What can be charged to a tenant after moving out?

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When you rent a duplex for 3 1/2 years can I be charged for carpets that have been used before we moved in and new blinds?

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It depends. You are not responsible for regular wear-and-tear, but would be responsible if you caused any damage beyond that. (e.g. spilled iced tea on the carpets and it wouldn't clean up; a pet urinated on carpets, or something snagged on them and ripped them; ripped a blind; etc.) The issue is not the age of the carpets and blinds, but whether you specifically caused damage to them, or whether they simply suffered the normal wear-and-tear of people living in the space.

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