Renting a place - end of contract clean

[$nake eye$]

My contract runs out later this month, and we have been told cleaners will come in at £7 per hour.

Should i look to get a cleaner myself (as the letting agency will allow this) or could i clean the place to a satisfactory standard? Are we talking shampoo the carpets etc?

[RossMac]

You want to come and live in Switzerland. An end of contract clean costs about 3000CHF (£1500). Perhaps the reason why people don't move much

[Technonotice]

clean the place to the best standard you can and get the agent/landlord to inspect it before they send in the cleaners, could save you a bit of dosh.

Edited by Technonotice on Saturday 2nd August 15:41

[paoloh]

[quote=$nake eye$]My contract runs out later this month, and we have been told cleaners will come in at £7 per hour.

Should i look to get a cleaner myself (as the letting agency will allow this) or could i clean the place to a satisfactory standard? Are we talking shampoo the carpets etc?
[/quote]

£7 an hour, bite their hands off!
That is bloody cheap.

[Marcellus]

Pay the £7 then at least your deposit will be safely returned (unless you've done something else)

[TheCarpetCleaner]

Carpets usually have to be profesionally cleaned at the end of tenancy - check to see if you are allowed to use a home carpet cleaner - otherwise get one in.

[marshalla]

And if you bring in your own cleaner, make damn sure that they do the cooker hood properly. Ours didn't so we got stung with a bill for that.

[Chilli]

Would you spend hours cleaning a house for £7 an hour?

[The Ben]

ha I wouldnt bother...

When I move dout of my house a few years back, We asked the letting agency which cleaners they used if they find an unclean house. They told us, we hired them, cost us £140 for half a days work.

We didnt get our deposit back as they said the house was a dirty and they needed to get the cleaners in!!!


Theiving bds....

That was Student digz in Swansea....

Bit of Name and Shame!!!

[TheCarpetCleaner]

It is the classic landlord scam to go after cleaning.

We have had to attend on a couple of occasions where the landord had claimed the tenant had not had the carpets cleaned (Despite our invoice), and it is amazing how quickly they back down when faced with the contractor who did the work.

Remember to stand your ground - if the house is clean, don't let the scum have you for it.

[chr15b]

I have perfect out the place was a st tip when we moved in - the cantract says "same state" and there is no way we could get it that bad..

have had "fun" with this clause before though, one contract stated - if pets then landlord can ask for caprets to be profesionally cleaned "if dirty" - she took that to mean they must be cleaned - just let them do it as i couldnt be bothered arguing

[eldar]

TheCarpetCleaner said:

Carpets usually have to be profesionally cleaned at the end of tenancy - check to see if you are allowed to use a home carpet cleaner - otherwise get one in.

Do they? Only if they were 'professionally cleaned' before you moved in, and they aren't more soiled than normal use.

Leave the house as you found it (few pics are helpful), no problem. The landlord includes fair wear and tear in the rent(or should do), and claims a tax allowance for it.

I guess your id wouldn't indicate a vested interest here

[The Tea Boy]

eldar said:

TheCarpetCleaner said:

Carpets usually have to be profesionally cleaned at the end of tenancy - check to see if you are allowed to use a home carpet cleaner - otherwise get one in.

Do they? Only if they were 'professionally cleaned' before you moved in, and they aren't more soiled than normal use.

Leave the house as you found it (few pics are helpful), no problem. The landlord includes fair wear and tear in the rent(or should do), and claims a tax allowance for it.

Good advice Eldar, as an agent we provide the tenant with an inventory and also a statement of condition along with a DVD of all the rooms etc before they move in this way there can be no foul play by us and or the tenant.

To the O/P £7ph is bloody awsome, our cleaners bill us at £300 per day and thats bussiness rates to the public they charge £400per day, but then again they are the best cleaners ive ever had in the industry.

Matt

[TheCarpetCleaner]

eldar said:

TheCarpetCleaner said:

Carpets usually have to be profesionally cleaned at the end of tenancy - check to see if you are allowed to use a home carpet cleaner - otherwise get one in.

Do they? Only if they were 'professionally cleaned' before you moved in, and they aren't more soiled than normal use.

Leave the house as you found it (few pics are helpful), no problem. The landlord includes fair wear and tear in the rent(or should do), and claims a tax allowance for it.

I guess your id wouldn't indicate a vested interest here

I have no idea where the OP lives, and have no interest in pushing my business on them - just offering my experience in the issue. My tenancy agreement says that my carpets must be professionally cleaned, as does a friends that we were looking at the other day.

