# Landlord/Legal issue **URL:** \ **Category:** PittSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [March 27, 2008, 3:00am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/landlord-legal-issue/196380 "2008-03-27T03:00:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 32
**Author:** ![04liquidS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/04liquids/32/6002_2.png) [@04liquidS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/04liquidS)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2008, 9:17pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/landlord-legal-issue/196380/32 "2008-03-31T21:17:23Z")
> [@This list will make you feel poor... top 19 richest people in America](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/this-list-will-make-you-feel-poor-top-19-richest-people-in-america/35733/16): > > I didn’t miss that part. But IMO, if you have pets in the house(I do) even though you dont smell the oder, a non-pet owner will. And to be honest it could have been the best cleaning in the world, a non-pet owner is still going to smell it. I have had houses that we changed the carpet, had the floors treated while the carpet was out, and still had non-pet owners come in and say they smelled cat, or dog. I did miss what kind of pets you had, but cats seem to be the worst, in my experience. I just reread your first post, and honestly it was an attack against you or your cats. > > But I do see a few things that sort of “red flag” me. > > 1. The carpet was new when you moved in. You only stayed about 6 weeks, and there are now stains on the new carpet, that professional cleanign did not remove? > > 2. It seems that he did inform you withing 30 days, verbally atleast, of his intent to replace the carpet. Although you diagreed with his decesion, it does seem that there was contact within the 30 day period. > > 3. did you have the “pet clause” in writting? (I may have missed this bit of info also) But if you don’t I dont see you winning this. He is going to go into the court, say hey they had pets when they weren’t allowed to, I contacted them verbally about replacing the carpets, blah, blah, blah, and now your out the security, the cost of carpets, and the court costs. I’m not sure if we are in the same thread here or perhaps you just aren’t paying attention. We had two cats in the apartment for one year, they were allowed according to our lease. The landlord knew we had them and we paid an extra $25 a month on top of our rent in order to have them there. He claims the carpet was new when we moved in. It was in good shape; however, I doubt that it was new. We lived there for a year. Professional cleaning removed most of the stains on the carpet. The stains that would not come out we’re minimal. I understand that non pet owners will notice a pet odor, that is why I had the carpets cleaned and treated for pet odor. My husband and I were in the apartment approximately a week after the cleaning and I smelled no cat odor, whereas I had smelled one slightly prior to the carpet cleaning. He did call me and request that I pay for the carpet replacement. I honestly don’t remember what date this was, it may or may not have been within 30 days. However, according to the law he should have sent something in writing within 30 days. The “pet clause” as you have called it was that we were allowed to have our cats in the apartment, as I mentioned previously. I see me either A. getting my security deposit back from him after he reads the letter I sent to him today or B. filing a civil suit and winning considering he clearly broke the law and then I will have twice my security deposit. For his sake, I hope he takes the easy route. --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/landlord-legal-issue/196380)._