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Updated over 11 years ago,

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Sean Price
  • Realtor
  • Great Falls VA
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What is considered normal wear and tear

Sean Price
  • Realtor
  • Great Falls VA
Posted

I had a tenant that just moved out of a condo after he and his family (including 4 kids) lived there for 3 years.

The tenant always paid rent on time, and had a good rental history. While they lived there, they realized that the carpet was not going to hold up to wear and tear (it was a new condo with very light inexpensive construction grade carpet) so they replaced the entire floor with laminant flooring except the two kids bedrooms.)

When they moved out, I needed to go in and replace the remaining two rooms of carpet and I needed to basically repaint the entire condo. Other than a couple of places where the kids had drawn on the wall, the wall just needed to be painted because it was showing signs of wear and we needed to patche the wholes in the wall where they had things hung.

Is this considered normal wear and tear or can I deduct the carpet and pain/labor from their rental deposit?

I am in Florida.

Thanks.

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