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I recently moved and upon moving we cleaned the apt. thoroughly so we could get our deposit back. In our contract it states "the balance of all deposits will be refunded within two weeks of termination of contract". SO its been 4 weeks now. And they are barely calling in a cleaning lady to come in and "clean" our clean apt. Do I have a legal case to sue them for not returning our deposit in the timeframe and barely now..4 weeks later getting a cleaning person? and charging them per hour from our deposti? That is another issue: we left the apartment in near perfect condition. I feel we did our part as tentants and we shouldn't be charged now...4 weeks after we moved out for a cleaning lady to come and take five hours to clean our already clean apartment. It doesn't take five hours to clean an oven (which is what the manager said needed to be cleaned".

V.T.V.RAM

You have a good case. They ought to have refunded the balance of all deposits within two weeks of termination of contract . They have no business to take their own time to invent reasons to deprive you the money you are legally entitled to.
Please do not worry about what the cleaning lady did. Please iss ue a notice to the employer demanding payment of full amount.

Miss B

You might, but by the time you worry about all the hassle and fuss, your money is already gone.
Try to compromise to at least get part of it back, but from now on.. it's a unspoken rule that you usually do not get deposits back when renting , no matter what.

jamie h

As a tenant, you generally have no rights. You can check the local laws in your area under tenants rights, but it will cost you more in aggravation than it is worth.

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