Have been renting a property for almost 15 months now at £1000 a month. Had paid a bond of £1100. Moved out last weekend, now landlord has said the property wasn't clean enough. We thought we had left is spotless, (cleaned the skirting boards, windows etc) we hadn't cleaned the doors and there was a little pencil on the wall. The house was not that clean when we first started to rent. He now wants to get in a professional cleaning team!!!, and bill us for it!
The most annoying thing is, I had done the handover of keys with his wife on Saturday, and tried to walk her around the house to show her, but she said no, she didn't need to do that!
Is this fair? Surely a rented accommodation should not warrant the tenants having to pay these fees?
2007-03-22 00:33:26 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Business & Finance ➔ Renting & Real Estate
You should have a move-in check list and that is what the move out should be based on.. There should be an expected amount of wear and tear on the unit. Did you take any pictures of the place after you cleaned out all of your things. It might be a little hard for you to prove that it was reasonable, but at the same the landlord didn't do a walkthrough with you and give you a chance to fix what they thought was wrong. You have several things in your favor if you want to make a case out of it. Maybe just the threat would cause him to give back the money.
2007-03-22 01:13:56 · answer #1 · answered by ttpawpaw 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That is the purpose of a security deposit. The only thing you can do now is tell the landlord that you want a copy of the receipt for the cleaning charges and then he has to pay you back the rest of the deposit.
Lesson learned on your part. Don't deal with anyone but the person that is making the decisions. You should have waited to do the walk through with the landlord and had him sign a paper stating what deficiencies were noted, if any, and then turn in the keys.
2007-03-22 07:47:44 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
never hand over your keys until you do a walk through both in and out of a place
make notes and make sure the landlord signs it
if you are moving out fix them if you can
now that you did not have a walk through when you moved in you have grounds to stand on
the best thing to do is call them up and tell them you want to meet them there and go through finding out what needs to be done up to their standards ( your lawyer said to) wink it will work
2007-03-22 08:25:11 · answer #3 · answered by elite_women_rule_the_rock 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