My son Charles had a 6 month lease in Steamboat Springs Co. I Ron was also on the lease as a co-signer. After moving out the landlord sent us a check for $107.50 out of the 400.00 security deposit. There was no list of any damages. I called the company that owns or manages the property in Littleton Colorado and asked for a copy of the damages. (my mistake I did not know better) They then sent me a statement for cleaning everything in the unit $359.50. They then deducted $67.00 of that for a few things they decided not to charge us for.Along with the statement they sent us to invoices. One invoice was for the carpet cleaning which was what they did not charge us for, The other invoice was for housekeeping for $292.50. The housekeeping invoice states that it was for cleaning unit C-17. The unit that we rented was C-16. In my opinion we have not received any written notice of damages and should be entitled to all of our security $. Do I have to wait the full 60 days or can I file sooner
Once the landlord provides and accounting and/or refund of the security deposit you are free to dispute it. First step is a written notice providing a warning of an impeding legal claim and allowing 7 days to cure by refunding the disputed security deposit amount.
Aside from triple damages the landlord may be held responsible for the costs of your representation.
Good luck and if you decide to hire an attorney to help with this claim call me, I am very familiar.
Don Eby
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