Normal Wear & Tear vs. Tenant Damages

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What is normal Wear & Tear?

      Property owners and managers can't be there all the time to watch to see what happens to their property, or that a tenant doesn't do something stupid or destructive to damage something.  Some people are malicious and intentionally destructive, but some others are simply unconscious: they don't mean to do any harm, they just have no way to connect what they have done with the damage that's caused. One of the mysteries of life.
      Deciding whether damage to rental property is beyond ordinary wear and tear often boils down to common sense. We can usually determine if something was used in a way it was designed for or not. If it wasn't, it is damage which should be paid by the tenant.

Cabinet
Carpet
Dishwasher
Doors (hinged)
Doors (sliding & Bi-fold)
Driveway
Floors (hardwood, tile, vinyl)
Furnace & AC
Range/oven
Furniture, fixtures, structure
Storm & screen doors
Water heater

You can find additional information on wear and tear vs. damage on the Rental Web Wear page .

The above topics are discussed in much more depth
  on our members' Wear & Tear vs. Damages page.

Non-Members' Homepage