Posted by tenant on 3/17/09

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I moved out of my apartment last month; 2 weeks after i
moved out, my landlord sent me a notice that i am suppose
to pay for the following carpet damage:
My landlord is blaming that i had iron burnt a small
portion of the carpet (half of the size of a clothing
iron) and have stiched a small piece of same color and
style carpet into the damaged hole.

Landlord did not carry out the moving out inspection in
front of me. He has already ripped off the whole carpet
and Now has a piece of carpet which he claims is from my
apartment with the above mentioned concern.

I have two concerns:
1. It is very much possible that when i moved in, that
defect was always there and i never noticed that (because
it is stiched very clean) which also might have come under
one of the furniture pieces. Therefore, i never reported
it to the landlord.
2. Landlord should have carried the move out inspection in
front of me and should have shown me the carpet area he is
mentioning rather than showing a piece of carpet cut out
from my apartment. how can i trust it is from my last
apartment, not from somewhere else! i know my landlord he
is capable of doing this.

Now landlord is charging me for the full carpet cost (~550
$) Please advice me, what should i do.
Should i go to small claims court.
Thanks a lot for your advice

Re: Landlord putting false allegation (not returning deposit, 4/19/09, by Holly.

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