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[waggo]

Im moving to a different hole after living in my current hole for two years....I wouldnt leave my apartment in a filthy state anyway , but am I required to clean it.?....Would I have money deducted from my security deposit if i didnt?
.....and does anybody know what kind of 'deductions' landlords typically take off before returning the deposit?

[kalkamagi]

based on the # of times i moved into dirty apartments here, i don't think you have to clean it. you do, however, have to remove all the stuff out of the apartment.

[rothkowitz]

You don't have to get it professionally cleaned,just a decent scrub.I moved into a absolute sty after an American hillbilly one time.

After you pack your stuff it might only take an hour if the place is in ok nick.

Clean house,clean mind when you leave.

[maeil]

Do the next tenant a favor and give at least a vaccuuming, and swish your bathroom down. Pull any hair out of the drain, etc. I just moved in this weekend and was quite literally wading through hair, cigarette butts, ash, and all sorts of other nasties. Moving is stressfull enough without having to deal with someone else's left-behind gunk.

[ella]

Clean the apartment before you leave, whether or not it's required.

[Beej]

In Korea you are not supposed to clean an apartment when you leave. You should leave it looking lived in. This is so evil spirits and ghosts dont think its vacant and take up residence there in between tenants.

[JongnoGuru]

[Crowzone]

Having just gone through the same situation, our school told us not to clean up because they were going to pay someone to clean up anyways.

Then they made us foot half the cleaning bill.

[ChopChaeJoe]

In my mind, moving out on an uncleaned apartment is uncool.

Granted, I've done it a couple times...

[jlb]

Clean: it's just the right thing to do. Not that I'd get down on my hands and knees and scrub under the stove and whatever...but clean enough so that whoever moves in isn't grossed out to live there.

[Homer]

[uberscheisse]

here's an idea -

think of the next person - the person who is going to think of you as a raging scumbag when they move in.

this douche who used to work at my school left an apt. with

4 giant bags full of garbage (not in the bags, but they were when the new dude was done with it)
dachshund poop
dachshund pee
and a rancid "i don't give a *beep*" smell.

the next teacher came upon the house on the day he was supposed to move in to see basement balloon douchebag playing on the computer, oblivious to 1. pee-pool 2. the fact he was supposed to be out of the apt.

don't be that guy.

[Qinella]

At the very least, pick up the drain in your shower and clean that thing out. The past two apartments I've been in here I've had to do that, and lemme tell you it is no fun cleaning someone else's hair and other funk out of a shower drain. Ech.

Might want to at least give the toilet a once over while you're at it.

[ella]

If you want to leave some "luck" behind in the apartment, after you've cleaned it, leave some cleaning supplies for the next tenant.

[Qinella]

Amen, sister.