For those of you who read this who don't approve of occasional foul language, you might not want to read this post.
Afsheen went through our old apartment with our former landlord recently. This is the landlord who charged our roommates a total of $75 out of their security deposit above the normal fee that he charges for cleaning.
We knew that there would be charges for some of the damage that our pets had wrought unto the apartment. There were some screens and blinds in particular that would have to be repaired or replaced.
But apparently our landlord, Bob, has a huge vendetta and decided that he was going to take his anger (at what? who knows...) out on us. When all was said and done he's charging us a total of around $1600 for repairs to the apartment. Some of the charges are valid, such as the pet damage and some of the more signigicant holes in the walls, but others, such as holes from hanging paintings, are absurd. Our next door neighbors hung paintings but weren't charged for spackling the walls or repainting. We, on the other hand, have to deal with multiple charges for pictures holes and painting to be done.
He's griped repeatedly about how he should have charged the other apartment more for their damage, but instead of doing that at the time, it appears that he's going to be taking a pound of our flesh instead. And sadly there's really very little to be done about it. The wording is vague when it comes to the state's guidelines on "reasonable" expenses. However, that's not going to stop me from calling him later this week (after the money we did get back clears, of course) and giving him a piece of my mind.