Re: Landlord putting false allegation (not returning deposit

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On 3/17/09, tenant wrote:
> 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

Good luck with this--might try Small Claims. I didn't bode
well in my landlord's claim; even tho I had taken pictures
of my spotless apartment when I left, he gave HIS attorneys
pictures that showed filth--all six units were identical.
Lotsa crooks out there...