Kaylee Atwood owns real property located at 264 Furnace Street in Pultney, Vermont. The parties
executed a written lease agreement on December 1, 2023. The lease expired on March 1, 2024.' Pursuant
to the lease, defendants were required to pay the plaintiff rent in the amount of $1,050 per month, due on
the first of the month. The lease indicated that if rent was not paid within five days of the due date, a late
fee of $250 would be imposed. The lease allows for this late fee to be applied for every day rent is late or
the occurrence that rent was late. Both options are checked on the lease. Defendants provided the
plaintiff a security deposit of $1,050. The lease prohibited defendant from having any pets on the
property.
Defendants resided at the property from December 2023 through June 2024. Although the lease
was signed on December 1, 2023, the defendants did not move into the property until December 15, 2023.
The defendants vacated the property on June 15, 2024. Defendants paid $2,100 on December 15, 2023,
which included the first month's rent and the security deposit. Ex. B-1. Defendants paid $1,050 on
January 15, 2024 for the second month's rent. Id. Defendants paid $1,575 on February 7, 2024 for two
months rent. Ex. B. The plaintiff provided $1,350 in rent credit during the tenancy. This was for work
performed by Mr. Hill and $300 in expenses incurred by the defendants to remove trash from the
property. The total amount of rent paid by the defendants in money and credit was $5,025. In addition,
the defendants gave the plainuff $1,050 as a security deposit. The total amount of rent defendants owed
from December 2023 to June 2024 was $7,350.