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.

Face it, no one likes to clean.  It is something that has to be done but it is not something that I think anyone actually likes to do.  However – it something that needs to be done, especially when you are leaving your rental property to move into a new one.

If you are one of the many people that have left a security deposit, I think that you would want that back right?  Well, leaving your home just as you found it – spic and span is a fantastic way to ensure that you will not only please your landlords, but you will also be able to get your money back! 

Just a quick cleaning and then painting if you painted anything while you were in the apartment is something that should be done.

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