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Andrey Y. How much would you tolerate for carpet labor?
8 June 2015 | 11 replies

Hello everyone, hope everyone is having an awesome Friday. What would you expect the labor costs to run on ~600 sq.ft. of carpet. Carpet needs replacement on a unit just closed and recorded today. The guy is coming to...

Account Closed Need new carpet and paint. Will landlord pay?
18 April 2010 | 19 replies

Hello!
My family and I have been renting the same townhouse for 3.5 years. We are great tenants and have a good relationship with our landlord. Anyway, the townhouses were brand new when we moved in so the house has b...

Sharyn Umaña-Angers Carpet vs. Laminate for a SFH to sell quickly
4 May 2016 | 3 replies

I have a 3BR/2BA single family home that we are fixing up to put on the market.  The carpet is odor-stained with animal urine and needs to be replaced. Most BP comments that I've read seem to favor laminate or vinyl p...

Paul Kubin What if tenant prevents access to property?
15 October 2022 | 10 replies

Short version of the story:  
-My mom has dementia, is out of money, and has been moved to an independent facility.  The house is owned outright, but she is otherwise broke.  We are loaning her estate 5K/mo to pay fo...

Annabelle Martin Carpet damage - how much is tenant's responsibility?
1 August 2015 | 0 replies

We have a single family three bedroom rental. One of the bedrooms is in a finished basement. The basement had white, organic wool wall-to-wall carpet in the finished portion (bedroom + living area). Our tenants called...

Martin Harris Advice Needed from Agents
14 July 2016 | 3 replies

All - Looking for input around resale value and flooring. Here is my question. Currently I live in a nice neighborhood and have a house with builders grade carpet. After 8 years (and 4 dogs playing on the carpet), it ...

Mindy Jensen Iowa Security Deposit Question
15 May 2017 | 7 replies

A friend has a rental in Iowa. Carpets were about 6 months old when the current tenants moved in 2-1/2 years ago and in great shape.Since you're a landlord, you can already guess they are moving out and the carpets ar...

Karen Young Let's talk flooring - carpet, pad, and vinyl plank
5 May 2017 | 25 replies

Have you used Matthews & Perlo carpet SP 300? What is your opinion on it? Does it hold up well?Carpet padding - 6Lb 7/16" Rebond carpet pad - is that standard?Luxury Vinyl Plank flooring - What brand and color is ...

Nick Macklin Ruined carpet and security deposit question
27 March 2019 | 4 replies

I'm sure someone has run into this issue so I figured I'd reach out but first a little back story.  Tenants signed a 1 year lease in July.  Paid rent on time if not early every month.  A few months ago they asked if t...

Cameron Riley LANDLORDS!!! - How to Handle The security deposit?
11 April 2019 | 67 replies

- How do you handle your security deposit? Do you use it for fixing the damages during the tenants stay? - When the tenant leaves and demands security deposit back, how do you handle this? - In PA, I can hold for up t...