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ByuntaeKid t1_jang3ty wrote

Reply to comment by Ayyrika in This is like the fourth time this has happened when I inquire about a rental and its a bit exhausting. I'm not moving into a 500 Sq ft apartment on a snap decision just because that's the only way a landlord will honor the prices they're advertising by Sunfish-Studio

Yeah when I moved out of my last place I took an abundance of photos, cleaned the whole unit myself, then hired a professional cleaner to make another pass to get everything spotless.

My mother thought I was paranoid, and the cleaning lady was like “there’s hardly anything left for me to clean!” But lo and behold, the management company emailed me saying they’re withholding the deposit because they found mold. Sent them the pictures (of the exact spot they were talking about, there was no mold) and the receipt from the cleaners and I got my deposit + never heard another peep from them.

PGH landlords/management companies are really out here trying to get one over on everybody - probably because of the abundance of college students who don’t know their rights as tenants, and that they deserve better.

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dratseb t1_jaofm3s wrote

Take them to court, they'll be forced to pay tripple your security deposit.

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Hmgeisler t1_jaos0g5 wrote

Did that change? It was double when I took a landlord to court years ago.

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dratseb t1_jaow2a1 wrote

I haven’t seen it happen in over a decade, so it’s very possible the laws have changed

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