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The original was posted on /r/denmark by /u/richtofein_kroeger on 2023-10-21 08:13:27+00:00.

We were living in a rental apartment in Kalundborg where the rent was 7000 DKK/mon for a 100m^2 apartment.

We lived there for 14 months. And took good care of the apartment.

Upon leaving the landlady pointed out that there’s a fine print clause mentioned in the contract

“Ved fraflytning star udlejers egen maler selv for maling og lakering af lejemalet, lejers regning som modregnes depositummet, hvis dette overstiger depositummet, bliver der udfaerdiget en efterregning.”

(Translation: When moving out, the landlord’s own painter is responsible for the painting and varnishing of the rental paint, at the lessee’s expense, which is offset against the deposit, if this exceeds the deposit, a subsequent calculation will be made.)

Based on this clause she deducted 13500 DKK. (we didn’t get an invoice for this … even though we asked multiple times)

Additionally she kept 2500 DKK as possible heating expense for rest of the year (since we left in Sept)

In total the deductions were 16000 DKK.

Our deposit was 21000 DKK :( (So we got 5000 DKK back)

Can’t help feeling taken advantage of in this situation.

Any suggestions for how we could pursue this matter?