Vermieter-Kommentar: I have been a landlord for 28 years. Unfortunately some tenants cause damage, some unintentional or intentional; I have experience both over the years. That is what a security/damage deposit is intended for. 95% of the time we have NO problems with our tenants and return 100% of deposits! The condo building requires me to put up a $1000 deposit to guard against damage to the building, doors, pool, parking garage, hallways, furnishings, or anything else tenant might damage in the common areas, because they have had these problems in the past. Then we have the potential damage to the unit itself or the furnishing. I personally inspected the unit before and after this tenants stay, as well as sent him pictures of the damage. Upon the completion of his stay he sent me this txt message “YOUR CONDO WAS A VERY CONVENIENT SET UP WHILE WE PERFORMED OUR HOUSE HUNTING EXERCISE” “BEST REGUARDS” NO complaints or mention of any problems. His unhappiness only started when we informed him we need to complete a cleaning and inspection prior to returning his deposit, after he vacated. He obviously did not count on me scheduling a unplanned vacation to clean and inspect the property! We have had that occur before, where damage was not discovered until a few months later. He then started contacting me daily via txt, email, and phone about the deposit refund, literally daily for weeks. Can you say guilty conscious? I believe he was hoping to force a refund before the issues were discovered. And once I traveled to the property, 1000 miles and cleaned and inspected we told him about the damage/excessive wear on the sofa, “water damage spot on arm like where you would sit a drink and leather peeling off the sofa fabric in 5 or 6 places after his stay” not normal wear for a newer sofa. The amount retained for the damage to the sofa was minimal and a fraction of the cost of the sofa, or a replacement. It’s kind of ironic that I just received a settlement of my son’s college apartment today, in which the landlord of my sons college apartment held $1689.65 of his deposit for cleaning kitchen, steam cleaning carpets, cleaning bathroom, patching walls, and replacing blinds. I believe I was quite fair only charging 40% of my tenants deposit instead of 100% to cover a portion of the cost of a new sofa. We sent the tenant a settlement statement with pictures of the damage and a refund of partial deposit 60%.