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Recently, Ms. Chen from Shenzhen exposed her experience of "damage assessment by lantern" during the check-out process on the Internet, which sparked heated discussion.

Ms. Chen said that she rented a house from the landlord in August 2023, with a monthly rent of 9,000 yuan and a deposit of 18,000 yuan. The two parties agreed that the lease term was one year. In May this year, she told the landlord in advance that she would not renew the lease. Unexpectedly, when she checked out on August 20, she encountered a "lantern damage assessment" and her deposit of 18,000 yuan was deducted.

On August 22, Ms. Chen told reporters that just as she was preparing to submit documents to resolve the matter through litigation, the Qingshuihe Subdistrict Office, where the house is located, informed her that the landlord was willing to return the deposit, "The Subdistrict Office has been mediating, and I received the refund this afternoon." Ms. Chen also expressed her gratitude to the Qingshuihe Subdistrict Office and the police station on her personal social account.

Previously, according to Ms. Chen, when she checked out, the landlord called in a professional house inspector with a flashlight to check the house bit by bit. He marked out seventy or eighty problems, including paint contamination on the walls, scratches on the socket panels, water accumulation on the dry floor, etc., and also gave her a house inspection report.

Ms. Chen said that she did not agree with the problems listed in the report, because many things were caused by natural wear and tear or natural consumption. There were also so-called "problems" such as water accumulation on the dry floor, foreign objects in the floor drain, etc., which she could not understand and felt were "finding fault."

Afterwards, the Zonglan News reporter contacted the community where the house in question was located. The staff said that they had learned about the matter from the property management office and suggested that Ms. Chen resolve the issue through legal means if the landlord refused to mediate.

According to the Shanghai Radio and Television Station's Kankan News, generally speaking, before renting a house, both parties will agree on specific matters. If the tenant causes damage to the rented house during the rental process, the landlord has the right to claim compensation according to the law or contract. However, the normal wear and tear and depreciation of the house are costs that the landlord needs to bear and cannot be passed on to the tenant, let alone become an excuse for extortion.

Source: Jiupai News, KNEWS, Yangcheng Evening News