[Rick Lee]

My current tenants are complaing a little more vocally now about the carpets needing replacing. I was thinking about doing it before they moved in, but then they said they wanted to get a Yorkshire puppy for their daughter and that sort of made me think there was no point in putting in new carpets for tenants with a new puppy. The carpets were kind of rough before they moved in, but professionally cleaned. Now they want to send me a pet deposit, but also want new carpets. We're only talking about 800 sq/ft worth of carpeted area and I'd probably use some cheapo berber, since it's a rental. But how else can/should I accomodate these tenants? I kind of feel new carpet would be wasted on them because of the dog. Should I refund half their deposit after one year since I would certainly replace the carpets after they move out in two years?