dirty tenants and security deposit

[Kim Ay]

hi to all and thank you for taking the time to opine.

we have had our unit rented to 2 young males. Their lease ended 7/31/20 and they refused to get the move out walk through. we started showing the unit 2 months before the end of the lease and every time the unit was in horrible condition dirty and smelling bad. we know that we can deduct all damages from the security deposit. but we are wondering if we can deduct anything else as the NJ contract states that they need to have the apartment in clean and neat condition. we still dont have a lease in place and that is due to the condition of the unit while we were showing it. we have pictures and videos of the condition. Since we could not rent the unit due to the condition of it can we deduct a month of rent to get all work done? please advise