3 Tips on How to Get Your Rental Deposit Back!

If your lease is ending soon, you may have anxiety wondering if you will be able to get your deposit back when you move. Not to worry! Clearwater Carpet Cleaning has great tips on how to prepare and clean your rental to help maximize the amount you get back when it comes time for your landlord to inspect it. We are the best carpet cleaning company at the Lake of the Ozarks, so we have seen many rentals in great - and not so great - condition. Read on to learn more!


Read Lease Thoroughly


One of the biggest mistakes that tenants make when trying to get their full deposit back is not thoroughly reading their lease. This is a legal document that you committed to when you moved in. There could be several clauses and instructions indicating what you need to do in order to receive the full deposit back. Most landlords will require you to hire a professional carpet cleaning company in the area to treat the carpets regardless of their condition. Keep this and any other specific instructions in mind as you move out and get ready for your inspection.

Make Small Repairs


There are a few small fixes that you can implement to help improve the appearance of the rental and help improve your chances of getting your deposit back. If you hung photos and art on the wall, it is a good idea to patch these holes with putty and matching paint so the walls look clean and fresh. Be careful, though, to match the paint exactly. Mis-matched paint spots will likely look much worse and be harder for your landlord to fix than nail holes.

Replace burnt-out lightbulbs and smoke detector batteries to help your landlord save on the costs of preparing the rental for the next tenant. While this may seem like a small, cheap fix that shouldn't make a difference, it could help. The less your landlord has to do to turn the rental around, the more likely they are to return the full deposit.


Clean!


A large part of the cost to turn a rental around for a new tenant is cleaning. There are a few key areas to focus on that can make the biggest difference.

Stove and Oven

This is an important spot to clean because baked and burnt-on food makes a bad first impression when your landlord walks through for the inspection. A shining stove and oven can help your landlord feel confident that they won't have to hire professional cleaners to prepare the rental for the next tenant.

Bathroom

This is another area that can give a really bad impression if it is not clean. Scrub the toilets, wash the showers and sinks, and sweep and mop the floors to make the room really shine! Your landlord will be impressed and grateful that they won't have to take on cleaning a dirty bathroom.

Carpet

When you remove your furniture from the rental, you will see why this is an important place to clean! The traffic ways will most likely be much darker and dirtier than the places under where your couch was placed. This can look really bad to an inspector. Also, most leases do require professional carpet cleaning before you move out. Trust the best in the business to give a clean, move-in ready impression to your landlord - call Clearwater Carpet at 573-348-1212!

Carpet Cleaning at the Lake of the Ozarks


As the best carpet cleaning company at the Lake of the Ozarks, Clearwater Carpet has your back. Our professional technicians, expert methods, and top of the line equipment will help get your rental back to its former glory and wow your landlord. Call today!

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