The california landlord s law book.
California landlord responsibilities carpet.
Landlord s responsibilities in california regarding appliances and carpets.
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Rights responsibilities by david brown janet portman and ralph warner nolo includes extensive advice on establishing a repair and maintenance system that will help california landlords prevent problems such as tenant rent withholding or injuries to tenants due to defective conditions in the rental.
They will have to recoup the costs another way.
The cost of replacing the carpet after 10 years falls to the landlord.
This system of one year is more practical for the landlord.
Carpet that is ripped or torn can cause you to fall and injure yourself.
Under california law unless the carpet is visibly damaged and that damage is not the result of normal wear and tear the landlord cannot hold the tenant responsible for the damage or the cost of replacement for the carpet.
In california a lease exists whenever there is an oral or written agreement to exchange rent for inhabiting a property.
Under california landlord tenant guidelines a carpet s useful life is eight to 10 years.
If the lease includes carpets or provides for the landlord s responsibility to maintain restore or repair them then the landlords must comply.
This would mean the tenant is required to get the carpets professionally cleaned before leaving the apartment.
Landlords are obligated to make rental property safe and habitable.
If the carpet is cleaned by the outgoing tenant and before the turnover work is completed then it will likely be walked on by maintenance people and get dirty again.
If carpeting is moldy worn or very unsanitary it can pose a health risk.
According to california law ca civil code 1940 1954 05 under a lease tenants have certain rights such as the right to a habitable dwelling due process for evictions and more landlords also have rights such as the right to collect rent and to collect for property.
A landlord must replace carpet that poses these types of safety hazards.
Some landlords include carpet cleaning responsibility as part of the lease agreement.
However if the tenant fails to do so landlords can t deduct the standard cleaning from the deposit.
Once a tenant moves out there will be turnover work necessary.
In some many others.
Situations a court action may provide the only.
If the lease or rental agreement is silent on the matter then the landlord s responsibility will hinge solely on whether or not the state of the carpet or lack thereof makes the unit unlivable.
