Your "No Nonsense" guide to
moving out of an apartment
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Honestly ASSESS the
condition of your apartment -
IF YOU HAVE NOT DONE HEAVY CLEANING
every 2 weeks during the entire tenancy
- you have a
daunting task ahead. For non-professionals (that includes
parents) budget 80 labor hours for CLEANING if you have not
cleaned your apartment on a regular basis.
IF YOU HAVE
REGULARLY CLEANED your apartment during the entire tenancy -
you should
budget for 40 labor hours to clean the apartment.
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PLAN your move-out:
DOWNLOAD:
The MOVEOUT GUIDE This is the Move out Plan to help you
make the right decisions.
READ
these documents thoroughly. Think about this, if you do
not have the time to read the plan, the tips, and the
checklists, do you have time to clean?
BUDGET your time
- Plan on
spending between 40 and 80 labor hours to clean your apartment
based on condition.
SCHEDULE your time
- Sit down with your roommates and establish a firm cleaning and
repair schedule. Make sure your roommates are in agreement
or you can find yourself doing all the work for them. If
one person does all the work and spends all the money on
supplies, we must still send refund checks according to the
lease document - no exceptions.
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Obtain SUPPLIES:
Make a SHOPPING LIST
- After reading the
checklist, figure out how much paint, replacement parts, and supplies
you need.
Buy
CLEANING
SUPPLIES - Go to the store and
purchase necessary cleaning supplies. Use our cleaning supplies and
suggestions page as a guideline for items that will help you.
Get GATEWAY PARTS
- Download
the Parts Order Form, complete and email (to
Kym@sfinvest.com )
or print and deliver our supplies order form to Kym at the
office. We will deliver or you can pick up the supplies.
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EXECUTE your plan
REST - Get a good night’s sleep.
START EARLY
WORK HARD - Do a good job & work hard.
If it takes you a thousand hours to do the job, so be it. The apartment
has to be clean. If you fail to do the work, we must do it and charge
you for the service.
BE SAFE! - Above all,
we want you to be safe at all times.
FOLLOW DIRECTIONS
- Follow the checklist
exactly.
It will save you time and money.
ENJOY your refund
- If you and your roommates
have a zero balance on your ledger, have not caused any damages to
Gateway, and have properly completed all items on the checklist and on
Kym’s preliminary inspection, Gateway will mail you a substantial
refund check 21 days after your lease ends.
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CONTINGENCY
plan
CALL us -
If the
project is too daunting, contact us IMMEDIATELY and we will help
you .
TIME PERMITTING
you can get help - If it
is not too late, you can hire people to help you that do not
have to meet the criteria of our employees and subcontractors,
and that will save you money.
WE WILL DO IT -
If you choose to do nothing or to not clean, that is your right
and we will clean and repair your apartment, but you will be
charged prevailing professional rates and you may owe us money
in the end.
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