Dirty carpet in new rental property

[Carnmore]

Is it the landlords responsibility to clean a carpet for a new tenant?

The rental agreement is in place but the tenant hasn't moved in yet and they didn't initially notice the carpet was dirty.

[Mandalore]

They could ask, explaining they they would have mentioned it, if they had noticed.

Or, accept they missed it and pay the relatively small hire cost to clean it themselves.

[Hashtaggggg]

Carnmore said:

Is it the landlords responsibility to clean a carpet for a new tenant?

The rental agreement is in place but the tenant hasn't moved in yet and they didn't initially notice the carpet was dirty.

Your post suggests you are the landlord, and also accept that the carpet is dirty.

Get it cleaned for them and show some respect for your tenant. You never know it may stop them trashing the place as it was filthy from the start

[sawman]

Hashtaggggg said:

Carnmore said:

Is it the landlords responsibility to clean a carpet for a new tenant?

The rental agreement is in place but the tenant hasn't moved in yet and they didn't initially notice the carpet was dirty.

Your post suggests you are the landlord, and also accept that the carpet is dirty.

Get it cleaned for them and show some respect for your tenant. You never know it may stop them trashing the place as it was filthy from the start

This^^^

[dazwalsh]

Technically they accept the property in the condition described on the inventory that they signed for, which should always be done with tenant present to avoid any conflicting ideas abot what is dirty and what isnt.

However the carpets should be cleaned prior to moving them in, because no doubt the exiting tenants had to have a deposit deduction for them anyways.

[romeogolf]

Carnmore said:

Is it the landlords responsibility to clean a carpet for a new tenant?

The rental agreement is in place but the tenant hasn't moved in yet and they didn't initially notice the carpet was dirty.

No, it's not, but the tenant must only leave the property in the same condition in which they found it. A prospective tenant is most likely to have viewed the property with the previous tenant still living there, so would not have noticed the carpet or would have assumed there may be some decoration/cleaning/refurbishment to take place before they moved in.

If you are the landlord: Clean the carpets or risk a tenant who has an equally low level of respect for the property. If the previous tenant was the cause of the dirt, deduct the appropriate cost from their deposit.
If you are the tenant: Make a note of the state of the carpets, take several photos, clean them yourself if they bother you.
If you are the agent: Advise the landlord that the carpets need cleaning based on point (A) above.

[Wings]

As a LL, I always have the carpets professionally cleaned, prior to a tenant taking up tenancy. I then attach a copy of the invoice for the carpet cleaning, to the tenant's copy of the opening inventory. Without doing the same, at the end of the tenancy, it would be unreasonable for a LL to expect the tenant to have the carpets professionally cleaned, and in the absent of the same, deducting monies for the same from the tenant's deposit.