Plakhov v. Serova

This is an appeal from a final judgment entered after a non-jury trial that awarded damages to a residential landlord for unpaid rent. We affirm.

Landlord Tatiana Serova entered into a one year residential lease of a condominium unit with tenant Vladimir Plakhov. The unit was the only real estate which the Landlord owned in Florida. The lease called for $2200 per month rent. At the inception of the lease in November 2008, the Tenant paid $6600 — $4400 for the first and last month’s rent and $2200 as a security deposit. The lease did not limit the type of damages to which the security deposit…