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Landlord charging for a deep clean

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Mamma182838 · 18/10/2025 08:52

We moved out of rental. DH cleaned the house after we left and generally he does a good job but he missed a handful of specific things that were picked up in the check.

Landlord wants to charge for a full deep clean. Is that fair? How do we dispute it? Do we approach a cleaning agency and say x, y, z needs to be cleaned, how much would this. be, and go back to the landlord with the quote, or cleaners not work this way?

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FanofLeaves · 18/10/2025 09:00

I think paying for a deep clean is quite normal at the end of a rental contract, isn’t it? It’s supposed to match how it was when you moved in terms of cleanliness. If you’re doing it yourself it has to be up to standard, with pictures to prove it.

It’s pretty obvious from your post that it wasn’t a deep clean.

When we moved out of a flat, we had paid for a deep clean, thinking it was better than us trying to do a professional job, but they were crap. We had the cost of another clean taken out of our deposit (we managed to dispute everything else he wanted, but not that!)

SocksAndTheCity · 18/10/2025 08:58

If you didn't do a full end of tenancy deep clean before you left (and that much is pretty obvious from your post), then it's entirely fair.

I paid rent on two flats for three weeks when I moved and allowing time to go in and do a full deep clean once everything was gone was part of the reason why. I also had to do one in my new flat because it was fucking minging and nobody had bothered, so that was nice Hmm.

Jeregrettetous · 18/10/2025 08:56

Most tenancy agreements require houses to be cleaned to a professional standard between tenants. If stuff got picked up, then the landlord will arrange to have a professional clean done and it will come out of your deposit.

Sounds like you agree some stuff was missed so I don’t know how you’ll dispute it. Cleaners won’t come in and do bits and pieces, they’ll do the whole lot.

Katemax82 · 18/10/2025 08:56

Check your tenancy agreement. Mine states that a professional clean is to be done upon check out

Enrichetta · 18/10/2025 08:56

Ask DPS or whichever agency holds your deposit.

And get a couple of quotes for end of tenancy cleaning

Rogerthat14 · 18/10/2025 08:54

generally he does a good job but he missed a handful of specific things that were picked up in the check.

I suspect you are underplaying how much he “missed”. By a long shot

FlamingoFloss · 18/10/2025 08:53

What were the things that got missed and the landlord has raised?

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