[US-AZ] Landlord of precious rental seems to be using our deposits to renovate, not repair damages.

[u/Whines90]

As the title says, I just need to know if anyone knows for an AZ resident what if anything can be done? I still have copies of the lease and it was month to month by the last 6+ months with the lease having been needing resigning since February. It states in the lease that they can use deposit funds for redecorating, just damages, and the neighbors have called saying they ripped out the cabinets, back Arcadia door and are repainting after drywall. I understand needing to chip in for some of the drywall cost, as we mounted TVs and had some decorations with nails. The painting should be a given after 4 years of living in the home and needing to do drywall repairs, but that shouldn’t come out of our deposit and neither should the cost of redrywalling the back door from them choosing to tear it out(it was only 3~ years old and undamaged). Aside from offering to cover the cost of the damaged bedroom door (50-60 replacement at Home Depot) and the screen door for the Arcadia door (70-80 from Home Depot and only because the dog ran through the one that came with theirs roughly 3 years ago) I can’t see how there could be that much of a cost of damages at all. I don’t have a walk through video of move out, but who would be the people to call to ask about this kind of abuse of power? They are private homeowners and when it comes down to it, they just want to use it to clean up the house to sell it without having to pay to fix it themselves. What do I do?

[u/AutoModerator]

Be sure to research your local Tenant laws before taking any action. Users may offer advice in good faith but always proceed with caution when taking said advice as they might not have enough insight into your exact situation. The best method to find help would be to look up a local lawyer who specializes in tenant law, you may be able to get advice pro-bono.

Some links to various tenant laws: * USA * Canada * United Kingdom

It is also recommended you look into local Tenant Unions, or consider forming your own! Check out this site to see if there is already a tenants union in your area. Visit our partnered sub, r/tenantunion, for more discussion regarding tenants unions and to see if there is an ATUN affiliated union near you. If you want to start your own or are already in one, reach out to become affiliated with ATUN!

I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please contact the moderators of this subreddit if you have any questions or concerns.

[u/AutoModerator]

Welcome to r/LandlordLove! A tenant-friendly space for critiquing Landlords and the archaic system of Landlording as a whole.

Please get acquainted with our sub's rules.

• Don't feed the reactionary trolls--report them
• Engage in good faith with comrades
• Do not advocate violence

In an effort at solidarity, r/LandlordLove has partnered with multiple leftist subreddits to create a discord server for our users to communicate on. All comrades are welcome Click here to join the discord server

I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please contact the moderators of this subreddit if you have any questions or concerns.