That way, if there are any damages, you can take a picture with the newspaper and “prove” that the damage was there when you moved in.

    • Echo Dot@feddit.uk
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      1 year ago

      Well you couldn’t have cleaned them otherwise you would have risked damaging the aesthetic.

      • lasagna@programming.devEnglish
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        1 year ago

        Spiders work fast. They rebuild webs in a matter of hours. It’s not a realistic demand.

        Though at the time the amount they wanted was not worth the grief so I just moved on. But minor deposit frauds are extremely common and almost always unpunished. Landlords have essentially nothing to lose by trying it, certainly not morals.