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Rental carpet replacement law oregon.
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Now if you have been in the rental i would say between up to 5 years it wouldn t be a unreasonable requests to ask the landlord to share the cost with you of replacing carpet maybe looking into.
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But if the carpet is damaged she says it will be replaced at turnover before a new tenant moves in.
The department of housing and urban development has set 7 years for the replacement of carpet in rental units.
With that said landlord tenant laws are always changing and may even vary from county to county.
Even if no damage to the rental property carpet has occurred age and normal wear eventually triggers the need for replacement.
A carpet cleaning other than the use of a common vacuum cleaner if.
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Ii the carpet was cleaned or replaced after the previous tenancy or the most recent significant use of the carpet and before the tenant took possession.
This is something you have to consider even if you have modern carpets at home.
I the cleaning is performed by use of a machine specifically designed for cleaning or shampooing carpets.
While they are durable they can start losing their texture and color after 4 or 5 years.
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Under the example above a court would most likely only allow the landlord to recover 500 in damages against the tenant for the replacement of the carpet.
The reasoning is that since the tenant moved into a rental unit with 5 year old carpeting the landlord should only be able to recover for damage to a 5 year old carpet.
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