I’m packing up my place after a threeyear lease, and the move-out inspection checklist the corporate property management group sent over is just unhinged. They don't just want it clean, they want me to conjure up a brand-new apartment for them
Like, they are legitimately demanding that the inside of the oven extraction hood be completely free of any microscopic grease residue and that the sliding wardrobe tracks be polished to a mirror finish, it's an old rental unit, it was never gonna be so clean. Super greedy property groups isn't new but at this point what is their end game with this bs? Just to pocket your security deposit 100% of the time?
I could try an actual deep clean that covers most "reasonable" things or pay someone to help, I don't mind a cleaning person to come over. But some of the crazy stuff my landlord is inventing I don't think is doable without a big crew. Like scrubbing down the internal tracking mechanisms of a window frame, unless they want a full industrial restoration or something.
I assume the entire leasing market is more and more rigged against tenants. Maybe I just wipe down the main surfaces, leave it generally tidy, and just fight them in tribunal if they try to charge me some extortionate fee? idk