ClassicMixup All American 3877 Posts user info edit post |
Covered by a maintenance request or should I do some self-repair? Don't wanna get charged 6/13/2012 7:35:42 AM |
BigMan157 no u 103353 Posts user info edit post |
that pet deposit has gotta pay for something
just tell them it was a VintageMisunderstanding 6/13/2012 7:46:33 AM |
wdprice3 BinaryBuffonary 45912 Posts user info edit post |
^most pet fees aka "deposits" don't cover pet damages. Pet fees are for funding employees' christmas bonuses and nothing else.
get a quote from a carpet company. You'll have to replace that section (wall to wall)/room of carpet. You could do it yourself, but I think you need a good bit of practice and carpet installation tools to make it worth a damn. 6/13/2012 8:00:22 AM |
F1V3LSU All American 1530 Posts user info edit post |
Make dog fix carpet. 6/13/2012 8:06:55 AM |
ncsuapex SpaceForRent 37776 Posts user info edit post |
Rub your dogs nose in it and smack his ass. 6/13/2012 8:17:23 AM |
Beethoven All American 4080 Posts user info edit post |
How big is the hole? And how long have you lived in the apartment? 6/13/2012 8:26:12 AM |
BigMan157 no u 103353 Posts user info edit post |
replace it with something of a different weave and hideous pattern, then act like it's always been that way 6/13/2012 8:28:17 AM |
F1V3LSU All American 1530 Posts user info edit post |
^^^ And that's when we break out the peanut butter 6/13/2012 8:43:03 AM |
TKE-Teg All American 43402 Posts user info edit post |
My dog did that when he was a puppy. Sucked. Lost that deposit 6/13/2012 8:44:58 AM |
wolfpackgrrr All American 39759 Posts user info edit post |
When my cat got locked in our bedroom and tried to dig herself out I had to sit there with hot glue for a couple hours and reglue the carpet because I didn't want to get charged for carpet damage. When they came to do the move out inspection the manager gave the spot a funny look but didn't pursue the issue so I guess I did a good enough job ghettorigging it back into place 6/13/2012 8:51:44 AM |
Wraith All American 27246 Posts user info edit post |
^hahaha my cat scratched up a bunch of white paint on the wall of my old apartment so I covered it up with toothpaste and white out and didn't get charged. I felt very proud of myself. 6/13/2012 9:30:09 AM |
Beethoven All American 4080 Posts user info edit post |
^^I've done this. Luckily it was that berber carpet that came out in strips, so it looked pretty good once we glued it back down. 6/13/2012 9:37:58 AM |
wolfpackgrrr All American 39759 Posts user info edit post |
lol yeah this was berber too. Looked like this:
But she managed to scratch all the way down to the plywood board in this large spot. It was about the size of a piece of sandwich bread what she damaged
^^ haha yep definitely have used the toothpaste trick on walls. In the last apartment we lived in our washing machine had flooded some water onto the back wall so I ended up having to go to Home Depot and buying a sample paint the color of the wall and repainting the section. It wasn't an exact match but it was close enough not to illicit further inspection.
[Edited on June 13, 2012 at 9:42 AM. Reason : big pic is big] 6/13/2012 9:42:28 AM |
wdprice3 BinaryBuffonary 45912 Posts user info edit post |
My dog scratched up a door and door frame/molding in my old apartment. She demolished a section of molding on either side. I just sanded it down, applied putty and made it as smooth as possible, and repainted with matching paint. It was blatantly obvious on the molding since the two repaired sections were flat/smooth and the actual molding was of typical molding (with curves, 'architectural features', whatever you call it). However, when I moved out, the management never even noticed. yehhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh 6/13/2012 10:02:08 AM |
mdozer73 All American 8005 Posts user info edit post |
Call someone to fix it. 6/13/2012 10:05:02 AM |
MisterGreen All American 4328 Posts user info edit post |
depending on how long you live there, they will probably replace the carpet by default when you leave anyway 6/13/2012 11:30:01 AM |
wdprice3 BinaryBuffonary 45912 Posts user info edit post |
^but many places will still charge damages even if they were going to replace the carpet. 6/13/2012 1:27:12 PM |
rtc407 All American 6217 Posts user info edit post |
they can but they have to prove how many years of life the carpet has left and can only charge you a depreciated value. I think nc law has standard carpet pegged at a 7 year replacement life. 6/13/2012 1:44:02 PM |
wolfpackgrrr All American 39759 Posts user info edit post |
True but fighting them on it will take up more of your time than ghettorigging a repair and pretending like the damage didn't happen in the first place. 6/13/2012 4:09:05 PM |
kdogg(c) All American 3494 Posts user info edit post |
Use part of dog's hide to cover hole.
