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.

  • x4740N@lemmy.worldEnglish
    44·
    1 year ago

    Won’t work if the landlord is smart enough to do their own inspection before a new move in and document it

    • livus@kbin.social
      65·
      1 year ago

      I had a landlord once who gave me an enormous folder of datestamped photos and made me sign a statement that they were a true and accurate record when I moved in.

      Came in handy when I moved out and they tried to get me to pay for the crack in a window pane that was clearly visible in several of their own photos.

        • Echo Dot@feddit.uk
          4·
          1 year ago

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

          • lasagna@programming.devEnglish
            4·
            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.