I recommend avoiding renting from My House if at a...

I recommend avoiding renting from My House if at all possible. They are notorious for taking almost all of your security deposit, and some reviews on the BBB website have even worse horror stories.

We followed the move out checklist as closely as possible, scrubbing the walls, baseboards, window sills, etc etc., the list is very long. Really got our elbows greasy. The $40/hour cleaning service fee in the lease is very high for a college budget, so we put in the work to make the place spotless. It was definitely cleaner than when we moved in. They only thing we left was a foosball table in the basement because we didn t have enough time to move it before the 12:00 pm move out deadline. (They will tell you this is a favor of a couple extra hours but it was noon on a Monday, so if you want to bother your friend with a truck after work instead of on the weekend you re SOL). They even asked us to move up our move out date so they could have 3 extra weeks to replace the carpets. Even with the house looking as clean as can be, they still managed to fit in $2000 dollars with of fees, leaving us with $500 our $2500 deposit. The fees included 30 hours of cleaning, 8 yards of trash, and various other nickels and dimes. When I showed the parents lawyer friend the detailed itemization of the charges his response was they re clearly ripping you off. But we ended up not pursing the legal option.

I also have some friends who rented from them with a similar story. Their situation was even worse because they got charged $300 on top of their entire security deposit being taken. AND when they moved in the whole basement smelled awful, like rabbits had been living in the carpet.

It seems to me like they are aware that they can take advantage of college students who are renting for the first time and don t know better. They probably roll their extra winnings straight into remodeling their houses. Don t rent from these amoral degenerates.