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Updated about 9 years ago, 11/08/2015

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Tyler Blackwell
  • Rental Property Investor
  • Olympia, WA
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Complicated Move-Out Questions

Tyler Blackwell
  • Rental Property Investor
  • Olympia, WA
Posted

We had a challenging tenant finally move out today, 6 days late. To give some context, she lived in our basement rental unit and had a one-year lease. We saw she was a complete mess, she ALWAYS paid late, and wasn't easy to work with, so we decided pretty early we weren't going to renew her lease after the year ended, and we actually gave her 10 weeks notice to move, anticipating we might have issues. 

By not leaving on time, she broke our lease agreement. We actually had to put a 3-day notice to quit on her door to get her moving. She stayed left one day after that legally expired. At least that worked and she moved out, but I have two questions on how to approach the rest from here, given that she technically is in breach.

1. On move-out, does she have the opportunity to remedy any deficits in cleaning or make repairs? She's already taken a long time to move out, so we hesitate to allow this. It may take too long and judging on other work she elected to do without our permission, the work will be of poor quality. 

2. Are we allowed to take out a pro-rated amount from the security deposit for days she spent after the lease expired?

tl;dr: if a tenant moves out late, see questions!

Thanks!

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