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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Learned the hard way: make sure they change the air filters regularly. I would buy the ones you use to have on hand. Know someone whose hvac system basically exploded when the air filters were never changed by the renters and it wasn’t spelled out who was responsible to do it.[/quote]

This and include running exhaust fan and that tenants are responsible for mold on caulk and grout. [/quote]

Mold, caulk and grout is the landlord's responsibility if it's anything beyond basic cleaning [/quote]

My DH rented a townhome with friends in Arlington when we were first dating. They were mid-20s guys but took good care of the place (had a housekeeper once a month, kept the kitchen and bathrooms clean, etc). On move-out they were charged $2k for recaulking both bathrooms and gutter clean-out. They were pissed but apparently landlords are allowed to charge for this? I told them they should fight it but they didn’t. IMO DC favors the tenant to an extreme degree, but VA does the same for landlords. [/quote]

Wrong , if you move in to a mold free bathroom then it's expected to be returned in the same condition as this is a cleanines issue. [/quote]

NP and also a LL but not sure there is a connection between being mold-free and needing to re-caulk.  I would expect to re-caulk every 5ish years or so and wouldn't charge a tenant for it unless they had moved in a year ago and done something egregious that would cause the need for recaukling- even then you would need to prorate it by the number of useful years left.

Also cleaning gutters is not something a tenant should be exptected to pay for unless the landlord includes it in the lease.  Even then I would not entrust a tenant to do that because if they don't then the potential damage to the house is greater than the cost to clean the gutters[/quote]

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