The tenant won in the Court of Appeal: under the fridge did not clean, but the rent guarantee should not have been taken away

The person sprays the detergent was dishwasher. — Many residents speaks to the sufficient final cleaning of the rental apartment. Illustration.

The judgment has general significance, as it is not uncommon to withhold rent guarantee because of the cleanliness of the dwelling.

The Turku Court of Appeal ended up in a different position than the dispute over the cleaning of the rental home.

According to the Pirkanmaa District Court, the landlord had the right to withhold the rent guarantee for about EUR 740 due to the uncleanness of the rental home.

The Court of Appeal was completely opposite.

According to the Turku Court of Appeal, the tenant’s final cleaning was sufficient and the rent security should be completely returned to the tenant. In addition, the Court of Appeal ordered the landlord to pay the tenant’s costs of nearly EUR 10,000.

The rental apartment was located in Lahti, but the tenant came from Pirkanmaa.

The judgment has general significance due to not uncommon. Now the courts came to a different position on what is good enough to clean up at the time of delivery of the dwelling.

The fridge’s vessel missed cleaning

Both the tenant and the landlord presented photos to support their claims. The deficiencies were unrelated by law.

The most significant flaws were the garbage found under the refrigerator.

In addition, there was dust in the bathroom and on one list or frame, and a few stains were at the bottom and junk cabinet of the single cabinet door. The landlord had also photographed a dirty baking paper on the baking sheet, which the tenant had forgotten to clean.

However, according to the Court of Appeal, it was not determined whether, for example, it should be cleaned under the refrigerator after about one year of tenancy.

According to the Court of Appeal, the overviews of the tenant of the apartment showed that the apartment had been clean and it looked carefully cleaned. Therefore, the Court of Appeal came to a different solution than the district court.

The judgment is not yet final, that is, a permit for appeal to the Supreme Court.