Thrifty said:Hi,
Don't personally agree with Zardebt. I rented my fair share of properties over the years. I always left the place in excellant condition because i wanted my full deposit back.
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Thrifty said:Its right to expect a fair amount of wear and tear and with a young child I can understand a bit of scribbling - that happens but every room is a bit extreme.
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You've obviously never been a landlord and for your information, we're not all wealthy and your comments smack of envy!Landlords wake up smell the coffee want do ye want
the tenants from heaven, the mortgage paid for and house appreciation ah my heart goes out to ye .....when ye find that a child paints yer wall
umop3p!sdn said:Well tenant's like Delgirl's experience (above) would certainly wipe out any profit. This thread seems to more than just about a child's scribble.
(It's hard to get ink off of walls. Paint over it, and it soaks through the paint. Dulux won't cover this in one 'lick'.)
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delgirl said:Some of us have worked and saved very hard for what we have and only ask that tenants show some basic respect, in accordance with the terms of the lease they sign when they agree to rent the property, in return for providing them with a home that they otherwise couldn't afford.
I think that this comment is really insulting to tenants. You make it sound as if you are doing the tenants a favour by leasing a property to them. You might want to consider that they also work hard and probably save too in order to provide you with monthly rent and deposit.
In relation to the deposit being used as the last months rent - I have never experienced a landlord who accepted this before.
umop3p!sdn said:Zardebt - thanks for the apology (It was only a bit offensive! :-D)
I have been both a landlord and a tenant. I've left a property spotless and lost my deposit over a burn on the countertop in the kitchen (which I didn't burn).
As a landlord, I've also had furniture busted and walls drawn on. Although, unlike the above contributors, the walls were drawn on by adults! They drew pornographic pictures behind mirrors etc.
My comment was not meant to be insulting to tenants - I have been a tenant myself quite a few times in the past. I'm merely making the point that it works both ways - I agree to provide you with a nice, clean, functional home and you agree to look after it! That's what it says in the lease and I don't think that's too much to ask.I think that this comment is really insulting to tenants. You make it sound as if you are doing the tenants a favour by leasing a property to them. You might want to consider that they also work hard and probably save too in order to provide you with monthly rent and deposit.
This has happened to me a few times and it's not a question of acceptance. What do you do when the tenant tells you to use his deposit when the last month's rent is due? It's a lenghty process to get a court order to evict him and short of going over there and throwing him out, which is incidentally against the law, there's absolutely nothing you can do.In relation to the deposit being used as the last months rent - I have never experienced a landlord who accepted this before.
delgirl said:You've obviously never been a landlord and for your information, we're not all wealthy and your comments smack of envy!
Some of us have worked and saved very hard for what we have and only ask that tenants show some basic respect, in accordance with the terms of the lease they sign when they agree to rent the property, in return for providing them with a home that they otherwise couldn't afford.
Would like to see how you would react if your nice shiny new car was parked outside your house and a child decided to do a 'Citroen Picasso' all over it - ah, sure it'd be okay, you'd only need a new coat of paint!
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