As a landlord can I reduce money from the security deposit if tenant is refusing to pay their full rent?

California is really good about tenant rights. I am not going to read the tenant landlord handbook link given. I read it when I was a California tenant decades ago from cover to cover.

Really, she should have said right then and there what the issues were. Not stating that at the time of inspection is highly suspicious. Also, she is required to give you advance notice of any charges.

You really scr**ed yourselves by not making note of, and taking pictures of, the damage that was there when you moved in. Big mistake. However, you should be able to sue her in small claims court for not notifying you ahead of time and not saying anything during the actual inspection.

Send her a letter telling her of your concerns. Make it civil and send it certified mail. If she responds negatively or is non-responsive, take her to court.

Next time, take pics. We had to deal with a bag that tried to pull that on us. As soon as we moved in we took pics the very first day.

Broken glass all over the front yard, filthy sinks, wooden cabinets falling apart, etc. During the walk through when we got it, we made note of all of these things to her. She said.. don't worry about it... When we moved out, during the walk through she tried to pin it all on us. I let her write up what she was going to write up.

She told us all of her concerns, and later sent us the estimate. I wrote her back in detail about all of the issues that were there when we moved in and told her I had photos (but did not show them to her as you don't want to give up your evidence until the last minute... like in court). She reduced the charges to just replacing the carpet.

The carpet deal was bs. We had a dog, but that dog did NOT go to the bathroom in the house. She claimed that it smelled.

Well if it smelled it was that B, cus the dog never did it! But I let it go as I couldn't prove he didn't. Even if she couldn't prove he did.

I was pretty satisfied that she had to take 80% of her charges off that she had inflated.

A lot of times, the LL is not able to see any damage until after the unit is vacated and all furniture is gone. If you caused the damage, you are liable for the cost to repair. You left broken glass in the garage the entire time you lived there?

C'mon, now, that is just pure laziness. Sure, it should have been cleaned up before you moved in, but it wasn't. If you want to dispute the charges, do so in writing within the time frame per CA's laws.

Ask for copies of receipts for repair. If you take the LL to court, the onus is on you to prove that you did not cause the damage; without dated pictures upon moving in or a move-in checklist, you are going to have a hard time proving that.

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