We mainly work on bathrooms and kitchens and restore what the restoration companies tear up when they mitigate water damage.

And yes, we always to full tear off.

A current tenant has damaged the rental property beyond the normal wear & tear. (3 by 6-foot hole in dry wall; Garage access door complete broken off with damage door frame, the main entrance door way frame is broken and need to be replace, damage to the rear entrance door frame as well).

I was there last week and see the city seems to be getting aggressive tearing down some of the old houses and getting the lots cleaned up. 

In Michigan most judges will throw out cleaning deposits as they are considered standard wear and tear. 

The payments are guaranteed but you can expect that the wear and tear is usually immense.

They have an old building there and we were considering tear down and building townhomes.

We fully renovated the home with a lot of sweat equity and tears.

Waterproof,  easy to clean, durable from a wear/tear perspective.

Now she complained the issue of toilet fill valve which caused unreasonable high water bill and claimed it belongs to wear and tear and a plumbing issue.