Before vacating, be sure to complete the below steps:
- Thoroughly vacuum the floors
- Carpet needs to be professionally cleaned and provide receipt of professional cleaning to the property management company
- Clean the walls, kitchen cabinets, stove and oven, refrigerator (which should be emptied of food, turned off, with the door left open), kitchen and bathroom sink, bathtubs, showers, toilets, plumbing fixtures, etc.
You have the right to request an initial move-out inspection, at which time management will inspect your rental and, to the extent possible, identify damage, excessive wear and tear, and unacceptable uncleanliness that will have to be remedied in order to avoid deductions from your security deposit. You have the right to be present at that inspection if you choose, and we encourage you to do so. Problems that occur between the inspection and when you move out, or that were missed due to the presence of your possessions, can still form the basis of a deduction from your deposit.
If we need to deduct from your security deposit to cover needed repairs or to clean the rental unit, and if the total deduction (for labor and materials) is more than $125.00, we will give you copies of receipts and invoices for all work done and items purchased. If management or its employees do any of the work, we will bill you at a reasonable rate for that work. These invoices and bills will be included with an itemization of deductions and return of the balance, if any, of your security deposit, which you will receive within three weeks after you move out. (If management does not have these items in its possession when it itemizes and returns any balance, either because the work is yet to be completed or the invoices have not been received, we will include an estimate of the deductions, with the repairperson’s name, address, and phone number, and send the actual bills to you within 14 days of receiving them). You may waive your right to receive invoices (we will give you a form for this), and you may also rescind that waiver (and ask for invoices) if you do so within 14 days of receiving the itemization.
Please provide a forwarding address where we may mail your security deposit less any past due rent and minus any lawful deductions for the cost of necessary cleaning and repairs of damage in excess of ordinary wear and tear (with receipts and invoices for such deductions).
If you have any questions, please contact us!
