This is a landlord tenant question.
Break lease carpet not replaced.
It s likely that the lease contains a no alterations clause that requires a landlord s written consent to make repairs or to replace the carpet.
Under california landlord tenant guidelines a carpet s useful life.
But if the carpet is in good condition and just the wrong color stained or won t stay clean that s your problem not the landlord s.
After the lease ended the landlord claimed that the re carpeting breached the repair clause in the.
For example if you want carpet replacement due to moldy carpets then the landlord would replace carpets because of the impact it could have on your health.
If only a small portion of the home is affected then the problem may not be significant enough to break the lease.
It is a 50 month lease.
Listed below are some facts you should know about carpet replacement.
That decision is not always out of their concern for your health though.
It is a common myth that carpets must be replaced when the tenancy changes.
About 6 weeks ago a pipe burst in my apartment.
The law states that the landlord must provide safe habitable premises it doesn t say anything about how old or what condition the carpeting can be.
If the carpet was there when you moved in you accepted its condition when you signed the lease.
If your lease doesn t contain such a clause you may have more leeway to replace the carpet but on your own dime.
They replaced the carpet at a cost of 2600.
I am curious to know if the landlord will be required to replace the carpet or if it will be my responsibility.
Hud s guidelines for normal wear and tear say that 5 years is the reasonable expectancy for carpeting.
Many states allow a landlord to deduct legally a tenant s security deposit to replace the rental carpet by the time the tenant decides to move out.
Many landlords charge tenants to pay for carpet replacement for no apparent reason.
The reason i ask is because i thought that in a residential lease the landlord is required to replace the carpet after a certain amount of years and wondered if that applies to commercial properties.
The landlord came out and fixed the pipe within a couple of days.
When the landlord did not object it went ahead and did so.
Shortly before the lease ended the tenant wrote to the landlord to inform it that it would be replacing the tiled carpeting with strip carpeting of the same colour and specification.
The landlord must be given reasonable time to cure the defect.
However the carpet was soaking wet.
In addition to physical safety issues some carpets present a health risk to tenants if not replaced.
