Brief recap-
I lived with my parents from birth to 1998 or so. I moved into a nice apartment complex in a good, safe neighborhood and close to reliable public transportation.
All was well until I discovered several forms of toxic mold were growing wild through most of my apartment. I had no credit. I needed a place to live. I grabbed the first semi decent looking place I could get with no credit.
The neighborhood was crime-ridden and dangerous. The only bus route in the area would often go out of service without warning. I shared my apartment with a constant stream of rats, mice, what I think was a squirrel with mange and similar vermin. I never saw ants or cockroaches. It my sincere belief that this was only because the rodents ate them all. I had been building credit since I moved there. As soon as my lease was up, I moved.
Management, no surprise, never contacted me regarding my security deposit. So, I repeatedly called them. I said that it was my understanding that I was entitled to either my deposit back, or a letter detailing why I could not have my deposit back.
I was expecting them to keep all or a significant amount of it. It worked out that the office chair I sat in (the only piece of furnitureI had in the overstuffed place) often had a wheel end up in a tiny gap in the faux wood flooring. Overtime, though I tried to prevent it, the gap got bigger and deeper. By the time I moved out, it was several inches wide and tall by I’m not sure how deep. That was my fault. I was willing to admit that it was my fault. I just wondered how much they would charge me for the repairs.
I got a check and a bill in the mail today. They charged me nothing. I got my entire security deposit back.I discussed this with my beloved. She said that it was likely due to incompetence on the part of management and maintenance. This is very plausable.
When I told management I had rats, they basically said ‘okay’. I had to ask if they had an exterminator visiting any time soon. They said yes, and did I want him to visit my apartment? I needed a window AC unit installed in the living room before I could move in. Management assured me that maintenance could install it no problem. I made several calls to management asking for maintenance to install the unit. After two weeks of calls, it still hadn’t been done. While delivering some stuff to the apartment, we ran into the maintenance guy. We politely asked why he had not installed the unit. He said he wasn’t sure which of the two living room windows we wanted it in. I had specified which window in at least one call. At any time, he could have had management call me and just ask which window. Despite leaving my new address with management when I moved, the check I received today has my old address on it.
Given the above, I find it easy to believe that I was supposed to be charged for floor repair. But, maintenance never told management. So, I was never charged.