Re: walkthrough of rental property

"Mike" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> Hi everyone,
>
> I'm not sure how big of a problem this really is (or even if it is a
> problem).  A few weeks ago, we agreed to rent a townhouse.  After some
> negotiating, we signed a lease.  We did the walkthrough last weekend,
> and were surprised to find the place much dirtier then when we had
> originally visited.  It turns out that the landlord's daughter had
> been living there (and may still be for all we know), and obviously
> made very little effort to clean up.  We asked for another cleaning
> before we moved in, or to have a deduction from the rent for the first
> month so we could have it cleaned, but the landlord refused.  Since we
> have already signed the lease, I don't think we have very much
> bargaining power.  We're scheduled to move in next week, and I'm

You could invite the landlord to photograph
the place, so you can be sure eventually to
vacate it in the condition you found it.

--
Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs (Ottawa, Canada)