She admits to carpet damage, kids drawing on the walls, and she scratches the floor, and signed a lease for $500 cleaning fee! but is disappointed she didn't get all her deposit back? Just wow. Landlord was lucky cause he came in very little proof
And judging from her exit interview, she seems to think just because she admitted to the damages that means she doesn't have to pay for them because she was honest about it... what planet is this lady living on? Ughh 🤦♀️
@@sashabenoit1518 I didn’t think she defended her case well. Yes the landlord may have been entitled to some deductions but I think he got more than he should. He knew that the damages didn’t cost that much, less than a thousand dollars, yet he took all of $3000+ for damage he mostly repaired himself. That’s nothing but greed.
@@kevina3372 honestly I didn't like the landlord and I agree he did come off entitled and greedy.. I just thought it was funny and a little ridiculous that the lady thought she shouldn't have to pay anything for damages just because she was honest about it.
That property wasn’t wrecked, yet there were damages, estimated for less than a thousand dollars. Most of her deposit went to rent for overstaying. The landlord is a thief.
I don't understand why she didn't try to clean or repair the damaged areas. Like, wash the walls and repaint where the kid drew on the wall. A burned carpet is difficult to repair and might need to be replaced.
all the stuff she admitted to was most likely an accident and what her child did she tried to clean... y'all act like she did it on purpose. it would be disrespectful if she did things to his house on purpose, please
They're just humans. Not all renters are good people either! I don't understand people that say all this group is good and this group is bad. How stupid is that! Some renters live in section 8) tax payers money and all they do is get high all day. Most don't have jobs. The tax payers pay their rent, food stamps, free phones, medicaid, etc.etc. I really like my landlord. Unfortunately some of his tenants are awful. Especially the woman who is on section 8) she's a drug addict and is up all night every night til 3 In the morning! She does not have a job or have worry about the rent( she gets a check every month).
The audacity of this lady astounds me. You let your kids destroy the walls and burn the carpet and then hold onto the keys until he pays your deposit back that you didn't even pay?!?! Omg
Who lets their kids do that? Lol, I’m sure she wasn’t there with the iron saying “burn the carpet” or “here take this crayon and color on the walls”. Lol!
@@shannaholmes833 I have 2 children, both with Cerebral Palsy and am a single mother. I've rented the same townhome for 4 years. Any damage they have done to walls I have repaired with magic erasers, paint, etc. It's called having respect for property you don't own.
@@kristin0408 I have two kids as well. One who is autistic and the other day I was in my room and plugged the iron up to iron out clothes. Got side tracked for a minute and heard a loud crash. My son had picked up the iron and dropped it on the hard wood floor. He seems to be intrigued by irons for some reason. It was an accident and happened so fast. Luckily there was no damage but the point I’m trying to make is sometimes things happen that you don’t expect. You try to mitigate the risks but I everything that happens with kids doesn’t mean they were trying to destroy the owners home. Yes she could’ve cleaned up the crayons herself but that iron and floor damage maybe not so much. Compared to some other cases I’ve seen this wasn’t even that bad. Im not letting anyone keep over $3000 for the three issues he mentioned. Justice was served though!
Really tho, she stood there shaking her head as if she forgot about all that. And all it took was for her to put in a lil bit of elbow grease and google as far as the crayola. WD-40 and wipe off. She didn't care enough until it came bk to getting that deposit bk. And she said she "didn't recall" the hardwood floors being damaged?!? Girl please yes you did otherwise she would've said they were NOT damaged.
They absolutely trashed that house within 6 months including iron burns on the carpet. Makes me wonder what caused a fire in their house… possibly a hot iron on carpet
It wasn’t trashed! And definitely not to the tune of 5,000 dollars like the landlord’s counter sued amount. The dude was reaching with zero evidence. He seem like they type to hold on to a security deposit for any reason like the neighbors said but if she knew that she should have fixed everything she could before she moved out.
That damage wasn’t intentional clearly. It was all due to negligence. But the greedy landlord overestimated the cost:… and clearly most of what he got to keep went to rent.
@@kevina3372 Bwhahahahahahahahahahahaha! Yep! Accidental damage just looks so much nicer than intentional damage. You ever hear the term "You break, you buy?" That kinda explains this situation. Is personal responsibility still a thing these days?
