I recently spilled some glue on my carpet and in the process of getting it out I caused the carpet to stretch some and bubble up slightly. My question is whether or no the apartment complex will make me replace the whole carpet or just pay for it to be patched? It's a four person apartment in a college community where everyone is on separate leases and there is a visible seam between the living room and the hall way so i doubt I would have to replace the carpet for the whole apartment but maybe the living room. Can they charge full price for carpet if it is roughly 3-4 years old and had stains on it when I moved in? My lease states carpet repair costs between 100-200 dollars but they reserve the right to charge more. The deposit was waved when I signed the lease. I live in Kentucky if that make a difference.
their recovery is limited to the actual value, when you moved in, of the carpet that will be replaced, plus the actual cost of removing the old bit [which is pretty cheap]. thus, stained reduces the value they had, as well as age.
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It is very difficult to 'patch a carpet'. The labor involved costs as much as does replacing the entire room of carpet. In a 'college community', they will likely only charge for replacing the affected room. Whether or not you are charged full replacement costs depends on your state laws and your lease contract.
Unless the Land Lord saved a remnant of the original carpet when it was installed, the entire carpet will have to be replaced because the colors won't match. The die lots vary from carpet roll to carpet roll, even of the same colors. Only a remnant from the original carpet installation will match. If the Land Lord has remnants, the cost to repair will be a couple of hundred. If the land lord does not have remnants, the cost to replace will be several thousand. The good news is the carpet must be prorated for the previous wear and tear. Every state has a different expected life for a carpet. It can run from 5 yrs. to 10 yrs. depending upon your state. Take the value of replacing the carpet, divide it by expected life and deduct the number of years the old carpet was in use.
