A common move-out finding in units with no nail holes at all: a row of pale brown rectangles along a hallway, each one the size of an adhesive strip, where paint and the top layer of drywall paper came off together. The frames never fell. The damage showed up when they came down. Renter friendly…
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SaveTheDeposit is reader-supported. Some links below are affiliate links. Full disclosure. The unit had been spotless. Renter of three years, kitchen wiped down, floors better than the day she moved in, and I was already mentally signing off on the full refund when I opened the cabinet over the counter to check the shelf pins….
Some links below are affiliate links. If you buy through them, this site earns a commission at no extra cost to you. Full disclosure. The call came in on a Tuesday, from the tenant in the unit below. Her kitchen ceiling had a brown ring in it about the size of a dinner plate, and…