So I mentioned that Joel and I made the decision to take our ex-landlords to small claims court due to the fact that they’re trying to keep the majority of my deposit ($1,200 out of $1,500) for bogus reasons.  They claimed they had to repaint the entire apartment because the walls were black from smoke residue (Joel and I have never smoked in our entire lives).  They’re saying they had to spend 36 (thirty-fucking-six) additional hours cleaning the place because we left it completely trashed.  They’re also trying to keep money for normal wear and tear issues (we’re talking small, stupid crap) even though the law prohibits them from doing so.

Here are 111 pictures Joel and I took on our last day in the apartment.  Yep, that’s right.  One hundred eleven photos of everything inside that damn place.  Please flip through them and tell me if you honestly think that place looks trashed or if the walls look too black or if you see anything wrong whatsoever!

The couple of shots in there with the “smudge” in the tub is a so-called chip that she is charging us $85 to fix.  To be completely honest with you, I thought it was a smooshed fly or bug but according to them, and I quote, it’s “a large chip in the tub in which a huge section of the tub must be replaced.”

I’m agreeing to pay for the things I deserve to get charged for.  I did spill some bleach on the carpet upstairs near the laundry area when I was washing clothes once and I am totally at fault for that.  I did accidentally stain the linoleum in the upstairs bathroom because I got the bathroom rug wet and the dyes stained it yellow (there’s a picture of that in there too).  I am owning up to what I ruined on accident and I am not fighting that.  But for this woman to come back to me with an itemized bill a mile long and say that the place was literally a hell hole; trashed beyond belief is ridiculous!  She also threatened me once and said if I take her to court, she would write up a new itemized bill and we’d end up owing her money (because the place was just that bad).  *rolls eyes*

So we’re going to court July 10th and I cannot wait to see the look on her face when I present these pictures to the judge.  I have the right to sue for up to three times the amount I believe I’m owed but I’m not going to do that.  I want the judge to know I only want what is rightfully mine - that I’m not there just to make some extra money.  Hopefully the judge will take a look at my pictures, laugh at the landlord, and tell me that I’m in the right and deserve most of my money back.

Take a look at those pictures and tell me what you think, honestly.  And someone please tell me you’d do the exact same thing if you were getting screwed over this bad.

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