IAC Move-out tips?

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I've decided to move out of my IAC.



Regarding cleaning, do you think it's worth the efforts to clean or let IAC hire someone to clean it?

I have the feeling that no matter how clean it is, they are going to charge the cleaning fees anyway.



What's your suggestion?



Thanks!
 
When you signed your lease they gave you sheet that has a checklist of everything that must be cleaned upon move-out. I believe it's only a $100 charge to have them do it. (Too lazy to go find my paperwork to find out for sure.) I remember the list and it's long. I'd rather pay the $100 and call it a day. Good luck.
 
I'll clean it. Give me a bottle of Lagavulin, a 10,000 watt stereo, a George Thorogood album, an xbox with Grand Theft Auto, and a hammer. Should have the place spick and span in about 6 hours.
 
oh thanks for the tips...

I just found the lease and it does have a list of charges. It's around $100 as you mentioned.

That's good as I will skip the cleaning.
 
Let them clean it. Even if you miss something minor they will charge you for the full cleaning cost. Save yourself the grief and leave the place dirty for them.
 
Thanks for all the good advice.



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Thanks!
 
My co-worker was renting a 3-bedroom at Newport Bluffs. They had cleaners come and clean the place, but they were charged $120 for not polishing the chrome enough.



HOWEVER- she just got an invoice today that charged her $1900 for new carpeting and $300 for paint. They have no kids, she is a meticulous person at work- I imagine her house was the same.



Is that not ridiculous this charge? When she moved in the house, the carpeting was steam cleaned- it was old carpet. Also, when she was moving in, the IAC people were doing touch-ups with the paint- the place was not recently painted.



She is outraged and will have to fight this.



Has this happened to anyone? When I was in a corporate rental for 7 months, I was charged $50 for discoloring 4 towels- but I wasn't charged these outrageous charges.
 
I believe it is illegal for her to be charged for paint, all units are expected to need paint when a tenant vacates, unless the tenancy was brief. She could be charged for part of the painting if it involved patching holes created by her. Carpet is another thing. She could be charged a prorated cost for the carpet if damage was more than normal wear and tear but shouldn't be charged for new carpet unless the carpet was new when she moved in and it was completely destroyed. This doesn't sound right and doesn't sound like the experience of others here with IAC rentals.
 
She actually showed me the invoice- there were other things on it too. It was ridiculous. Her unit was never upgraded with the granite in the kitchen and baths- in fact she still had carpeting in the bathrooms at her townhouse/apt. I feel for her- it's definitely not something you expect on a rainy Monday morning to be looking at an invoice of over $2300. It's like IAC is trying to recoup its remodeling costs by socking her with these charges.
 
I had the same BS charges attempted to be levied on me in 2001 when I vacated a REIT owned apartment (not IAC).



I just wrote them a certified letter stating that my photos on leaving and the move-out report would show to a judge that there was only 3 years of normal wear and tear. If they wanted to persue the issue using a collection agency, I would sue them in small claims court. If I didn't hear back from them in two weeks, I would consider the matter closed and they could use my $350 (!) security deposit as they saw fit.



I never heard back from them.



Just use certified mail, and keep a record for a while.
 
[quote author="freedomCM" date=1229400998]I had the same BS charges attempted to be levied on me in 2001 when I vacated a REIT owned apartment (not IAC).



I just wrote them a certified letter stating that my photos on leaving and the move-out report would show to a judge that there was only 3 years of normal wear and tear. If they wanted to persue the issue using a collection agency, I would sue them in small claims court. If I didn't hear back from them in two weeks, I would consider the matter closed and they could use my $350 (!) security deposit as they saw fit.



I never heard back from them.



Just use certified mail, and keep a record for a while.</blockquote>


I think this is a great suggestion, especially the part about suing them in small claims court because otherwise, they would probably ruin your credit. You have to threaten counter charges against them.
 
We are moving out at the end of the month from an IAC place, the lease says that paint should last two years (this is actually part of the renters laws). If your tenancy causes them to repaint the whole place then they will charge you on a prorated basis (if you lived there one year and they have to repaint the entire place they will only charge you half. The cost seemed pretty reasonable for painting the entire place, about 200-300 if i remember correctly.



Carpet is supposed to last five years, if they have to replace it, they will charge you on a prorated basis as well. Im guessing though that a good steam cleaning will get the carpets in pretty decent shape for the next tenant. Ive never known anyone who got charged to replace the carpeting.
 
Yep, just fill them, and you are good to go. Don't clean a damn thing. Just let them do it. IAC will NEVER let you get away with doing it yourself, you will always be charged. Bren isn't Uncle Scrooge Duck for nothing.



I moved out of my IAC unit after 1 year. They charged me 150 to paint (300 /2 which is bs, the walls were perfect) for paint and 100 for half-cleaning....not too bad I guess. But, Archstone is tad bit better.
 
I moved out of an IAC unit in '97 that I lived in for two years and they didn't charge me a penny. The gal who did my walk through said it was the cleanest she had ever seen. I didn't have a lot of wear and tear because I was hardly home, but I cleaned the carpets and windows. I literally cleaned everything top to bottom and when I was done I realized that it would have been so much better to have just been charged the cleaning fee.



My last rental was from a private party and I cleaned it top to bottom as well and got my full deposit back, but I was so regretting that I had once again decided to clean it myself. There were a hundred other things that I could have been doing with that time and it was so exhausting.



When my husband moved out of his last apartment I offered to clean it because I wanted him to get his full deposit back. The manager told him not to bother because regardless they always charge a cleaning fee. It wasn't IAC, but I thought that was pretty unfair. Anyway, there's always a chance that you will get charged the cleaining fee so your efforts are worthless if they do. And, it's so much darned work to get it clean enough to not be charged the fee that it's not worth it, especially when you could be spending that time unpacking in the new place.
 
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there had to be like half as many IAC back then
 
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