Cleaning costs are the top reasons why deposit money is withheld when a tenant moves out of a rented property, Mydeposits has found.
The tenancy deposit protection scheme surveyed landlords and agents, asking them the main reasons why they withhold deposit money at the end of a tenancy.
Of those who did keep some of the deposit, 78% reported that the most common reason was to pay for cleaning after the tenant had left. Unpaid rent was also a major cause for withholding the deposit.
The scheme reports that under 2% of tenancies end in a dispute over deposits.
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