1) Keep deposit. 2) Teach dog lesson. 6/13/2012 4:27:54 PM |
jbrick83 All American 23447 Posts user info edit post |
This is where "eye for an eye" comes in. Now you have to chew a hole in the dog. 6/13/2012 4:34:40 PM |
NCSUWolfy All American 12966 Posts user info edit post |
I find it funny that ITT people bitch about pet deposits then go into detail of all the damage their pets caused
IMO pet deposits should be non refundable. 6/13/2012 10:22:09 PM |
GREEN JAY All American 14180 Posts user info edit post |
they are most places. i think they mean they didn't get the regular deposit back 6/13/2012 11:16:43 PM |
seedless All American 27142 Posts user info edit post |
Rub your balls with flour and clap them until the bleed to make a sacrifice to the carpet gods and it'll be fixed by the morning. 6/13/2012 11:21:05 PM |
wdprice3 BinaryBuffonary 45912 Posts user info edit post |
^^^uh, most "pet deposits" aren't deposits at all. they are fees. fee != deposit. fees don't cover anything, e.g. damage, cleaning. It's just a fuck you fee that does nothing. There is no reason a pet fee should be non-returnable.
[Edited on June 14, 2012 at 8:25 AM. Reason : .] 6/14/2012 8:23:47 AM |
DROD900 All American 24653 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "My dog did that when he was a puppy. Sucked. Lost that deposit " |
yep, same here
also, I would call the front office to tell them and see what kind of options you have. It will at least show that you are being proactive about it.
We got royally screwed by our last apartment because there was a small wine stain on the carpet when we moved out. We lost our deposit AND got a bill for $900+ saying that they had to replace the carpet and padding in our living room (where the stain was), but since they couldnt find carpet to match the other carpeted rooms, they had to replace the entire apartment.
We tried contacting a lawyer, but since we didnt take pictures of what the carpet looked like before it was ripped out, we didnt have much ground to stand on and would end up spending more to fight the bullshit than just paying it off.
[Edited on June 14, 2012 at 8:34 AM. Reason : adsf]6/14/2012 8:30:50 AM |
DeltaBeta All American 9417 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "True but fighting them on it will take up more of your time than ghettorigging a repair and pretending like the damage didn't happen in the first place." |
It took me one certified letter and they went from trying to extort $1200 from me down to $150. I probably could have fought them on the $150, but just paid it to be done with it.6/14/2012 8:50:32 AM |
wolfpackgrrr All American 39759 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "We tried contacting a lawyer, but since we didnt take pictures of what the carpet looked like before it was ripped out" |
This is something I tell my students every year. ALWAYS TAKE PICTURES. If the student is lucky enough to have me with them when signing their lease, I do their check-in sheet with them and take lots of photographs of their unit. Property managers hate seeing me show up I send them this every year as well. Good rundown of how to protect yourself and your tenant rights: http://www.ncsu.edu/stud_affairs/legal_services/legaldocs/LandlordTenantHandout.htm6/14/2012 10:34:04 AM |
Str8BacardiL ************ 41752 Posts user info edit post |
kill the dog 6/14/2012 2:52:37 PM |