@@roslynhawkins1475 well she didn’t break anything. That’s mostly reparable stains and scratches that the landlord will fix himself. That’s why he didn’t have any evidence of the cost. there is a thing called being honest and not trying swindle tenants out of their security deposit. The scratches and stains aren’t worth $3000+ yet he kept all of it. It’s ridiculous that the tenant had to go through the hassle of suing when he knew damn well that’s only $500 worth of damage.
@@kevina3372 "You break, you buy" is not literal, just means you're financially responsible if you cause damge to something that belongs to someone else. Intent is irrelevant. Again, she has a lease that SHE signed where she obligated herself to a $500 cleaning fee. She also paid a security deposit. You do know that landlords collect a security deposit as a way of motivating a tenant to take care of the property and if they cause damage beyond normal wear and tear, those damages are deducted from the security deposit. There's this little thing called responsibility that some people seem to think doesn't exist anymore, but it does. He isn't obligated to eat the cost of a burned carpet, crayon on a wall that she sloppily attempted to cover up, and paint on hardwood floors. She's obligated. It's very, very, VERY simple. If you aren't responsible enough to take care of someone else's property, don't rent.
Exactly and then said the neighbors told her the defendant was very funny and would use every excuse to keep your deposit. If she knew that she should have had the place in tiptop shape before she left!
Plaintiff looks disgusted about verdict. Her kids damaged stuff and she overstayed and it comes at a cost. He was wrong for keeping all the money and she was wrong for expecting it all back. That money should actually be returned to the insurance company and not her.
She’s NOT mad at that she made her facial expressions because he got money for staying over a few days even though the landlord was the reason she had to stay longer because of the fact that he caused the issue with the movers!
@@somethingaboutbeaute She was mad because she didn't get all of it back. She acted like if she admitted she did the damage, then she should get all the money. And it was HER that threw a fit that he let the movers in.
All comes down to common courtesy, patience and respect. Dear Plaintiff: Please be respectful of people’s property and read and understand the contract before signing it. Dear Defendant: Please be grateful, count your blessings, respect people’s privacy, be patient and learn from this and have proof of before and after pictures of a place before you rent it out as it could cost 3X the deposit.
Dear landlord, Please don’t swindle your tenants. Use your brain and understand that she could have sued for double if she was in certain states. Not because there are damages, it means that you are entitled to $3000+ of your tenant’s “property” .
This is the first time I've seen Harvey not agree with the judge. He didn't explicitly state he didn't agree, but even he was surprised the Defendant got any money
@@kevina3372 a lot of the things the landlord was bitching about, like the crayon on the wall, would have been covered by that $500 outrageously High cleaning fee.
Just an fyi crayon does not come off cheap paint lol. Not even with a magic eraser, I ended up scrubbing paint off wall and the damn crayon was still there lol!
@@kevina3372 yep I agree I’m just re-living what happened 20 years ago in my first apartment with my baby who is about to turn 20 lol. You live you learn.
She said someone told her the tenant before had a problem with their security deposit...to now she said there wasn't nobody living there before her....hmmm they sound sketchy
Hmmm sounds like you need to listen better. They said that about the downstairs unit, not hers and she didn't say no one lived their before she said she doesnt believe anyone lived there before which might be 100% true if that was what she was told by the landlord. She might still be lying but don't misquote her to make her sound like a liar
Didn't hear her say who paid deposit. Some programs let you get the money back as "damages" to incentivize you to treat it right, others will bill you.
@@christopherchance4860 she wrecked the place? Crayon on a wall, burn on a carpet and scratch on a floor cost $3000. No landlord is paying $3000+ for those damages, yet he kept all her money. He is greedy and if it wasn’t for the rent, he wouldn’t have gotten back so much.
@@kevina3372 Yea. Who cares about small things likes scratches on a new floor, crayon on the walls, paint on the floor and burn damage from an iron on the rug. Yep! That's normal wear and tear on you ask me.
@@roslynhawkins1475 he's so full of shit. that was not a total gut of that house/apt. he put a wood floor in & painted. This is a common tactic many of them do today, they do very little & then claim complete rehab & jack the price up. He jacked EVERYTHING from the carpet to the walls to the locks on the doors. This was a pissed opportunist landlord who wanted more money, they do this often, it's textbook. Anyone who has owned a home knows it doesn't cost that much for those things. Damage or not he hiked those prices on purpose, he didn't bring estimates because there weren't any, the prices came from inside his head.
