• usualsuspect191
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    6 months ago

    I could see it for wear and tear, and also to discourage subletting maybe? Makes no sense for children to count if it’s the second one

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      6 months ago

      If you want to discourage subletting, you put a clause in the lease that forbids subletting. Sure, an additional adult would generate some additional wear and tear, but certainly not $600/mo worth. Besides which, the wear and tear cost would come in the form of post-tenancy cleaning, carpet, paint - and none of those have a real difference in cost whether you have two or three adult tenants.

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        6 months ago

        It’s more than those things.

        It’s more cycles on the laundry machines. You cook more so the stove might wear out faster since things seem to break easier nowadays.

        Damage just happens as well in a tenancy, maybe you drop something big that damages the hardwood floors. The security deposit will cover that, but the more people, the more chance for more expensive damage, and you aren’t getting a bigger deposit.

        $600/m is still nuts though.