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Special Conditions on Assured Shorthold Tenacy - Doubts on the legality of terms
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The smart way would be to state that £300 is payable at the end of the tenancy. Full stop.
That would leave out any argument.0 -
It sounds like a way dodgy landlords are propping up their pay now they can't just take random charges out of the deposit with no evidence. If the tenants leave the place in a worse state than they received it then go down the correct route and claim it from their deposit, with proof.0
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IMO, it would be reasonable to specify a standard to which the property ought to be cleaned (and hopefully that's no better than the state it was in at the start of the lease...).
What's the relevance of whether the person doing the cleaning was paid or not?
I think that's the line the deposit schemes take as well."Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance" - Confucius0 -
£300 whether the property needs to be cleaned or not? I can't see any way that can be justified.
I love the constant references on threads about rentals to 'professional clean' - !!!!!! does it mean? Just that someone charges to do it?
Professionally clean would mean shampooed. Domestically cleaned would mean vacuumed. I think you can state professionally clean as long as (a) it was in this condition at the start of the tenancy (b) there is proof of this, and (c) you don't dictate that it has to be done by a contractor (as you could get the same standard yourself if you hired equipment)."Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance" - Confucius0 -
jjlandlord wrote: »The smart way would be to state that £300 is payable at the end of the tenancy. Full stop.
That would leave out any argument.
Doesn't there need to be quid pro quo?"Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance" - Confucius0 -
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