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The landlord (who owned both units) sold up, and the new owners are the ones who want to replace the carpet. At the time the landlord sold, he owed 18 months in levies and the OC was more concerned about making sure those were recovered during the sale process than worrying about a bit of carpet that was 15 years old and up for replacement in a few years anyway.
The landlord was a bit of a slum-lord. The state of the apartments was truly dreadful when the new owners moved in. Even if the landlord had wanted to get the tenants to pay for their damage to the carpets, those negotiations probably would have got ugly given the condition of the apartments in which they were living. The new owners took on these awful apartments and have been doing a good job to rectify the issues caused by decades of neglect by the previous owner (the landlord).