3 Top Tips For Getting Your Home Rental Deposit Back

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3 Top Tips For Getting Your Home Rental Deposit Back

8 February 2018
 Categories: Home & Garden, Blog


Are you getting ready to move out of your current house or apartment rental and into a different home? Have you been worried about whether or not you'll be able to get your deposit back? Whether or not you can get your deposit back is something that can sometimes seem arbitrary. Although they're legally required to return your deposit, some landlords will use almost any excuse to avoid having to do this. In order to decrease the possible excuses and the likelihood of having to take the landlord to court to get your deposit back, here are some things that you may want to do before you hand the rental's keys back:

Replace stove drip pans: The drip pans are the bowl-shaped metal things that are beneath the burners on a stove. The average stove has two large drip pans and two small drip pans. Some people cover them with aluminum foil to protect them from grease and other food substances, but this isn't always perfect. Cleaning them may be possible, but the cheaper drip pans may rust easily due to not being made out of stainless steel. Since a "filthy stove" can be an excuse to not return your deposit, it's a good thing that replacement drip pans can be purchased for just a few dollars each from various stores.

Hire a carpet cleaner: If you've lived in your rental for more than a few months and have never had a residential carpet cleaning, chances are good that your carpet is actually dirty. This is something that you may not realize until you move your larger furniture and see the different shades side by side. You could rent a carpet cleaner yourself, but those tools don't have the same power as those owned by a residential carpet cleaning service. For the cleanest possible carpet, you need to hire a professional.

Wash the windows: When the utilities have been in your name, the landlord is probably going to be doing his or her walkthrough in the semi-darkness after the electricity gets transferred to your new home. Windows that are dirty or grimy, even if it's just water spots from the rain, can make the whole house, especially the carpets, look dirty and grimy. To get the most out of your residential carpet cleaning and all the other cleaning that you should be doing, make sure to clean the windows just before actually leaving. This will help to ensure that they are as clean as possible and let in as much light as possible while your landlord does the final walkthrough.

Contact a company like Bravo Cleaning & Restoration for more information and assistance.