@@kevina3372 considering she was only in the house 6 months she certainly didnt take great care of it. She didnt givr a crap like many tenants esp a rental being paid for by someone else
Her insurance company paid for the rent and the deposit, so she still came out ahead . Now she needs to repay the insurance company because it’s their money, not hers.
They (the husband and wife) paid the deposit, and since they overstayed the portion paid by the insurance company through the 4th, by several days, their deposit was also reduced by that amount. They owe the insurance company nothing.
@@themrs.1200 the plantiff did say the insurance paid the deposit when the judge asked her why the lease she showed was different & didn't have the defendants signature. The plantiff then said that's what the insurance company gave her because they were the ones who took care of that, the security & monthly payments. As with the majority of home owners insurance the homeowners usually only have to pay the insurance deductible.
Y’all forget he took those picture when she was still there, not after she left. Plus she said she cleaned the walls but everything else is her fault. Also as a landlord, why are you just walking into her house like that unannounced??? I understand that it’s your childhood home but other people live there now.
I was always told from studying law , verdicts come down to what you can prove instead of what’s necessarily right . The defendant did not have any proof of anything . Other judges wouldn’t have granted in his favor .
If my child wrote on a wall it would be cleaned off *IMMEDIATELY* swiftly followed by a sanction which ensured it was never done again! And ironing on a carpet floor, just after you had a HOUSE FIRE? Seriously? 🙈
I remember a landlord tried scamming my parents because they didn't want to give their deposit back..they said we wrote on the wall and broke things..we definitely didn't do things like that..4 girls and they assumed they could try one over on my parents! Luckily they had photos and a separate council worker who viewed the property right after we moved out..that helped us! Think because we were new in the country its a temporary house the council uses and thats something they did often!
I rented 2 apartments before I bought a home, and this was BEFORE everyone had professional quality video recorders and cameras in their pockets. This is back when you had to buy a camera, go buy film, take pictures, a frame at a time, take em somewhere to get developed, and wait a week to get it back...even still, I always cleaned an apartment IMMACULATELY before I moved out and took pictures of every room, every appliance every wall and the carpet! You ain't keeping MY security deposit!!!
I did/do this all well. I even do it with my 3 daughters when they move in/out of a place. B/c my mom had 5 sisters & each had 2 kids, we’ll pitch in & help move an aunt or cousin move & help them clean up if they need help. So we’ve been fortunate in that aspect. Edit: Adding that everyone has always gotten their security deposits back.
Both of them are ridiculous. Plaintiff allowed her kids to draw on the walls & whoever spilled paint and burned the carpet. The Defendant doesn’t bring receipts or estimates of anything. Just a mess.
This ruling was wrong. First, the money isn’t even hers to begin with. Second, her kids caused a lot of damage and mess for being there for such a short period of time smh I felt she had more people living there. And what stuns me to is in the beginning of the hearing she mentions how her neighbors warned her about the complaints the previous tenants has about the landlord but towards the end of the hearing the judge ask if there were any tenants living there before her family both the plaintiff and defendant said no. IDK how the judge miss that.
lol how bad she let her kids mess up the place and nobody, that I've seen, noticed that even the ladies shirt she's wearing in this is dirty. She's not too concerned with things being clean.
@@panamafernandez4641 ~ there is a stain above the microphone. You can see the shadow of the microphone to the left of it. I had to stop & look at her shirt.
@@RileyCullen1 for one because it's right at the microphone I was looking there and to be honest...I'm notorious for dropping something on my boobs when I eat and have had to learn to be vigilant when I pick out a shirt to wear to watch for the oily spot that doesn't wash out in the same general area lol
@@krisrogers5929 I dont think she noticed it but one stain doesn't always indicate a person is unclean. I showed up to work in my uniform shirt with a stain. In a rush I just didn't notice it. It wasn't intentional.
She and her family did not take good care of his property. I would have allowed him more to redo the floors and replace the carpet, but proof was his issue, his fault for that.
He is a scammer, he overestimated everything. He could have worked out something with her but some of these landlords are greedy and they look for opportunities to scam tenants. He probably knew that the kids were there and was looking for reasons to deduct long before she moved out. He tried to take all of $3000+ knowing damn well, the damage didn’t cost that much.
