I rented out a room in a house in SAN JOSE on July 20th and moved out Oct 10th. I gave the landlord 30day notice as required. Now that I have moved out, he is charging me $95 for painting, $100 for carpet cleaning, $100 for bathroom cleaning. This is for a 9x10 room with private bath. Before I moved out, I personally cleaned the room and bathroom to make sure everything is clean. Because of those "cleaning" charges, I will not be getting any of my deposit back.
I contacted him to meet up with him a week after I moved out to see the receipts. He failed to show up at the appointed time and did not pick up any of my calls to him. I emailed him and he explained that he was ill and that he had to replace the grout, replace a lightbulb, found mold..etc etc...all of which I am stupified by because I personally cleaned EVERYTHING myself. He emailed me back an excel attachment of the cleaning charges
His cleaning charges do not seem reasonable to me.
I returned his email and asked him for the ACTUAL scanned copies of the bills and it has been two days now. He has not replied. What should I do? Do I have any case here? Am I able to bring him to small claims court? What is the process? I took some photos of the place before I started cleaning but I did not take photos of where he claims the mold should've been.
I contacted him to meet up with him a week after I moved out to see the receipts. He failed to show up at the appointed time and did not pick up any of my calls to him. I emailed him and he explained that he was ill and that he had to replace the grout, replace a lightbulb, found mold..etc etc...all of which I am stupified by because I personally cleaned EVERYTHING myself. He emailed me back an excel attachment of the cleaning charges
His cleaning charges do not seem reasonable to me.
I returned his email and asked him for the ACTUAL scanned copies of the bills and it has been two days now. He has not replied. What should I do? Do I have any case here? Am I able to bring him to small claims court? What is the process? I took some photos of the place before I started cleaning but I did not take photos of where he claims the mold should've been.
