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That way, if there are any damages, you can take a picture with the newspaper and "prove" that the damage was there when you moved in.

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[-] lasagna@programming.dev 16 points 1 year ago

One of my previous one tried to charge me for cobwebs. It was a farm house.

[-] echodot@feddit.uk 4 points 1 year ago

Well you couldn't have cleaned them otherwise you would have risked damaging the aesthetic.

[-] lasagna@programming.dev 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Spiders work fast. They rebuild webs in a matter of hours. It's not a realistic demand.

Though at the time the amount they wanted was not worth the grief so I just moved on. But minor deposit frauds are extremely common and almost always unpunished. Landlords have essentially nothing to lose by trying it, certainly not morals.

[-] livus@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago

Now I've heard it all. Cobwebs!!

[-] Witchfire@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

Mine tried to charge me for the expanding foam an exterminator put in to fix a mouse infestation caused by the landlord's disregard for the building

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