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| This will be very important. Upon leaving there are two things you need to do: have the place profesionally cleaned and have someone from the Mieterverband (tenant's association) attend the inspection with your husband. He shouldn't even attempt to do this alone. The people from the Mieterverband know the rules and look out for your interests. Anyone who even attempt to do this inspection on their own is asking for trouble. | |
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Though I understand the concern, I do think this is a little misleading. When we left our appartment, we (well, my wife) did the cleaning ourselves and we didn't join the Mietverband and had no-one there to help us. We had no problems at all and all we had to fork out for was a replacement flusher on one of the toilets.
However, that does depend entirely on the landlord (and it sounds as if you have a right one there) and you'll probably have a better peace of mind by doing what Mrs. Doolittle suggests.
And to concur with the others, do not withold a month's rent, it's just asking for trouble.