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PLANNING AHEAD
Move-out processes cannot be overlooked
ALLISON KITE akite@kansan.com
When tenants first sign an apartment lease, move-out day is miles down the road and can be a tough thing to keep in mind. However, moving out is an involved process, and must be thoroughly planned. Not planning ahead could cost the tenant money.
The move-out process, in theory, starts in January when tenants should start thinking about whether or not they want to renew their lease. Danielle Deener, a graduate student at the University and an employee of Gage Management, said that Gage Management assumes that tenants will be moving out, and puts their apartment or house on the market but gives students the opportunity to return.
"We're just kind of assuming that their lease is going to end and we're going to have to get it rented out." Deener said. "But what we do is we do give our tenants the first chance to renew, so in January, we go ahead and send out a renewal letter to all of our tenants asking if they want to renew."
Before tenants move out, many landlords, complexes or management companies require certain things to be done, including, in some cases, carpet cleaning. While some companies elect to have the carpets cleaned by the company of their choice, other complexes give tenants a cleaning checklist and allow the tenant to be in charge of cleaning.
"It's outlined in their lease, too. There's a move-out cost schedule, what things cost to get cleaned," said Ben Poff, an employee at Highpointe Apartment Complex, a First Management property. "Every apartment has
to be commercially carpet-cleaned. We don't really charge them any more than the company does."
Cleaning may not seem like a big deal, but students can lose some of their security deposit if the apartment or house isn't up to the expectations of the landlord. Gage Management properties have a check-in and check-out system, allowing the tenant and landlord to be on the same page in terms of expectations at move-out.
"We take 56 pictures; we go room by room and document any kind of damage," Deener said. "We also give our tenants an additional five days to document any kind of damage they might see moving in."
This allows the tenant and landlord to have proof of what damage was there from the beginning and what damage was caused by the tenant. At move-out, the process is similar.
"About a month before they move out, we send them a cleaning list and everything they have to do for us," Deener said.
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Finally, Gage Management compares the check-in to the check-out photos.
"We just compare the check-in to the checkout," Deener said. "Pretty straightforward. And then that's how we determine how much of their security deposit they get back."
Whether a tenant intends to stay in an apartment for the summer or for multiple years, move-out is an important task to keep in mind because it can mean the difference between getting a security deposit back or losing that large sum of money. The more the tenant plans ahead, the less stressful the process will be.
— Edited by Dylan Lysen
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Pet damages can sometimes cause more fees when moving out of an apartment. Most lease agreements declare that the tenant has to get the carpets professionally cleaned before the lease can be terminated.
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RIGHT: Cooper Nickel, a senior from Lindsburg, receives the Chancellor's Award during a class on Monday, March 25. To be included in the pool of applicants for the prestigious Chancellor's Awards, a student must either have been nominated by a faculty/staff member or have submitted a Chancellors Student Award application.
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Colmyn Kimberlee Hinkle, Matthew Moore, Bernadette Myers, Sida Niu, Bryan Trong Do, Cooper Nickel, Carol Kruse and Megan Watson are the 2013 University Awards recipients.
Hannah Bolton and Samuel Schroeder both received the Agnes Wright Strickland Award, which consists of a lifetime membership in the University of Kansas Alumni Association.
Bolton studies business management and leadership with an interest in university administration.
and hopes to get a Master's degree in higher education after she graduates.
The Caryl K. Smith Student Leader Award was awarded to Matthew Moore. Moore studies human biology and plans on attending the KU School of Medicine after graduation.
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