Revenge of the Tenant

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  • Author Alfred Halfnight
  • Published September 3, 2010
  • Word count 394

Dealing with landlords, lettings agents and property managers can be a loathsome experience, costing money, money and more money. Even the slightest damage or a tenant’s failure to clean their property up to the highest standard can mean losing their bond. The property letting and management business thrives off of such little slipups, and the financial penalties conferred on tenants are often far in excess of what maintenance or repairs are really worth. Fortunately, for end of tenancy cleaning London companies are fighting the good fight, helping tenants get their revenge. Revenge in this case tends to mean getting back the money that is rightfully yours, rather than more antiquated definitions of bloodlust and multiple homicides, but the sentiment is the same and the results translate directly into savings.

Get Your Bond Back! An increasing number of London end of tenancy cleaners are offering guaranteed "get your bond back" cleaning services. For a set price, professionals clean your property top to bottom according to an estate agents or property management company checklist. This means that instead of cleaning your property by yourself and losing your bond when you fail to dust the cobwebs from under the stairs, you can have the professionals take care of the job for a nominal fee. Professional attention tends to cost far less than the bond paid at the beginning of your tenancy, and comes without the hassle of having to clean the place up yourself.

Perhaps more importantly, some end of tenancy cleaning London companies assume direct responsibility for dealing with your estate or management agency. If you’ve had the place subjected to a guaranteed "get your bond back" professional cleaning and your stingy managing agent is still intent on keeping your bond to keep the agency in the black, your cleaning company can step in on your behalf. Most will communicate directly with your managing agents to organize any necessary re-cleanings or touch ups of the property to ensure that you receive your deposit. So tenants don’t lose heart. There are as many cleaning companies as there are options and the days when your big, bad landlord could push you around and take your money without considering your feelings are over. Call around, get the guarantees you need, the cleaning you want, and the money you gave away that you deserve to have back!

After years working in the cleaning business Alfred Halfnight is an end of tenancy cleaning London expert. He now works as a London-based freelance journalist, and has a mission to make you a better, cleaner, happier human being. Check out his other articles for everything you need to know about house cleaning.

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