Cleaning fee refundable or non-refundable

[Ayyoub Feza]

Hi, 

For move-in costs, do you recommend to add cleaning fee as refundable fee or none refundable fee? I wonder what’s your experience and advice. Thanks for sharing in advance. 

Regards

[Andreas W.]

Fees are not refundable, deposits are. Your state statutes probably dictate the level of cleanliness a tenant has to apply at move-out. If the tenants fails, you can have a professional take that over and deduct the costs from the security deposit.