Hi,
I had written another post earlier about my tenant moving out 2 months early.
On July 2, 2008, I has advised the tenant that I would be moving into the condo at the end of the lease in Oct. He contacted me on July 16th to let me know he was moving out as of Aug 1.
Because of this short notice, I am now left paying August rent where I live as well as covering the mortgage for my condo that the tenant is moving out of.
He fianlly got all of his stuff out on August 2. I has movers there on that day and the place is filthy! I had to hire a cleaning crew to go in yesterday and try to clean. Two shelves had fallen off the wall and then tenant had just left them broken on the floor. Towels were left in the washing machine, cords were hanging down from my television that is mounted on the wall, etc. Just a mess.
I received an email from him yesterday asking if I had time to complete the inspection and give him his deposit back minus a couple of items that had broken.
Do I have a legal option of keeping the deposit to cover the expenses?
Thanks for your advice
I had written another post earlier about my tenant moving out 2 months early.
On July 2, 2008, I has advised the tenant that I would be moving into the condo at the end of the lease in Oct. He contacted me on July 16th to let me know he was moving out as of Aug 1.
Because of this short notice, I am now left paying August rent where I live as well as covering the mortgage for my condo that the tenant is moving out of.
He fianlly got all of his stuff out on August 2. I has movers there on that day and the place is filthy! I had to hire a cleaning crew to go in yesterday and try to clean. Two shelves had fallen off the wall and then tenant had just left them broken on the floor. Towels were left in the washing machine, cords were hanging down from my television that is mounted on the wall, etc. Just a mess.
I received an email from him yesterday asking if I had time to complete the inspection and give him his deposit back minus a couple of items that had broken.
Do I have a legal option of keeping the deposit to cover the expenses?
Thanks for your advice