<p>s just got charged about $40 from housing. I assume this is the damage charge. He has emailed housing to find out what it is exactly. We do not feel that they should have charged us anything as s did not do any damage in the room, he was very careful, and he documented all the previous damages. He also cleaned up the room before he left. </p>
<p>Just wondering if most people get charged anyway or he is one of the unlucky ones.</p>
<p>My daughter’s never had a damage charge, for what it’s worth…3 years in university housing so far.</p>
<p>I got charged $10 for scuffing the wall with my luggage on move-out day.</p>
<p>I cleaned or painted over everything else.</p>
<p>$10 for scuffing the wall? wow! How did you find out? Did they email you about it? </p>
<p>When my s got the room in New/North, it’s in pretty bad shape to start with. However, since s left before roommate did, can’t really be sure the condition of the room. s and roommate had an agreement that the roommate will do a final clean before leaving the room.</p>
<p>PBK mom – good for your daughter!</p>
<p>When I was leaving, I dragged my luggage without realizing it would make a 4 inch scuff mark. The rest of the room was spotless since I cleaned and painted over everything else so it had to be that.</p>
<p>My D & her 3 suitemates were charged $200 APIECE for a burn on the carpet that all say was NOT there when they checked out. She’s contesting. They also charged some additional charges for damage done to the building & pro-rated to all residents (under $5). For S, his 1st year, they did that as well for some damage done by someone on his floor & his 2nd year they were charged a hefty cleaning fee which neither he nor his roommates chose to fight.</p>
<p>Maybe everyone should take pictures (with dates) of the condition of the room before leaving from now on.</p>
<p>HImom, let us know how the contesting go.</p>
<p>Yea, S didn’t take pictures of his apartment again this year & I have no idea of how much they will claim he & his room mate damaged the place. He did take photos when they moved into the place but none when they moved out.</p>
<p>I can’t recall any of these problems when I had a dorm or apartment, back in the day. Wonder if this is a new way they’re all trying to extract more fees. My cousin’s D also said they had problems getting back all of their deposit when they had an apartment at USC & they were VERY neat.</p>