Beware - Bad Landlord

This is not intended to be defamatory. It is more of a consumer warning. Do not rent from M. Howrish in Edmonton, AB. We saw her take the full damage deposit from of the last tenants (over a grand for a few scratches on the floor and a spot on the grass in the yard...normal wear and tear. Girl ended up leaving mid walk through in tears). Spoken to a neighbor who says over the years she has never returned a damage deposit. Total scam.

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Before we go any further, let me ask you this. Did you hide the axe?

Coffee grounds and bacon grease - the renter's atom bomb

There was a young lawyer named Matt
Whose client had rented a flat.
“Your deposit’s long gone;
There’s a spot on the lawn,
And a libel suit arising from that?”

If the scratches were obvious scratches on real hardwood flooring, that's a bit of a problem as the cost of refinishing a hardwood floor far exceeds the damage deposit ... always. Normal wear and tear doesn't include damaged hardwood floors. Scratches on linoleum are no better.

Friends of mine got a quote to do the main floor hardwood (re-sand and refinish) at their home... $10,000.00

Obscene

Tennants so often under-estimate the damage they cause to a property. If they lock themselves out, they yank out and damage a window screen to break in. Then they stuff the screen back in and pretend everything is fine. They don't bother putting the screen in front of the fire place, which results in burns on carpet. They think it's not a problem, but it is. They break a window, replace it with plexiglass and wonder what the problem is. I've seen it all with tennants and they always think that the damage they cause is normal wear and tear ... I suppose it is if trashing the property is considered normal. My favourite was when the University students complained that the electricity was broken because a couple of lights didn't work. That was solved by replacing the lightbulbs.

OH MY GOD!!! Really????? A landlord that looks for ways to NOT return a damage deposit??? Say it isn't so!!!!!! The end really must be coming!



what a frickin moron.