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To Giadig: If you think this is "apartment friendly" because it fits YOUR budget as the renter, it's no wonder you have not gotten your deposits back. ALL landlords know they must account for security deposits and provide the former tenant with an itemized list of deductions from your deposit, so what you may have thought was "prisitine condition" clearly was not. Yes, there are bad landlords but most are not. NO landlord wants to have to use the deposit because this costs the landlord time and money well beyond the deposit amount... it's time sitting vacant with work having to be scheduled and completed before it can be shown again and rented. Keep in mind, landlords are offering YOU a service, and most make ZERO profit while doing it, in fact quite the opposite. More and more landlords are getting fed up with the "investment" of rental property due to it being a financially draining, financially high risk, time consuming, thankless job. What will renters like you will do when most rentals cease to exist, and those that do are sky high due to supply in demand??? You and other entitled renters who share your views may want to get a major attitude adjustment before this happens.

As far as leases, every standard lease, even the most basic of leases, has a clause about making alterations. ALWAYS GET LANDLORD PERMISSION FIRST. This includes wall painting since a tenant paint job is not the same as a professional paint job. As far as holes in the wall for hanging things, no landlord is going to deny you hanging a few pictures on the wall of your rental to decorate your space. But if you put holes in walls, patch and touch them up when you leave. And excessive holes to the point the wall is damaged is never ok. The bottom line is: leave the rental in the condition you found it and you won't have a problem. Also, since there seems to be a difference between what you view as leaving a rental in "pristine condition" and what your past landlords have viewed as such, next time I suggest you request a walk through about 2 weeks prior to your move out date. The landlord will be happy to point things out to you so you can do the repairs/cleaning yourself before you vacate.

I love all things JA and all things metallic. The hand chairs aren't my style but all the other rooms are FABULOUS. I covet the lucite bed and I love mixing silver, gold, lucite, mirror, lacquer for a room that sparkles. I have a small accent table with reclaimed wood legs I was about to sell, glad to find this article as it has inspired me to paint it gold instead.