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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is one of the reasons we don't really encourage friends to use our beach house. It's a  house that would rent for $4000 a week if we were to rent it. Between cleaning and utilities, along with wear and tear (broken glasses, etc) it costs us $500 week for someone else to use it. And based on this thread people think it's tacky to ask to cover the cleaning fee. We are delighted to have guests when we are there, and have friends nearly every weekend in summer.  [/quote]

I actually think pretty much everyone on this thread has said it is totally appropriate to ask guests (when staying on their own) to pay the cleaning fee.[/quote]

When a guest cleans on their own, out of the goodness of their heart - it is STILL not the professional cleaning that is required, in order to rent out the house.  Renters expect "spic and span" - and rightfully so, because they are paying.  And I am not making a special trip to the beach house for someone to use it for free - I have already "closed it down" to my specifications.

It is not that I am not grateful for your cleaning efforts - it is that *the rental contract specifies* to what specifications the house is to be cleaned.  It is that simple, really. [/quote]

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