Move Out Procedures
- Tenant must deliver advanced written 30 day notice as required per paragraph 9 of lease agreement
- At the end of the lease agreement the entire surface area of carpet must be vacuumed and then professionally cleaned by a licensed and bonded carpet cleaner. Tenant shall provide Landlord / Property Manager with the invoice and receipt of payment at lease agreement termination.
- Tenant to ensure that all light bulbs, AC filters, screens, smoke alarms, locks and garage openers must be in place and in good working condition. All nails and picture hooks removed and walls/doors washed. New AC filters installed in AC vents and covers must be cleaned. All light fixtures, fan blades, mirrors, doorknobs and other hardware must be cleaned. Kitchen dirt and grease around range top burners must be removed and broiler pans replaced, if needed. Walls washed, touched up or painted, if needed. Refrigerators must be defrosted, water/ice emptied, unplugged and left open to air. Driveways and outside sidewalks must be clean and free of debris, oil and grease stains. Outside areas in yards must be green, mowed and trimmed. Trees and bushes need to be green and trimmed. Rock areas should be raked, free of weeds, grass and without damage. Trash, debris and personal property must be removed from the Premises.
- Utilities are required to be on until termination of tenancy and final walk-through completion. Tenant must turn in keys, remotes and any other items listed in paragraph 24 of the lease agreement to the Property Management Office by 5:00 PM the last day of the lease agreement ending date. Leaving keys in or on the premises will not be considered return of keys, Tenant it is obligated to pay rent until keys have been physically returned to the Landlord. Returning keys to Landlord does not relieve tenant of lease obligations through lease agreement ending date or the requirement to provide a written 30 day notice to move. Tenant pays for all legal costs, rent, late fees, lease commissions, admin fees, notices, locksmith or other costs due to a holdover by not physically delivering keys by the last day of tenancy.
- Tenant fills out move-out key return form stating number and types of keys and remotes return to property management office and provides a forwarding address. With no forwarding addresses provided security deposit disposition will be sent to the tenants last known residence upon termination of tenancy. Landlord / Property Manager will schedule a move out inspection time & date. Move out inspection to occur during normal business hours and at a time that is convenient to Landlord and/or Property Manager. Tenant may be present at the move out inspection of the property and must notify Landlord/Property Manager of their request to be present prior to termination of tenancy. Landlord /Property Manager will notify tenant via e-mail of inspection time and date.
Move Out Charges
- If carpets are not cleaned as stated herein, Landlord will have carpets cleaned at Tenant’s expense. If pet, food or other odors exists after carpet cleaning is completed, Landlord will have carpets treated for odor removal and cost of treatment/recleaning will be charged to Tenant. The cleaning fee covers a general cleaning of kitchen and bathrooms and vacuum throughout. Tenant will be charged for any necessary cleaning required in excess of the cleaning fee.
- Tenant agrees that if the Premises are not returned in the same condition as tenant received it, per lines (_______) of the Lease Agreement, which includes being neat, clean and free of debris, less normal wear and tear as determined by Landlord. Tenant will be charged Landlord’s cost to repair. This includes both inside and outside portions of the Premise.
- Landlord is not responsible for Tenant’s personal property remaining after move-out. Remaining items will be considered abandoned by the Tenant and disposed of. Tenant will be charged for disposal cost.
- Tenant agrees to pay any unpaid rent, late charges, notice charges, or other unpaid charges at move out.
- Landlord will first apply security and pet deposits to satisfy the charges listed above in Items 1- 5. If deposits are insufficient to satisfy the total charges, landlord will send tenant at the most recent known address and the itemized bill which tenant agrees to pay promptly.
- Upon reconciliation of any outstanding balance including repair & cleaning costs; Landlord agrees to return all remaining refundable deposits in accordance with a RS33-1321.
Move out inspection
Landlord or Property Manager will compare the tenants move in condition checklist against the move out condition of the premises less any normal wear and tear.
Refundable deposits due tenant are returned within the time period provided in the Arizona residential tenant landlord act and include an Itemization of deductions for cleaning, landscaping, damages and any other outstanding balances due to Landlord and/or Property Management Company.