When you move out of your home, you have a duty to leave it in the condition you found it in. But when is something wear and tear and must be 'normally repaired', and when is it a breach of contract?
Your home must – as a general rule – be renovated when you have finished living in it. How much it needs to be renovated depends on the maintenance regulations you have adopted in the department and on the maintenance scheme, your home is included.
It can be an A-scheme, which the vast majority of housing associations have, or it can be a B-scheme. It also depends on how much you have spent on the home.
Regardless of the arrangement, there is a difference between normal wear and tear and default on the home, and this affects how much you have to pay for renovations, or how much of your deposit you get back when you move out. It is at the move-in inspection that the inspector assesses the extent of the renovation.
Read about the maintenance schemes here
Normal wear and tear (A scheme)
It is natural that you can see that someone has lived in the home. Normal wear and tear can be corrected by normal renovation, which includes painting walls and ceilings and wallpapering.
Importance for the moving bill
If you have lived in the home for more than 8 years and 4 months, the housing department pays for normal repairs when you move out. You earn 1% for normal repairs per month you live in the home. If you have lived in the home for less than 8 years and 4 months when you move out, you pay an amount for normal repairs yourself.
Normal wear and tear (B scheme)
If your home is covered by a B scheme, you do not have to do anything about normal wear and tear when you move out.
Importance for the moving bill
No problem. The home has a maintenance account that the next resident can use to freshen up the home.
Breach (both A and B scheme)
Deliberate breach of the home covers, for example, wear and tear on floors, holes in doors, lack of cleaning – including behind a stove – or if you have not maintained the home at all while you have lived there, for example by painting continuously. It is the inspector who decides whether you have breached the home.
Importance for the moving bill
You must always pay for the repairs that are needed if you have defaulted on your home - regardless of the maintenance plan.
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If you do not pay rent and thus do not comply with your lease, the landlord can either cancel or terminate the lease agreement depending on the specific circumstances.
- If the rental agreement is terminated, you must move out of your apartment immediately.
- If the rental agreement is terminated, you must move out of your apartment with the notice stated in your rental agreement – typically three months.
- In both cases, you must pay rent until the apartment is rented out again, but for a maximum of three months.