The tenant would have to prove that the carpets were not professionally cleaned when he moved in to dispute this, which is harder than just getting it done in the first place.

Mine were a st state when I moved in, so I came to an agreement with the landlord, and professionally cleaned them myself.

[CLK-GTR]

Just do it yourself, i always have done. I've always wondered why estate agents obsess over professional cleaners. what's professional about picking up some oven cleaner and a few rags? Doing it myself has got the place cleaner than any of these so called professionals have ever managed.

[TheCarpetCleaner]

CLK-GTR said:

Just do it yourself, i always have done. I've always wondered why estate agents obsess over professional cleaners. what's professional about picking up some oven cleaner and a few rags? Doing it myself has got the place cleaner than any of these so called professionals have ever managed.

I could partially agree with you on carpets, however have you seen what a proper oven cleaner can do?

They literally rip apart the oven and clean it from the inside out - they have heated dip tanks in the vans, and chemicals which are extremely powerful that consumers cannot get hold of. A good one does a fantastic job that a consumer could not hope to even get close to with a few rags and some oven cleaner.

A lot of landlords / agencies ask for proof of receipt for oven and carpet cleaning, so if you do go for it yourself - make sure you have a mate that can provide one...

[CLK-GTR]

TheCarpetCleaner said:

CLK-GTR said:

Just do it yourself, i always have done. I've always wondered why estate agents obsess over professional cleaners. what's professional about picking up some oven cleaner and a few rags? Doing it myself has got the place cleaner than any of these so called professionals have ever managed.

I could partially agree with you on carpets, however have you seen what a proper oven cleaner can do?

They literally rip apart the oven and clean it from the inside out - they have heated dip tanks in the vans, and chemicals which are extremely powerful that consumers cannot get hold of. A good one does a fantastic job that a consumer could not hope to even get close to with a few rags and some oven cleaner.

A lot of landlords / agencies ask for proof of receipt for oven and carpet cleaning, so if you do go for it yourself - make sure you have a mate that can provide one...

Based on my experience in London landlords will never pay for that degree though. The ones i've had sent round when i've moved in to various places came equipped with no more than an Eastern European girl, a couple of bottles of cleaning liquids and a bag full of rags. God only knows how much they charged but i could have done a better job myself. If you want it done with a fine tooth comb then fair play get proper guys in, but like i say i dont understand why landlords and estate agents are so obsessed with the title 'professional cleaners' when most of them do nothing the tenants cant do.

[SJobson]

Either do it yourself to a proper standard, or don't bother and accept that something will come out of your deposit, then fight how much. The number of times I've cleaned until I'm sore, then still had to argue afterwards, leads me to think you're better off just paying.

[TheCarpetCleaner]

CLK-GTR said:

TheCarpetCleaner said:

CLK-GTR said:

Just do it yourself, i always have done. I've always wondered why estate agents obsess over professional cleaners. what's professional about picking up some oven cleaner and a few rags? Doing it myself has got the place cleaner than any of these so called professionals have ever managed.

I could partially agree with you on carpets, however have you seen what a proper oven cleaner can do?

They literally rip apart the oven and clean it from the inside out - they have heated dip tanks in the vans, and chemicals which are extremely powerful that consumers cannot get hold of. A good one does a fantastic job that a consumer could not hope to even get close to with a few rags and some oven cleaner.

A lot of landlords / agencies ask for proof of receipt for oven and carpet cleaning, so if you do go for it yourself - make sure you have a mate that can provide one...

Based on my experience in London landlords will never pay for that degree though. The ones i've had sent round when i've moved in to various places came equipped with no more than an Eastern European girl, a couple of bottles of cleaning liquids and a bag full of rags. God only knows how much they charged but i could have done a better job myself. If you want it done with a fine tooth comb then fair play get proper guys in, but like i say i dont understand why landlords and estate agents are so obsessed with the title 'professional cleaners' when most of them do nothing the tenants cant do.

Because its a good ripoff tactic for the landlord - if the tenant does not get it done professionally, and have receipts to prove it, the landlord will charge them 4x the professional rate, then get his mate in there to do it for a few pints. They win both ways.

I usually advise people who have it in their lease to ask for the receipts for the previous professional clean, and to check up that the company that did it is legitimate. Quite a few ripoff landlords get caught out by this...