Legal Question in Landlord & Tenant Law in Washington

unrealistic charges repairs&breaking leases
My daughter is forced to pay nearly $1,000 to replace carpet, they claim was new when she moved in. They have created a receipt and my daughter sign the walk through @ move in without making the adjustment.

They are charging her for repairs to window screens resulting from a break in for which they called the police. They forced her to sign another lease for 6 months rather 3 as we requested, due to the fact she was done with school and there was concern for finding full time work. When her financial struggles became too much, we paid over !,200 to break the lease, plus they kept her $300.00 damage deposit, which sat in their accounts for 16 months.

They are being unreasonable with her attempt to pay what she can afford, since last year she barely made $5,000 in income. They did not want to do the walk through upon her leaving, they said they would do it later. We do not agree that these were severe enough issues, that our offer to pay half should be enough. They want to ruin her credit. What can we do, when our repeated certified letter's have gone un answered, and our phone conversations interupted by their office hanging up on us?

Asked on 6/02/07, 4:09 pm

Elizabeth Powell ELizabeth Powell PS Inc

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Re: unrealistic charges repairs&breaking leases

When people are being unreasonable then don't make agreements. They don't have to take payments.

You can stop dealing with these landlords, and sue them in small claims to get the money back that she paid.

Look at the laws re deposits. RCW 59 18 260, 270, 280. If the landlord failed to follow the law, you have remedies.

This comes under my rubric of: "Don't argue with pigs. It annoys the pig and you achieve nothing".

Hope this helps. Elizabeth Powell

Answered on 6/03/07, 3:52 pm

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