How can I avoid paying for new carpet in an apartment I did not trash?

How can I avoid paying for new carpet in an apartment I did not trash?

I signed a lease agreement on a 1 year apartment contract and I just recently signed the move-out forms. I did my walk-through with a manager of the apartment and she assured me that everything is fine. Now they are saying I had pets in the apartment and they are telling me I have to have the carpet replaced. The woman I spoke to on the phone told me that I had several written notices on my door – that I never received – telling me to vacate the pets but I never had pets living in the apartment. Now they want me to pay to have the carpets replaced because they said it was trashed and smelled horrible.

Asked on March 8, 2012 under Real Estate Law, Georgia

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