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So here is a question for Jim since he seems to know these things:
When I first moved into the house that I just moved out of I had assumed that carpeting was very old as there was no padding under it and there were many stains. However my landlord has just informed the other house
mate and I that she expects us to replace the carpet. The year before I moved in, my house mate had had up to 6 people living in the house at one time. Every neighbor that I've talked to has told me about the wild parties that they would have and how there were always people in and out. One can assume that this is when the carpet became so worn, but the lady who was taking care of inspecting the house to see who got their deposit back automatically gave everyone their deposit at the end of the lease, and when she was at the house last month she still said the house looked fine. That lady has since told my landlord that she didn't want to take care of things anymore, so my landlord flew out from California to inspect the house after us. I think my house mate is worried that he is going to get stuck paying it all since he is the only one still around from the year when the damage was done, so he is trying to blame the dog who lived at the house for about 5 months. The dog at the most piddled on the carpet and certainly couldn't have been responsible for the the entire carpet being flattened.
Is my landlord able to force me to pay for all new carpet? Does anyone know? I'm in a little bit of a panic.
When I first moved into the house that I just moved out of I had assumed that carpeting was very old as there was no padding under it and there were many stains. However my landlord has just informed the other house
mate and I that she expects us to replace the carpet. The year before I moved in, my house mate had had up to 6 people living in the house at one time. Every neighbor that I've talked to has told me about the wild parties that they would have and how there were always people in and out. One can assume that this is when the carpet became so worn, but the lady who was taking care of inspecting the house to see who got their deposit back automatically gave everyone their deposit at the end of the lease, and when she was at the house last month she still said the house looked fine. That lady has since told my landlord that she didn't want to take care of things anymore, so my landlord flew out from California to inspect the house after us. I think my house mate is worried that he is going to get stuck paying it all since he is the only one still around from the year when the damage was done, so he is trying to blame the dog who lived at the house for about 5 months. The dog at the most piddled on the carpet and certainly couldn't have been responsible for the the entire carpet being flattened.
Is my landlord able to force me to pay for all new carpet? Does anyone know? I'm in a little bit of a panic.