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When I vacated my apartment, the final walk-through form with the property management company said "light cleaning needed." I signed the check-out sheet thinking it would be a $30-$50 deduction. Today, they returned a security deposit refund less than two weeks after I vacated. Out of a $300 security deposit, I got $200 returned today. The form that was returned along with the check just said "Cleaning.... -$100.00" No itemized accounting list of what was done.
Do landlords have to be more specific than that in their accounting? My state rental law says the LL needs to provide an "accounting" of subtractions made from the security deposit. "Cleaning... -$100.00" is a basic accounting (which meets the state requirement I guess, but it's not very detailed). I would've liked to have seen:
$12.50 for Dishwasher cleaning: 30 minutes at $15.00 per hour. Cleaning Supplies $5.00.
$11.50 for Blinds washing: 30 minutes at $15.00 per hour Cleaning supplies $4.00.
$33.00 for Floor washing and waxing:60 minutes at $15.00 per hour. Cleaning supplies $18.00
$34.00 for Cracked hangar dowel: Labor charge $15. Supply charge $19.00
$ 9.00 for Bathroom detailing: 15 minutes at $15.00 per hour. Supplies $4.00
$100.00 Total Deductions
Or, maybe they just charge basic rate of $100 for a "light cleaning" and $200 for a "medium cleaning," etc.??
Do most landlords give a detailed accounting if requested? Or, should I just let this go and move on?
When I vacated my apartment, the final walk-through form with the property management company said "light cleaning needed." I signed the check-out sheet thinking it would be a $30-$50 deduction. Today, they returned a security deposit refund less than two weeks after I vacated. Out of a $300 security deposit, I got $200 returned today. The form that was returned along with the check just said "Cleaning.... -$100.00" No itemized accounting list of what was done.
Do landlords have to be more specific than that in their accounting? My state rental law says the LL needs to provide an "accounting" of subtractions made from the security deposit. "Cleaning... -$100.00" is a basic accounting (which meets the state requirement I guess, but it's not very detailed). I would've liked to have seen:
$12.50 for Dishwasher cleaning: 30 minutes at $15.00 per hour. Cleaning Supplies $5.00.
$11.50 for Blinds washing: 30 minutes at $15.00 per hour Cleaning supplies $4.00.
$33.00 for Floor washing and waxing:60 minutes at $15.00 per hour. Cleaning supplies $18.00
$34.00 for Cracked hangar dowel: Labor charge $15. Supply charge $19.00
$ 9.00 for Bathroom detailing: 15 minutes at $15.00 per hour. Supplies $4.00
$100.00 Total Deductions
Or, maybe they just charge basic rate of $100 for a "light cleaning" and $200 for a "medium cleaning," etc.??
Do most landlords give a detailed accounting if requested? Or, should I just let this go and move on?
$25.10 for detailed accounting of supplies and itemized times for cleaning, $40 an hour for 1/2 hour. supplies, pencil, $.10, stopwatch, $5.00
Each state established the method and documentation required to support security deposit witholdings. Some states require nothing but a general statement of work and the amount if the deduction is below a certain amount. Read your state Landlord Tenant regulations to see what is required.
$100 seems reasonable. I would not itemize it to the degree you expect. If I had to ask the cleaning people to itemize every minute they do end cleaning whatever, first I would look like a kook and second it would cost me more cause I would get charged for that time they didn't doing the billing. The only time I had to keep some of the security deposit I just sent a copy of the receipt I got.
In most states just $100 for cleaning would do it. I give the number of hours of cleaning plus the amount deducted.
$100 worth of cleaning is not a lot of cleaning. Having cleaning done is expensive and you should not expect your landlord to be cleaning up after you for free.
Most of the professional house cleaners around here are getting close to $350 to clean a house, but only if it is not really filthy. It costs extra if the house is filthy.
If you thought it was only $50 and an easy and quick job, you could have done it yourself instead of leaving it for the landlord to pay to have it done.
When I vacated my apartment, the final walk-through form with the property management company said "light cleaning needed." I signed the check-out sheet thinking it would be a $30-$50 deduction. Today, they returned a security deposit refund less than two weeks after I vacated. Out of a $300 security deposit, I got $200 returned today. The form that was returned along with the check just said "Cleaning.... -$100.00" No itemized accounting list of what was done.
Do landlords have to be more specific than that in their accounting? My state rental law says the LL needs to provide an "accounting" of subtractions made from the security deposit. "Cleaning... -$100.00" is a basic accounting (which meets the state requirement I guess, but it's not very detailed). I would've liked to have seen:
$12.50 for Dishwasher cleaning: 30 minutes at $15.00 per hour. Cleaning Supplies $5.00.
$11.50 for Blinds washing: 30 minutes at $15.00 per hour Cleaning supplies $4.00.
$33.00 for Floor washing and waxing:60 minutes at $15.00 per hour. Cleaning supplies $18.00
$34.00 for Cracked hangar dowel: Labor charge $15. Supply charge $19.00
$ 9.00 for Bathroom detailing: 15 minutes at $15.00 per hour. Supplies $4.00
$100.00 Total Deductions
Or, maybe they just charge basic rate of $100 for a "light cleaning" and $200 for a "medium cleaning," etc.??
Do most landlords give a detailed accounting if requested? Or, should I just let this go and move on?
They probably are required to provide a receipt from the company who cleaned the unit.
K
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