I see the beach house rental agreement say’s damage beyond normal wear and tear Could you explain what that means?
We take damage on a case by case situation. Accidents happen. A glass breaks, a kid spills a juice box. We know this because the same things have happened to us too. However, when we deduct money from your security deposit, it’s usually for a more serious accident where permanent damage has occurred. We then hire a handyman to repair the damage or replace that item and deduct that amount (with no mark up) from your security deposit. Here are some examples of when we’ve deducted money from a security deposit. Pulling out a towel rack and having to repair the drywall and repaint the wall, or replace the towel bar, replace 4 missing pool chairs, repair a chunk out of the fiberglass shower, replace the tupperware. In most of these cases the guests were charged $100 or less. There ARE times when we charge more. This is when guests blatantly disregard the rules of no smoking in the house, or bringing pets, or cramming 15 people in the house. In those cases we deduct the ENTIRE security depos
