r/mildlyinfuriating • u/Adept-Plantain-6767 • 1h ago

go to your room Are you serious?

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How is this fair ? Bay area.

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u/timmy7445 1h ago

Fuck this place

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u/Aquaman33 1h ago

Just having a deposit and move-in fee is bad enough. It's supposed to be one or the other

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u/Melkman68 1h ago

And app fee...

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u/SolomonGrumpy 1h ago

And a fee fee. And a fee for looking at all the fees

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u/pandershrek 1h ago

Did you look at our listing? That will be a looking fee.

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u/SolomonGrumpy 38m ago

Didn't apply to the apt listing? Thats a restocking fee.

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u/Viking603 37m ago

Did you read the listing? That's a reading fee equal to 300% of the looking fee.

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u/AHailofDrams 17m ago

"...then obviously there's the fefe fee"

"That's like a fee for the fee fee I'm assuming?"

"No that's cause if you call our customer service line, the hold music is from Canadian pop star Fefe Dobson"

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u/Altruistic-Toe-5990 29m ago

lucky there's no pet rent

actually there probably is

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u/Dear_Mycologist_1696 1h ago

But there is an on site gym, pool, and hot tub!

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u/Aquaman33 1h ago

Oh boy I can't wait to use the gym equipment I like once and then see it get broken and never fixed for the rest of my tenancy

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u/mightylordredbeard 51m ago

The move in fee is a non-refundable fee you pay for the privilege of moving in. The security deposit is supposed to be the thing you get back when you move out..but in this case it just seems to be a single months rent so I have a feeling they’ll find a way to not return that because the security deposit was just a months rent paid in advanced and they didn’t charge rent on x month so therefore the deposit covered that month.. or some shady BS.

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u/Aquaman33 48m ago

The move in fee is nonrefundable and less than an SD because of it, but serves the same purpose. It is there to pay for damages whenever the landlord gets a tenant that needs to use a bunch of money, sort of like insurance.

The SD is refundable because it only covers your tenancy, and as such is typically a month's rent.

Having both is not normal, shady, and deceptive.

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u/Altruistic-Toe-5990 27m ago

if you think they're not going to charge you for damages just because they got a move in fee...

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u/Aquaman33 24m ago

I don't know where you live but tenant law is generally very clear. They can sue you if it's egregious, but they cannot just charge you.

It all depends on your lease ofc, but generally a move in fee is in lieu of an SD.