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A year ago, before I moved into my apartment the carpets were set in motion to be changed. The date was already scheduled. My roommates and I needed to move in a day early and in order to do so, the landlord said he would not change the carpets. We had work so we needed to. The carpets were already ruined by cat and dog hair and there were tears in the flooring everywhere. Now, coming to the end of the lease, the carpets smell of urine due to my dog and will need to be replaced regardless if I stay or not. Although i'm not renewing. Can the landlord charge me for the replacements even though the carpets will have needed to be changed already? They would have been changed even if I never moved in so does this still fall on me?
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You are only responsible to replace/repair what was there-soiled carpets but unless you have proof that the carpet was already lousy, the landlord may insist that you created the damage. if the pre-move in walk through sheet notes the carpets were bad, you're in business. I'd suggest just talking to the landlord. It's possible your dog's urine culd have seeped through and caused damage to the underlayer.
Answered on Jul 08th, 2015 at 5:57 AM