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Tips for Keeping You Apartment Clean

In regards to the last post, keeping your rental space clean in general is always a good idea, but it is indeed especially beneficial when you are going to be moving out. There are several reasons for this, in addition to being about to get back your security deposit.

If you leave your apartment in better shape than it was when you moved in, you greatly increase your chances of getting good references and recommendations from the landlord, which can be of enormous help when you rent your next space.

As well, sometimes you need to “kill them with kindness,” as it were. I am in a position right now where, having just moved in, the landlord and I have not exactly hit it off yet. He is something of a control freak and seems inclined to look down on and condescend to my fiance and I because we are young women. The apartment was a veritable mess when we moved in, and while in such cases, you sometimes want to be spiteful and leave it in the same condition, I am already planning to make sure it is sparkling, just so I can get in one last jab.

Tags: apartments, cleaning, Renting