End of lease cleaning in Coffs Harbour, pets or no pets
Pets and carpets
A NSW tenancy agreement can't make you pay for a professional carpet clean unless the landlord agreed to a pet inside and the clean is reasonable for that pet. Check the additional terms of your agreement before you tick the add-on.
How the pet term reads
In the standard agreement (clause 57), the term applies if cleaning is required because the animal was kept inside. NSW Government's pets page words this more strictly, so read your own agreement closely.
Fumigation
It can only be a term if the landlord agreed to a mammal inside. It's pest control, so a licensed pest controller does it, and a cleaning business won't.
Without a pet clause
Your job is a home that's reasonably clean for how it started, with fair wear and tear allowed for. Bonds are held by NSW Fair Trading, and disputes go to NCAT.
Coffs rain
February is the wettest month, averaging 231.1 mm, and afternoon humidity that month sits at 69%. Carpets take longer to dry in wet weather, so talk to the business about timing if you add a steam clean.
Pet and carpet questions to put to Coffs Harbour bond cleaners
- Does my lease actually have a pet carpet clause, and what does it say?
- Will you give me an invoice I can show the agent?
- Is carpet steam cleaning an add-on, or part of the quote?
- How long will carpets take to dry at this time of year?
- Can you do the carpets last, once everything else is finished?
Leaving a Coffs Harbour unit or coast apartment
Resorts and coast apartments are a big part of the housing around here. If you're leaving a unit, the checks are the lift, the parking and the balcony door tracks. And if an ad around here says bond cleaning, that's this same job. For a long-term lease the NSW rules above apply, and a holiday stay is a different job: see the holiday rental clean page.
Coffs Harbour end of lease cleaning: pet term first
Find your pet term first. If it's there and the carpet needs cleaning because the animal was inside, book the carpets with the rest of the job and keep the invoice. If it isn't there, you don't have to book them at all, so leave that box unticked unless the carpets really need it.