Luis
Pittsburgh,#2Consumer Comment
Fri, September 30, 2005
I read your report about your former landlord. I was the leasing manager for a large apartment complex for a little over a year. I can tell you that it is usual and customary for the landlord or leasing company to charge for professional carpet cleaning and it is deducted from the tenant's security deposit. If a tenant decides to have the carpets cleaned themselves, they should always ask if that will be accepted first. The same applies when you move in an apartment or rental; if there is something wrong or not up to cleanliness standards you should tell your landlord immediately. It is at the owners/management's discretion to let a tenant move to another apartment in the same complex; to a larger or smaller unit ect. It appears that you were in your first apartment for less than a year when you decided to move to another location and out of the building you were in. This property may not be owned by this management company and the owner of the next property required a one year lease. The usual policy is that if a tenant wanted to break a lease to move away or purchase a property they were responsible for the lease contract that was signed. The place I worked at was usualy very fair with their tenants and I can tell you they would have done the same things your landlord did. But Congradulations on the purchase of your own property... now you are the boss!