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).
Hi OP–
I’ve generally had very good tenants who want to do the right thing. That said, it can be hard to leave a place spotless when you’re moving–even if they cleaned after packing, there will will still be more dust, etc, once all furniture is out.
I expect a place to be reasonably clean, but I’ve always had my cleaning person do a once-over prior to the next tenant.
todaysmaid.com
That’s who I used for my “after reno” cleaning.
All the info, including price, is on their website.
How do you clean your own space with the toddler around? You must have worked out a way to clean and care for the kid at same time. Just do the same in the rental space. Geeze, if this is the biggest worry you have with a tenant moving out, count yourself lucky.
Put your toddler in a play pen or baby gate them in an adjacent room, and do some cleaning. What’s the big deal?
OP:
My brother owns a building with about 20 units in it and for years i helped him manage the building. Generally when tenants moved out we inspected the unit for damage and if there was significant damage or a significant mess left we would deduct it from the deposit. (by significant mess i mean something that one would not ordinarily see, for example one tenant that left was an artist and there was paint all over the floor in the living room and bathroom, removing that was difficult and we deducted that cost from her deposit). Otherwise the deposit was returned fully and either i cleaned the unit myself or we hired someone else to do it. I found since i did a lot of the cleaning post a move that the overwhelming majority of tenants left a mess (nothing disgusting but a mess nonethe less). I would always go on the assumption that that is what they will leave and either plan to do the cleaning yourself or hire someone else to do it.
Well, if you missed my question I would repeat it:
“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).”
First of all, you are the OP.
Second, you think someone asking if you read the list is “hostility”???
Third, what is your point in all this? You asked if the tenant was responsible for cleaning, and then you said you read the lease which states that they are. So what’s your question????
OP:
I do not know if this is a reason to be embarrased but I had never hired help to clean my space. I always did it by myself. May be it is related to my upbringing…
That is why I would expect tenanants would do the same (clean by themselves) if lease require to leave the apartment clean. Or hire somebody if they can not do this by themselves.
but I had no idea how much it could cost. I would agree that $100 is not something that is worth fighting over. but I had no idea.
Whom do you normally use and can recomend?
Thank you.
I agree with the last anon. Remind them of the lease obligation. If they can’t get to it, hire someone $100-$150 should cover it.