Hi..
I am a tentant in bangalore for for the last 9 years in a house. The owner had painted the house when I moved in 9 years back and our agreement especially under the Painting clause states that "the lessee needs to paint or pay the amount for painting if he/she vacates within a year " . This is the exact statement from the agreement.
We never renewed the agreement in these 9 years as the agreement doesn't state a lock in period and 5% increase was made every year on rent. So we never really bothered to renew as we had a good cordial relationship for 9 years.
The kitchen and bathroom celing were getting into bad condition because of wall leakage due to rain. So we had repeatedly informed the owner to do the painting and repairing of the celing but she neber really took things seriously and always get delaying to next year and its been 9 years since she painted the house.
we bought a flat so decided to move out, gave notice 1 month in advance. She inspected the house on the day that we vacated the house too. But when we approached her for the deposit payment of Rs.1.20 lacs. She said she needs to get her contractor to evaluate the house for repairs / damages done.
When approached again she said the celing fault and painting charges would be 40k which she would deduct. She advice is this justice and legally right ? As per the rental act the owner needs to paint every 3 years right so how can one expect the house to remain in same condition for 9 years especially when the house 50 years old.
Can I get the house painted at the lesser price from my end or how do I have any legal action that I can take on this case against the owner
Please let me know how I can get this issue resolved and get my deposit back.
Thanks
