All Forum Posts by: Julie Ann

I appreciate the honesty and yes I ran her background. She had great rental history and credit.  The issue I’m having w/ the musty mold smell from the carpets is when she had the carpets cleaned and officially vacated, she also turned the power off as the carpets dried leaving a musty mold smell. She should have at least left the power on so the carpets could dry properly. 

I could not reclean the carpents until the fleas were gone and that took about three weeks. That is the reason I’m wanting to sue for a month of lost income. 

I also noticed looking back on the lease as she was there for two years... it say nothing as to how she should have left the home. In addition to my original post, I had to deep clean interior, clean inside and outside of all windows tracks and sweep out garage. I sent her an invoice however if I take her to court will I have to furnish the actual receipts or will the invoice constitute proof?  

Tentant was late on rent (last month of lease) sent a 3 day notice to pay rent or vacate. I received a letter from her during that time (she moved out 8 days before the end of lease)  with the house keys, garage opener, and receipt from the steam cleaner and a fifty dollar check that she advised I should use that w/ her security deposit as the deposit wasn’t the full amount of rent.  She advise she could not make the payment. 

I did a walk through the day after recieveing the letter and   Notice a musty mold smell, rust & soap scum in both showers, a few scuff marks on the walls, dirty kids hand prints on the lower corner  end of one wall, broken towel bar, one broken blind and fleas. 

I did require a pet deposit of $300. The pest control company I used only charged me $130 w/ a warranty. 

As the tentant and I corresponded back and forth after I advised w/ an invoice of the issues including having to retouch the paint do to a few  scuff marks I was putting a claim against her deposit ($1100.00) She advised I should use the remaining $220 from the from the P.Deposit to replace the single blind and towel bar as the hardware was already in place. 

My last letter I threanted to send her to collections and take her to small claims court. I also advised if we had to go to court I would sue her for a month of lost income due to having to spray for fleas. 

To be fair... her move-in  checklist does show soap scum/rust, mismatch paint, dirty baseboards, mold smell. 

Question: Would I have a good shot of winning this case if I take her to small claims for $1100.00

Thank you in advance!