Discrimination
Posted Mar 2, 2011 by anonymous | 57 views | 0 comments
When I moved into my apartment, my wife and were explained that we would leave a $75 administrative fee for the cleaning of our apartment and a $225 refundable deposit. The understanding was we did not have to clean our apartment at all, that the $75 covered this. Once we moved out, we were leery that the apartment may try to hold our deposit, even though they said we did not have to clean. I personally cleaned everything in the apartment, other then the refrigerator and stove. We then received a letter in the mail from the apartment stating they were keeping our deposit due to our carpet. Within a week after we moved in the apartment, spots begin showing up in the carpet. It was evident there were underlying stains that had been covered by shampooing. We asked the apartment to shampoo our carpet, which they did, when we renewed our lease. The stains again popped up. By with-holding my deposit, it is obvious the apartment is using my deposit to pay for carpet that was already ruined when we moved in. When I called the manager, Mary, on 25 August 2006, she proceeded to tell me they held my deposit due to the cleaning of the fridge and stove. Neither of which was mentioned in writing when they informed me of with-holding my deposit. She also denies that her employee, Stacy, never told us we did not have to clean. Which she did to me and wife on 2 separate occasions. She also made the comment - 'You are in the Army and I would expect better of you.' I feel this was a discriminating comment as my personal position should be of no concern to her. I feel this apartment complex mislead me and my wife, I also feel their manager discriminated against me.
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