C & E Development

Review: C & E Development kept $222.04 of my security deposit claiming that the apartment was dirty. Claiming they had to spend money in the sum above for painting, cleaning carpet, materials, overhead expenses. This apartment was clean upon my leaving it. I have witnesses of myself, my fiancee and my mother and father who all were there to help me make sure the apartment was clean and taken care of. I upheld my lease agreement by taking care of their apartment. I was never late for a monthly payment and any problem that was found in the apartment was there and was noted on the renters agreement form that I signed when I initially leased the apartment. I just wish to recover my $222.04 from C & E and no more.Desired Settlement: I wish to retrieve the amount of $222.04 which was held from me on my security deposit.

Business

Response:

Customer signed a Lease with C&E Development, Inc dated

December 12, 2012. Paragraph #4 of said Lease Agreement states in great detail

what is required upon move out and the applicable fees for such requirements

that are not completed.

When a Tenant vacates a unit the first thing management does is

inspect the unit to assess what has and has not been completed by the Tenant as

per the Lease. Management details the condition of the unit with both written

notes and photographs.

As evidenced in both the notes and photographs

on file for the customer's unit several of the requirements were not completed

such as, but not limited to: clean all walls and ceilings, clean and dry all floor

areas, including under stove, refrigerator, and washer/dryer, clean stove,

refrigerator, dishwasher, microwave and kitchen cabinets, inside, outside,

behind and underneath. and clean all windows, blinds, ceiling fans and furnace

vents. Also, there were a few scuff marks on the living room and bedroom walls

that, required touch up paint. The Lease Agreement. also clearly states in

paragraph #4 that "Landlord will schedule and have carpets professionally

steam cleaned after Tenant(s) have vacated unit at expiration of lease. The

charges for this will be deducted from security deposit. The deduction will be

as follows: (1 bedroom= $80.00)". The Lease also states that a minimum

twenty percent overhead expense will be added to any deduction from the security

deposit for any work that the Tenant(s) does not complete and the Landlord has

to have performed.

Therefore, based on this information and in accordance with the

Lease Agreement, I feel that all the charges and deductions from customer's

Security Deposit were warranted.

Consumer

Response:

I have reviewed the response made by the business in reference to complaint ID [redacted], and have determined that this proposed action would not resolve my complaint. For your reference, details of the offer I reviewed appear below.

The apartment I vacated was left in better condition at my move out than it was when I moved in. Any uncleanliness or imperfections were the result of a previous tenant and/or poor workmanship by the landlord's contractors. Furthermore, the deductions made by the landlord were excessive and entirely unreasonable for the work supposedly performed.

Regards,