Q: Can a landlord deduct from deposit Uber cost to Home Depot to buy materials to fix damage tenant caused.
Tenant damaged many things in apartment and landlord had to purchase the items and had to take an Uber to and from Home Depot. Can landlord deduct this cost from security deposit?
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A: If the damages were sufficient to justify a deduction from the tenant's security deposit, I do not see a round-trip uber trip as unreasonable -- any more than if the landlord ordered the items to be delivered and had to pay a delivery fee.
Steven Warren Smollens and Tim Akpinar agree with this answer
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