Quarterly Inspections - to what extent do you clean?

[Early Kids]

When we were renting I never went into a cleaning frenzy and made it spotless, but I always made sure it was clean and tidy just like I do everyday. When you have kids they cannot expect it to be spotless, a few toys here and there is not untidy IMO. But then not all agents are nice about it either...

[toomanyshoes]

I don't do anything out of the norm, it doesn't need to be spotless anyway, just tidy but lived in, they are there mainly to make sure 1, there are no extra people 2, you haven't put holes in the way and 3, it isn't "dirty".

I'm sure whoever is doing the inspection probably wont give it a second thought :P

But having said that, I can't wait to be back in our own place next year! We've been renting the last couple of years because we've moved 4 times in 2 years and I HATE it!

[Mother Goose]

we are also "show home for a day" although it is usually only an hour! we don't have much "living" space so DD's stuff is everywhere. We keep it clean but it is often messy.

[skybie]

i used to do the show home clean, not anymore! lol theyre lucky if i vaccum b4 i leave the house!!!
They arent there to see how good u clean and tidy, just making sure the property is being cared for and structually all good. Trust me they'll have seen worse hun
xx

[toomanyshoes]

i used to do the show home clean, not anymore! lol theyre lucky if i vaccum b4 i leave the house!!!
They arent there to see how good u clean and tidy, just making sure the property is being cared for and structually all good. Trust me they'll have seen worse hun
xx

Yep! much worse...my SIL wont even move because she knows all too well her RE will give her a shocking reference lol

[CinderToriella]

Normally i clean to the max( silly i know) last inspection i cleaned as well the house was normal.

We had a new woman that came, she told me to clean all the cobwebs from the ceilings, mow the lawns..hhmm it had been raining for two weeks straight...Told me how she uses sugar soap on the walls and near her bin lol yeah your point? lol

Here i was with a new born and she was having little digs at me about a few cobwebs in the corners ..when she mentioned the lawns i was so angry ..

she came back later and apologised and said she hoped i was not offended by her comments coz she can tell we keep the house clean and tidy pppffftt get out lol

[Raupe]

@Pandora: Yes, it is common when you rent through an agency. We have inspections every 3 months, too.

@Jaycee: I'm exactly the same as you and always have it SPOTLESS! Until the last inspection...For some (strange) reason I was CONVINCED we were having the inspection on a wednesday. So there I was sitting in my untidy, uncleaned (alright it wasn't that bad) house on Tuesday morning when our agent knocked on the door. I was in SHOCK!! I thought I'd still have sooo much time to clean up, but nope, there she was and wanted to come in (*gulp*). I walked her through the house, head hung in shame. OMG I was sooo embarrassed!!!! It wasn't dirty, just REALLy untidy. The bed wasn't made, I had paperwork all over the desk and the floor (I was working on a huuuge assignment for uni) there was laundry hanging EVERYWHERE around the house (we usually do all our clothes on one massive washing day and it was rainy outside) and I mean EVERYWHERE. There were socks hanging on the doorknobs , pants over the curtain rails (all to dry cause it was wet outside and we didn't have 'hanging space') and so on. Did I mention I was super embarrassed? At the end she thanked me and said (because I kept apologising) "I'm very pleased with the way you keep the house" (WTF?!? ) "This is what you call dirty?" and smiled at me.... So she was happy and despite my worries apparently the inspection "went very well". I think I was just so annoyed, because my house normally is very tidy and clean and she saw it on the WORST day imaginable. So I guess what I'm saying is don't worry about your place!!! If the agent is happy with my place in that state, she'll be thrilled with yours! One of my friends is an agent too and said it's amazing what feral houses they get to see. So your place will be absolutely fine! Yours is clean and tidy, so you've got nothing to worry about. I hope my story gave you a bit peace of mind. I am *normally* always soo pedantic when it comes to cleanliness and what other people think of my house. Put apparently I care waaayyyy more than the agents do

Hope you feel better now!

[toomanyshoes]

oh shell they are silly sometimes aren't they.

When we were moving out of a house in brisbane we had an inspection, they said nothing, walked through the house and left. A week later we get a notice that the house wasn't up to scratch and the lawns needed mowing. The house was spotless all bar packing boxes stacked up in 1 corner of every room and Brisbane had had a month long flooding and we had a foot of water in the back yard! Some of them are just stupid. They tried to screw up over with the bond too, worst RE EVER!