Hi so my situation is my landlord took $400 from me and my roommates' security deposits $100 each. So I'm a college student tenant renting a house in Rhode Island for 9 months and my lease ended on Monday, May 16th, 2016 5:00 PM. The landlord came for a final inspection of the house to make sure everything was okay on May 14th. The house, on the day of inspection was clean for the most part. The stove burners had some old pasta in them and were a little gross. Our bedrooms were a little dusty and needed to be vacuumed a little, but there were no stains or damages to any of the rooms. Our oven was left uncleaned but it wasn't anything scary or moldy. The refrigerator was completely cleaned out and scrubbed on the inside all drawers and shelves were removed and hand washed. All food in the pantries were thrown out. The bathroom was mopped and wiped down. Not completely spotless, but again there was nothing scary or moldy anywhere.
The day after his inspection (1 day before our rental period ended) my roommate went back to the house and completely scrubbed out the stove and oven leaving them spotless. The living room floor was left shining and mopped. All that was left in our house that wasn't completely clean were our rooms which again, only needed to be vacuumed, no stains no damages etc.
So I called my landlord asking for a list of damages/concerns that back up his reasoning for taking $400 of ours and all he kept saying was "Are you serious? Look at the house" so I asked again and that's all he would say. That and "I have pictures" so I texted him and asked to send me those pictures and he never responded to me. Our lease specifically says "if the house is not properly clean the owner will deduct $400...from the deposit"
Tl;dr landlord took $400 from security deposit. lease says "if the house is not properly clean the owner will deduct $400...from the deposit", but the house has no signs of mold, stains, or harsh abuse, just some dusty bedrooms and unstained carpets that should have been vacuumed. What do I do?
Submitted May 17, 2016 at 12:15PM by GuexDota http://ift.tt/1OzowV4 legaladvice
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