To cut a long story short - My tenancy ended on 23/06/07. The landlord has had the place professionally cleaned and billed me for it, when I had cleaned the place myself from top to toe (I left it SPOTLESS) - an inventory was even carried out and NOWHERE was it marked that anything needed attention with regards to cleaning. Everything was agreed as clean and in good condition.SO my questions are:1) Havent I done my part as a tenant?2) What is the law with regards to my deposit - can the landlord charge for things so petty, and things which it seems are more centered on his taste and opinion?3) Should I not have been informed that I was going to be charged for these things before the landlord went ahead and got these services at my expense? Should this have not been discussed with me so that perhaps I could have atleast found cheaper services? (if I agreed this wasn't complete rubbish)WHAT DO I DO? :(Oh and did I mention that the gardening costs included removing rubbish bags which I had left outside for the bin man????Midnite rambler, I would deifnitely refuse to pay but the thing is that they are witholding my deposit (the agency). They sent me invoices with the charges incurred and a cheque for £600!!!! My deposit was £900 - £75 was for a chechout fee which I agreed to in the contract so that part is okay.... but I was charged £65 for cleaning and £165 for gardening!

Unless it says so in your contract he cant charge you for this, unless you left the place in a mess. If it was clean you did your part. You should get your deposit back less what he has to replace eg broken stuff. He cant take your deposit and use it to change things from how they were when you moved in.

You've started with to cut a story short then I got bored.

refuse to pay,my present landlord tried to get me to agree to pay maintenance charges for the outside of the property after i had signed tenancy agreement just to pay for the rent,he then turned up with a new tenancy agreementwhich included maintenace charges,i refused to sign and he just walked out,aint seen the bandit since,,,,

Yes it sounds like he is just being picky, but honestly what can you do about it? Are you going to take him to court and spend even more money? You're annoyed of course (and you should be!) but I think this is one of those things you'll just have to put down to experience I'm afraid :(Try to let it go and save yourself the stress xox

When I left my rented property we cleaned the carpets & they take it out of your rent which I think is a bloody cheek. I think landlords are like dentists. Rip off merchants.

what a tight tosser. no you don't have to pay, it's up to him to sort it after you've moved out, and unless you have damaged anything he should also give you your deposit back, if he doesn't then threaten him with a solicitor

well hes ripped you off ....afraid its your word against hisalways go through an estate agent rather then direct in the UK laws are changing regarding deposits they need to put into a goverment scheme so its not spent however if your telling the truth you should fight for your rightnot sure where it will get you