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Logan Jones
  • Investor
  • Tallahassee, FL
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Is taking this legal from a deposit?

Logan Jones
  • Investor
  • Tallahassee, FL
Posted

I'm a landlord in Florida and my tenants recently moved out. I was charging them 1000 a month which comes out to about 33 dollars a day. The cats urinated all over the master closet laminate floors which are brand new. These tenants were the first to have the new flooring. The floors are wet and bowing from the absorption of urine. It's going to take me an extra week to remove all the flooring in the closet, clean, and redo. I know I can charge the tenant for materials and labor. My question is, am I able to charge 33.00 a day against the tenants deposit (the rent I would be receiving from new tenants) for missed opportunity cost? Is this legal? Any experienced Florida lawyers or landlords dealt with this issue? 

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