Newcomers to renting might liken to know how other owners handle security deposit problems.
Yesterday we had a group of 3 very young couples leave our property after one week of steady, torrential rain. Just before they left one of them dropped a bottle of red wine on the stairs, leaving red marks on the white walls & white stairs and a pervasive smell of wine everywhere..... as well as broken glass everywhere. This took several hours to treat & we will still have to repaint the walls at the end of the month. I think nobody who comes in September will mind the small marks that are still there but, obviously, this is not good enough long-term.
I could reasonably withold the money necessary to compensate for this (extra cleaning & painting), but I am not going to.
The numbers in occupation were not excessive; the guests themselves were delightful from start to finish; their week was spoiled by daily rain...... and they didn't complain.
In different circumstances, I wouldn't hesitate to charge for this kind of damage - I'm not responsable for other people's accidents - but everything about this group was positive.
Security deposit problems
Security deposit problems
Best,
Alexia.
Alexia.