For the purposes of this question, I am not inquiring about a security deposit, but charges above and beyond a security deposit.
After the lease has been fulfilled and the tenant has moved from the rental home, how much time does the landlord have to make a claim for further damages?
We paid through the end of July 2010, though we moved in the middle of that month with a walk through at the time of surrendering keys. The landlord at that time was verbally listing off a lot of wear and tear as well as items that they never fixed. We verbally disagreed with them, listing everything that we had fixed or replaced on our own dime (like repair of garage door electrical system, hired electricians for faulty wiring in the home, replaced a non-functioning dishwasher with an upgrade which we left behind) and had some proof of other things via pictures or statements from their own family who happened to be present during the walk through. They verbally stated their thought that it would cost $X to rent this place again, we disagreed with their accounting. They refused to sign a receipt for the keys, or give us anything in writing about the walkthrough.
It is now September 2010, and although they have our cell phone number, a forwarding mail address and our emails, we've heard nothing from them. Has enough time lapsed now to just consider the matter closed?
After the lease has been fulfilled and the tenant has moved from the rental home, how much time does the landlord have to make a claim for further damages?
We paid through the end of July 2010, though we moved in the middle of that month with a walk through at the time of surrendering keys. The landlord at that time was verbally listing off a lot of wear and tear as well as items that they never fixed. We verbally disagreed with them, listing everything that we had fixed or replaced on our own dime (like repair of garage door electrical system, hired electricians for faulty wiring in the home, replaced a non-functioning dishwasher with an upgrade which we left behind) and had some proof of other things via pictures or statements from their own family who happened to be present during the walk through. They verbally stated their thought that it would cost $X to rent this place again, we disagreed with their accounting. They refused to sign a receipt for the keys, or give us anything in writing about the walkthrough.
It is now September 2010, and although they have our cell phone number, a forwarding mail address and our emails, we've heard nothing from them. Has enough time lapsed now to just consider the matter closed?
