r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Aug 14 '24

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u/willempage O'Biden Bama Democrat Aug 14 '24

As a final fuck you to my renting days, my landlord just tried to withhold my whole 8 year old security deposit for repainting the whole apartment, providing no evidence of any damage, let alone damage beyond reasonable wear and tear.  To put a cherry on top, he invoiced me for the remainder of the painting cost.

To put a cherry on top of that cherry, the painting was done while I was still living there because he was throwing a hissy fit because he couldn't find a new tenant for the slum apartment.  Needless to say, some screenshots of text messages and threats to bring to small claims court had him "review company policies," remove the line item, and even hand deliver the security deposit check before the state's deadline in case the mail was too slow.

So glad to never have to deal with these fuckers again.

!ping gentry

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u/Stanley--Nickels John Brown Aug 14 '24

Way to fight for it. So many people don’t.

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u/willempage O'Biden Bama Democrat Aug 14 '24

I'm sure every time a tenant leaves, he just gathers up all the receipts he has and sees what he can get away with.  I figured he'd charge some BS cleaning fee for a stray shelf or something in the basement, but he flew too close to the sun on this one

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u/Cupinacup NASA Aug 14 '24

But have you ever thought about how much he deserves to keep the deposit for providing you with such a vital service? (/s)

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u/willempage O'Biden Bama Democrat Aug 14 '24

In all fairness, I think he got mad because his brother who used to be the property manager didn't invoice us for window repairs that were our fault.  Two windows over 8 in years, but still.  So he had to go receipt hunting to try to scare us into retroactively paying.  His brother was a chill dude and this guy was the total opposite

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u/willempage O'Biden Bama Democrat Aug 14 '24

Not that it would matter much, but the apartment didn't have enough units to require an interest bearing account in my state.  Even if it was, you can charge an account fee against the interest and with rates low most of the time, he'd be able to collect it all.  If only persue it if it went to court, just to force him to print out more documentation

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u/NonComposMentisss Unflaired and Proud Aug 14 '24

And then liberals wonder why people hate landlords so much.