Landlords have no right to involve themselves with the means a tenant uses to leave a carpet in a.
Can landlords require tenants to have carpet professionally cleaned.
Deductions cannot include normal wear and tear essentially a landlord would have to sue a tenant as a separate matter if they did not pay for routine carpet cleaning required by the lease.
However there are landlords who actually charge the carpet cleaning fee and they mention that in the lease agreement.
As a tenant you do have rights but you also have obligations.
A tenant of longer duration may be able to attain the required state by renting a carpet cleaner.
Others on the other hand require the carpets to be cleaned by the tenants before they leave the rented property.
Any carpet cleaning charges they collect in advance must be treated as part of a security deposit which must be subject to a refund.
Landlords can deduct up to the full amount of the security deposit.
This would mean the tenant is required to get the carpets professionally cleaned before leaving the apartment.
Some landlords include carpet cleaning responsibility as part of the lease agreement.
However if the tenant fails to do so landlords can t deduct the standard cleaning from the deposit.
As such you should be able to give your rental a thorough clean after moving out and expect to get your bond back.
Your key obligation is to leave the property in a reasonably clean and tidy condition.
They will have to recoup the costs another.
In extreme cases landlords could even sue a former tenant in court to cover additional fees if the property was left in extremely damaged condition.