@@kevina3372 Um. If I rent my home to someone and they cause damage, I'm not working anything out with anyone. They either fix it or pay. He makes money from his rental. He doesn't owe the plaintiff any more consideration than what's outlined in her lease
If I was a landlord they could have the keys 🔑 I would change the doorknobs and keys fresh for each tenant . There is no telling how many copies have been made of those keys . And yes I know they switch door knobs between homes sometimes but still , what if they only rent one home and use that same knob . It should be required new keys for every tenant .
If her insurance company paid for her rent, why would they not be responsible for paying the security deposit? And if THEY paid the security deposit, why would she expect to get ANYTHING back from him? So many people want monies that they are not entitled to...
Because a security deposit is used as insurance against the renter to incentivize them to not mess up the place they're renting. The insurance company wasn't living in the house. So why should they have to pay for any damages the plaintiff caused during her stay in the defendant's house? It's like when you have to get a rental car. They'll pay for it, but you're responsible for the extras and add ons.
Millian was bias against this guy for unknown reasons. It's obvious they didn't care about the house because they were not gonna be there long. And-- normal kids can do a thousand or two dollars damage in two weeks.
He was paid double for July rent. He admitted that insurance paid him for July and the judge still ruled for him to keep rent for July out of her deposit. This ruling was a joke!
@ 13:32 As a realtor I saw so many proud tenants who would look after their homes better than many owners. They’d paint, plant flowers and then the owner would put up the rent because of how good the property looked.
I was one of those tenants. Hired landlord’s handyman to paint, install new faucets and lighting in the dump that we rented. We received a rent increase and a THREE month lease agreement. We looked for and found a different place to rent but not before replacing our expensive faucets & lighting with some nice but USED ones from Craigslist. Donated the nice ones to Habitat for Humanity.
SOME, YES. NOT ALL. AND MOST SECTION 8 TENANTS DO BEHAVE THEMSELVES TO PROTECT THAT ASSISTANCE BY ALL MEANS. BUT THE ONES WHO MESS THINGS UP, RUIN IT FOR THE REST.
Our next door neighbors that moved out left behind so much destruction. They had several dogs they let destroy the house. Crapping everywhere. It was really gross. It took their landlords a month and a half to clean it out to re rent it. I know I'm in the minority, but I would never rent to someone with pets. Too many bad experiences in my homes in the past to allow it again.
So just because she admitted to the damages she thinks that is evidence to get her money back lmao your kids burned the carpet, I wonder what caused her own house to burn her own neglect
If you think this is bad, you should watch the show “Nightmare Tenants and Slum Landlords.” Some of the properties on that show were jaw dropping because of the damage done by some of the tenants 😳 one lady was even peeing in buckets and just left it there when she was evicted
Such a good show! Same with "Can't Pay: We'll Take It Away" One tenant intentionally hacked away at the walls, window casings, doors, cabinets, appliances, and more; he wanted to cost the landlord as much as possible in retaliation for being evicted.
The tenants that was renting our house caused 16k worth of damage to our home until now! Literal holes on the ceiling, the walls, and the roaches that were taking over the house. Everyday we have something new.
This is the biggest reason I refuse to rent out my home. A bad tenant can destroy a h9me quickly. I had an adult child with issues do thousands in damage…
Idk why the plaintiff was shaking her head. She didn’t give the keys back and there was damage when she moved out ….she still got a portion. You don’t get to keep a full deposit when you damage property 😑
Because she thinks she would get even the deposit back. You know, landlords are rich so they should fix the mess they leave with their own money and not with the deposit, landlords are always wrong and evil, tenants are always good. That's the mentantily of most people including her. She is really shocked she didn't get the deposit back. Just have a look at the comments of many here, I am sure they hate their landlords lol.
She is lucky she got any money back after ruining the carpet, hardwood floor, AND crayon on the walls without any attempt to fix/clean it. If you leave a rental in just as good shape as when you get it, then you get your deposit back.
That’s not always the case. We had a landlord who told us shortly after we moved in that he NEVER returns deposits, period, even if there is no damage. I think it worked out for him because many people don’t want to fight to get it back. He was a scumbag.
I learned that the hard way, but for me, it was people's pets I always had issues with. They let their pets destroy my homes. I'll never again rent to a pet owner.
@@goblueinga I think they're just from New York where that type of rent is normal. This episode is about 10 years old so I'd bet that same apartment is a grand more today.
Girl what are you shaking your head for it was damages, and the landlord is entitled to that, and you let your child color on the dam walls... Now had you sued, and called the police for him coming in unannounced you would have only had to pay him $500 for cleaning fees, and you might have got that back
