End-of-Lease Cleaning
Tenants will forgo their bond unless they leave the rental property nice and clean for the next tenant. Bond money is the equivalent of a full month's rent so it is worth cleaning for. Most of the cleaning work can be done by the tenant but sometimes renting a low-powered steam cleaner or dry chemical cleaning machine can be just a waste of money.
It is worthwhile hiring a professional with the proper equipment. What would take you a day would take the professional just few hours and the professional will produce a far better job.
The following pictures show the results of steam cleaning a carpet with high powered carpet steam cleaning equipment. The hue of the pictures are slightly different because the pictures were taken at different times of the day and I am not a photographer but the results are obvious. What was a very dirty carpet with difficult to shift dirt and stains has cleaned up nicely with the high pressure steam cleaner.
Even just tired and dirty carpet can do with a clean to make any room feel lighter and brighter. Having a cleaner carpet will improve the appearance of a room and make you feel better when your mood lifts because the carpet is no longer looking old, gloomy, drab and dingy.
Professional cleaning will also provide a tenant with a receipt to show the real estate agent that the carpet has been cleaned.