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I moved out and have the unit professionally cleaned. The landlord told me that he has to charge a cleaning fee for pulling out appliances and cleaning the side and back. The appliances are like heavy stove and refrigerators that I never and cannot really move by myself. Is it legal for the landlord to charge this?
If you didn't leave the premises in a good, clean condition, likely as outlined in the lease agreement or other notice from the landlord, you can probably expect that they will charge you for another cleaning. In the future, what you should do is ask the landlord for their recommended cleaning company, so they will clean it the way the landlord wants it cleaned.
Fridges have wheels and stoves are usually on plastic feet. Both will come out without too much of a fight. They will, however, occasionally stick a little.
But, yes. The landlord can charge for the cleaning if he or she finds the unit not returned in a similarly cleaned condition as it was when rented.
If you didn't leave the premises in a good, clean condition, likely as outlined in the lease agreement or other notice from the landlord, you can probably expect that they will charge you for another cleaning. In the future, what you should do is ask the landlord for their recommended cleaning company, so they will clean it the way the landlord wants it cleaned.
We did ask and the landlord do not have a cleaning company recommended. Hence we used another company to clean the apartment that we have used before in other rental properties without any issue.
I DID leave the premise in a good, clean condition. I maintained the apartment in a good shape and ordered professional clean for things I might have not covered myself in daily cleaning. There was no notice and the lease states some general cleaning requirement without anything specifically mentioned that inaccessible walls behind appliances need to be cleaned.
I have never thought that these places (plus I do not even know how they could get dirty?) will need cleaning as well. The fridge has waterline behind it and gas range likely have gas line behind it as well. Are these considered a normal part of move-out cleaning? The professional cleaning company I worked with does have money back guarantee but I am afraid of sending this as the reason since even myself considered it ridiculous.
Fridges have wheels and stoves are usually on plastic feet. Both will come out without too much of a fight. They will, however, occasionally stick a little.
But, yes. The landlord can charge for the cleaning if he or she finds the unit not returned in a similarly cleaned condition as it was when rented.
If we take it to the court, are landlord required to proof the none-cleaned condition for cleaning behind appliances? I did have picture and receipt of the unit in cleaned condition but would not drag out fridge or oven to take pictures.
Who doesn’t clean under or around their appliances?!? Those things get nasty and require cleaning.
To answer your question: yes, they can charge you a cleaning fee if you failed to properly clean the unit. Pro or no pro, they didn’t clean your unit properly.
Guarantee even if you had moved the appliances, they still would have assessed some other kind of cleaning or repair fee. I can't move my appliances, either.
Yep, they sure will. Professional doesn't mean good. And many places even state in the leases that they will clean it professionally on your dime when you move out no matter the condition you left it in. You may be able to challenge this legally but is it worth it?
Yes, you can be charged for additional cleaning. You know that you didn't clean those areas and they had to be cleaned before the next tenant moved in. Because you never cleaned there, those areas must have been really nasty.
As for professional cleaners, I am running about 50/50. Half the house cleaners do a sufficient job and the other half, I must go in behind them and clean the dirt they didn't get. So, paying a professional cleaner might get your place clean, it might not.
I've only ever had one cleaner that automatically, without being asked, cleaned the wall switches, the top of the doorways, and the top of the kitchen cabnets. That was a $1,000 cleaning, not the economy "wipe a rag over it once and if that doesn't do the job, too bad."
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