. All but the decks he told us we could paint them if we liked and...

View more questions Search