Cleaning comapnies?

[Nikki]

I recently managed to find a property which I am going to rent from a private landlord, but the property itself was left in a disgusting state by the previous tenants. To be honest, I really do not know how people actually live in these conditions, especially as they had two young children. Before I can move in, it is going to require a lot of work to make it respectable enough to live in, as in its current condition, you wouldn't keep animals in there!

My question is this.... Do landlords usually pay for a company to come and clean the properties which are left in this condition or do they do it themselves?

The reason I am asking is, I have a very strong background in industrial and domestic cleaning and I am seriously considering looking into the possibility of setting up a business which specializes in restoring houses left in this condition. My past employment has seen me work in this type of area before and I used to enjoy seeing the end result, even though it was hard work to do.

I am just seeking opinions as to how often landlords find property left in poor conditions and what their usual course of action is regarding doing the work themselves or whether they pay for some one to do the work for them.

If I find that the potential is there for a business, then I am going to set up soon and start offering a full service restoring property from top to bottom, including tidying gardens if needed.

Any advice would be great.

Thanks

Nikki

[propertyfag]

Hey Nikki,

It's typically the landlord's responsbility to present a clean property to new tenants! However, tenants are expected to vacate the property in the same condition as it was given to them in. So if a landlord provides a clean property, tenants are expected to leave the property in exactly that way! Although, tenants are allowed to leave behind natural wear and tear, which is unavoidable.

If the property is left by the tenant in such a way that it's completely different to how it was given to them, the landlord can legally use the tenant's deposit to bring it back to the standard it was initially at.

I hope that helps!