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You sound as bad as each other, frankly. Two wrongs don't make a right and all that.I am already planning on leaving the flat in a worse state than it was given to me in as the landlord attitude was completely applaing
I too have rented a house which was left in an absolutely foul state (literally - food caked on oven and microwave, floor black with filth). We cleaned it up and got on with our lives. Suggest you do the same.0 -
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You do not have the legal right to have a professional clean and have the landlord pay. IF the place was unfit for habitation you should have refused to move in or move in and stayed in temporary accommodation or had Environmental Health inspect. If EH deemed it uninhabitable the landlord would have had to rehouse you for the same rent until he had cleaned the place or release you from the contract.
You also do not have the legal right to withhold your rent the last month, that would put you in breach of contract, risking being taken to court and a CCJ which wrecks your credit rating for six years. Your rent is separate from the cleaning or other issues and your rent is separate from the damage deposit, it is for the roof over your head which you have.
Please do not leave the flat is a worse state, that is childish tit for tat that probably hurts the next tenant not the landlord. It certainly won't get you a good reference. Please read the Old Style board to see how to clean a place effectively without numerous pricey cleaning products - a huge amount can be done with nothing more expensive than Star Drops or sugar soap, washing sofa, citric acid crystals. Most sprays are largely water and as such a complete waste of money.Declutterbug-in-progress.⭐️⭐️⭐️ ⭐️⭐️0 -
LOL I have always been a good tenant and always acted within the law. The landlord has just really really wound me up and like I said he has a bad attitude. I have been renting for seven years and this is the only set of problems that I have ever had.
disrearging the tit for tat things that I have said, I apprectiace the repsonse reagrding the legal issue0
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