tenants moving, who does the cleaning?
Our current tenants are moving out soon. Previous tenants left this apartment spotless (it was completely renovated with new appliencies when they moved in ). Tenants who are leaving now had a shirt term lease. Apartment was refreshed before they moved in. We painted and put new hardwood floors. I would expect that they will…
Our current tenants are moving out soon. Previous tenants left this apartment spotless (it was completely renovated with new appliencies when they moved in ).
Tenants who are leaving now had a shirt term lease. Apartment was refreshed before they moved in. We painted and put new hardwood floors.
I would expect that they will leave this apartment in the same condition that they moved in. But I know that they are leaving for Europe and considering how busy they will be on the last day plus small kids I am afraid a little that they will not have time to clean and could leave me with scrubbing two bathrooms, kitchen, doors etc.
Is it normal to give them name and phone of the cleaning person whom they could hire to return our apartment to the original condition?
Also, I would like to ask you whom you could recommend and how much it could cost to clean 2 bathrooms, kitchen, polish floors, wipe all closets, clean glass and fingerprints on all interior doors (doors and trims were repainted right before our present tenants).
‘Normal Wear & Tear” includes dirty ovens and the rest. Get over it. Your cheapness is starting to annoy me.
Roll up them ol’ sleeves, put on gloves and kneepads and clean that sucker YOURSELF.
Unbelievable.
The legal responsibility of tenants is to leave it broom clean. It is up to the landlord to clean it. A cleaner service will charge about $25/hour.
I want to add a final note.
Our tenants moved today and left the apartment sparklin clean.
Now, if we could find such a tidy and nice tenants again.
OP: I don’t view any of the responses to your original posting as hostile. You created confusion by leaving out of your original posting the most important fact: the lease term dealing with move-out condition. And I think commenters are simply surprised that a landlord would expect a tenant to scrub bathtubs, etc. upon leaving. I have never heard of such an expectation but if you have such a term in the lease, simply remind the tenants of it. the bottom line, however, is that the cost to clean the place is negligable.
Tinarina’s comment is right on the money. In a perfect world, tenants would leave a place exactly as they found it. But in the real world, expect to go in and clean after them. That said, it doesn’t hurt to politely remind them of the terms of the lease. Good luck but don’t sweat it too much. Better to end up paying a cleaner and have your NEW tenants start out happy — and thus more likely to take care of the place.
the lease you have is a fairly standard one. I am familiar witht the full text and yes, you are responsible for the kind of cleaning you have outlned.
to the OP (original poster) — I’m a landlord with (luckily!) excellent tenants and not a single one has EVER cleaned their apt to the extent you expect upon moving out. I personally have not done that, and I’m a neat freak. Dirty bathtubs and stoves are indeed “normal wear and tear” … cracked tiles, perm. stained toliets & bathtubs, and broken appliances would be beyond the terms of the lease language you quoted above. My philosophy as a landlord is pick your battles. If you wanted to deduct $100 for a cleaning fee from the security deposit you would prob get away with it, but even that is excessive in my opinion. Just write the cost off your taxes and get on with life!
OP: the people who posted today were nasty. You are right to ask the question, they are wrong to be jerks.
tinarina, can I ask you if you could recomend your cleaning person and give his/her contact information? thank you very much.