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ULPT: If you're renting a new apartment, save a newspaper from the day your rent starts. (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 years ago by dystop@lemmy.world to c/unethicallifeprotips@lemmy.world

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That way, if there are any damages, you can take a picture with the newspaper and "prove" that the damage was there when you moved in.

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[-] x4740N@lemmy.world 47 points 2 years ago

Won't work if the landlord is smart enough to do their own inspection before a new move in and document it

[-] livus@kbin.social 67 points 2 years ago

I had a landlord once who gave me an enormous folder of datestamped photos and made me sign a statement that they were a true and accurate record when I moved in.

Came in handy when I moved out and they tried to get me to pay for the crack in a window pane that was clearly visible in several of their own photos.

[-] lasagna@programming.dev 17 points 2 years ago

One of my previous one tried to charge me for cobwebs. It was a farm house.

[-] livus@kbin.social 5 points 2 years ago

Now I've heard it all. Cobwebs!!

[-] echodot@feddit.uk 4 points 2 years ago

Well you couldn't have cleaned them otherwise you would have risked damaging the aesthetic.

[-] lasagna@programming.dev 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Spiders work fast. They rebuild webs in a matter of hours. It's not a realistic demand.

Though at the time the amount they wanted was not worth the grief so I just moved on. But minor deposit frauds are extremely common and almost always unpunished. Landlords have essentially nothing to lose by trying it, certainly not morals.

[-] Witchfire@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Mine tried to charge me for the expanding foam an exterminator put in to fix a mouse infestation caused by the landlord's disregard for the building

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