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How to recover your security deposit ?

A contradictory inventory at the exit may justify a deduction on the security deposit

During the inventory of exit, you must be present.And you have arranged for having, in the meantime, repaired the possible degradations caused to the apartment during your stay.You must, in fact, make the apartment in good condition.This does not mean that you are reducing the paintings or the carpet, but that you must return it in a good condition of use.There is no question of asking you to redo the new apartment.

It will necessarily be taken into account normal use (carpet that wears out in the passages, past wallpapers, porosity of the equipmentanitaries...)).On the other hand, you must take care of the holes hard, downhill sockets, cleaning the tasks (carpet, painting...)), replacing a torn wallpaper.

To which your departure will take place in the best conditions in the world and your owner will give you your security deposit in the two months that will follow (time to stop the heating accounts, in particular)).

Comment récupérer votre dépôt de garantie ?

Repair the damage in the accommodation to collect your security deposit

If you have left degradations behind you without repairing them, you may not review your warranty deposit. Ce dernier s'élève désormais à un mois de loyer, sans les charges (ilse peut toutefois que vous ayez payé deux mois de loyer, si vous étiezdans votre logement depuis longtemps)) et n'est pas réactualisé.
Sivous êtes locataire depuis de nombreuses années, cette somme necorrespondra donc plus à grand-chose et ne remboursera pas forcément leséventuelles dégradations.This is why, it is better to maintain the accommodation throughout its occupation.A burnt carpet, toothless wallpapers, bore holes in the wall earthenware of the bathroom or kitchen, dismantled closet doors, damaged kitchen elements, will be attributable to you.

In short, during the inventory of exit, everything will be checked contradictorily with the inventory of entry.And if degradations there is, leproprétaire or the agency will not hesitate to have reparation quotes established whose amounts will be removed from your depot Degarantie.You might as well do not get there, and repair before leaving.

When is the security deposit restored?

The security deposit is returned at the end of the rental contract.Its restitution is supervised by the ALUR law:

Note that the security deposit must not replace the payment of the last rent.

What are the retention of a security deposit

Several elements may justify a deduction on a security deposit.In the following cases, the lessor is free to keep part of the sums paid by the tenant when he entered the accommodation:

Whatever the reason, the lessor must necessarily produce supporting documents to justify the sums he retains under the security deposit.For example, if work is envisaged, he must be able to show quotes of craftsmen to the tenant, corresponding to the sums selected.

What are the possible procedures to recover a security deposit?

You will understand, when you do your inventory of exit, it is better to present impeccable accommodation to your lessor, in an impeccable state of cleanliness, and without the least work to do.In this case, you have no reason not to recover the full warranty deposit.

If a restraint seems unjustified, several solutions are available to you to recover your money: