在这先谢谢各位了,这件事情搞得我最近寝食难安。小妹最近从原来的公寓搬出来,收到他们leasing office的账单,要我为厨房granite countertop stain负担1200元。这些stain绝大部分都是水渍/油渍。我觉得挺委屈的,我在里面居住了2年多,每天大概要烧2顿饭。平时也挺注意卫生的,但是不知道为什么这些污渍怎么都清洗不掉。被charge这么多觉得挺过分,和他们argue了两次。现在有以下几个疑问,向大家请教。
首先对他们的normal wear and tear的定义有疑问。他们的原话是:normal wear and tear is to be defined as deterioration of the premises that occurs during normal conditions。For example, paint may fade, electrical switches may wear out and break, pull strings on blinds may fray or break.These things happened even if the resident cleans regularly and cares for the premises reasonable.Damage occurs from unreasonable use or accidents.Damage can include dented appliances, stains on carpets, and bromen windows ,stained or chipped countertops.而当我在回复中提到对他们这个定义有问题的时候,他们的回复直接就告诉我: simply put, there no dispute as to whether or not the charged items upon move out were due to" normal wear and tear" the term you are choosing to state so as to explain your neglect of cleaning your apartment properly upon move out nor properly caring for your granite counter tops.天地良心,我直到看到他们的回复以后上网查找才知道granite countertop需要比较特殊的清理,否则水都会留下印记。而我造成的污渍基本都是水渍和油渍。这样需要特别注意和maintain的材料,apartment在我搬进去之前没有提醒,而在我未知的情况下造成污渍了,来罚我,是否合理?
其次,我在这个apartment 居住了两年,基本上每天都要烧饭,每天都要用水,我造成的这些污渍能否属于normal wear and tear么?
最后,我在要求他们发账单的时候,发现他们的账单是在向我要价一个月以后才作出来的,这个是不是有猫腻?
PS:入住的时候,他们wave 掉了security deposit