Should the tenant be billed for full carpet replacement?

[Bret Kingcade]

Full disclosure: I am the tenant in this situation. I just started house hacking and this is from my apartment lease that just ended.

So in the 2 years I lived at my old apartment, my dog had probably 6 accidents (urine or vomit). Each time, I cleaned it up immediately with Resolve. There were no visible stains or odors (my girlfriend who didn't live there agrees) but when they did their walkthrough, they found these areas by shining a blacklight over them. They decided to replace the carpet for the entire apartment and send me the bill instead of just using a carpet cleaning service. Basically my question is just whether or not this is typical and consistent with what you guys would do in this situation. If so, I will obviously pay for it since it is my fault but I wanted to make sure first that they were not going overboard before I pay over $1,000 for it. If this is unusual, is there anything I can do about it? Thanks for any input!

[Mike McCarthy]

@Bret Kingcade I’ve never heard of inspectIng a carpet with black light Were you paying a pet fee in addition to your rent? Was the carpet new when you moved in? I would reply back and state that you’re happy to pay the cost of what the carpet cleaning would have been, but since there were no visible stains, no damage, you expect the remainder of your deposit back. If the carpet was a few years old before you moved in too, the cost should be depreciated a bit too.