Our dog chewed up a decent size chunk of carpet in our rental townhome. There is chunk pulled out and stripped about 6 inches from the wall in a corner. We live in a rented townhome so I know we're gonna take a hit to repair or replace it. My question is, can this possibly be repaired by cutting a portion out and just patching it with matching carpet? I know that the right people can make the seam pretty unnoticeable. Or, do you think they'll make us pay to replace the whole carpet?
Depends on the type of carpet that was installed. Some apts have a cheaper grade carpet in them and some times you just can t make a repair not show . Even a good seam job it may show because getting the exact same carpet you ll have a different dye lot and that sticks out worse than a bad seam. Even if you have a left over scrap pc the installed carpet can be dirty, ( even a cleaning won t get it back to the exact same) sun faded or even worn. This will all depend on the LL and what he/ she will accept.But be prepared to have to replace the carpet.If you have renters insurance , check into that. GL
The short answer is that yes, carpet can be patched, and if matching material is available it can be patched almost invisibly. The question is how long will you be in this apartment. If you are there for say... five years, your liability for the carpet will be very small as it will be about done anyway. If you moved in to brand-new carpet and are there for only about a year, it is quite reasonable for the LL to require you to replace the entire damaged area. From a property manager's perspective, we require fairly substantial pet-deposits for exactly this purpose - but because we have the deposit we are are fairly relaxed about this type of damage allowing the tenant a good deal of leeway in how they choose to deal with it. Most sorts of cosmetic damage would be addressed at any turn-over anyway. Odors, on the other hand, are an entirely different issue.
