[Arnold Palmer]

A lad at work is moving, he's been given a list of guidelines from the letting agent to ensure he gets his deposit back. Penalties include:

Windows need cleaning = £10 (PER WINDOW).

I'm going to phone them up on Monday, find out who their window cleaner is and make sure he's licensed.

Laugh of it is, the windows weren't clean when he moved in!

[Plankton]

Unless it's a domestic cleaner they send out and they're cleaning the windows at the same time then they don't need a license. But £10.00 per window is just a joke.

[*Hector*]

It all depends on the move in inventory..

If the windows were marked as not clean on moving in, then the estate agent/LL cannot charge the tenant for leaving them in the same state.

However if nothing is mentioned about the windows and the inventory clerk marks them down as not clean, then it could prove costly.. The £10 is not what they will pay the window cleaner, but will include admin and organisation costs.. 

[andyM]

A lad at work is moving, he's been given a list of guidelines from the letting agent to ensure he gets his deposit back. Penalties include:

Windows need cleaning = £10 (PER WINDOW).

I'm going to phone them up on Monday, find out who their window cleaner is and make sure he's licensed.

Laugh of it is, the windows weren't clean when he moved in!

I'm assuming it's £10 for every window NOT cleaned will get knocked off the Tenants Deposit?
As your man is a window cleaner, I don't forsee a problem? 

[P @ F]

What does this lad at work do for a job ?
Or am i missing the obvious answer here Soupy 

[Arnold Palmer]

What does this lad at work do for a job ?
Or am i missing the obvious answer here Soupy 

He's a mechanic.

He does know a window cleaner or two though.

[Arnold Palmer]

Unless it's a domestic cleaner they send out and they're cleaning the windows at the same time then they don't need a license. But £10.00 per window is just a joke.

They effing well do need a license. Believe me, I've researched the issue extensively.

[P @ F]

Stick it to em then Soupy 

[P @ F]

Mind you it could well be £80 your way , payback for them connin bleddy mechanics 

[Plankton]

Unless it's a domestic cleaner they send out and they're cleaning the windows at the same time then they don't need a license. But £10.00 per window is just a joke.

They effing well do need a license. Believe me, I've researched the issue extensively.

Your wrong! 

[Arnold Palmer]

Unless it's a domestic cleaner they send out and they're cleaning the windows at the same time then they don't need a license. But £10.00 per window is just a joke.

They effing well do need a license. Believe me, I've researched the issue extensively.

Your wrong! 

If anyone other than the homeowners or tenant is cleaning the windows and there is financial reward, they need a license. Otherwise the license is pointless.

If there is a loophole, explain it to me.

[Plankton]

They say it's an extension of the house (from North or South Lanarkshire Council website) so if there cleaning the toilet etc then they can clean the windows without a licence. At the end of the day there's windys on council work without licenses so they should just scrap it, probably less than 10% of windys are licensed.

[Arnold Palmer]

They say it's an extension of the house (from North or South Lanarkshire Council website) so if there cleaning the toilet etc then they can clean the windows without a licence. At the end of the day there's windys on council work without licenses so they should just scrap it, probably less than 10% of windys are licensed.

I tried that argument, in front of the licensing board.

No dice.

[Arnold Palmer]

The bye-law:



Seems pretty straightforward.

[Arnold Palmer]

They say it's an extension of the house (from North or South Lanarkshire Council website) so if there cleaning the toilet etc then they can clean the windows without a licence. At the end of the day there's windys on council work without licenses so they should just scrap it, probably less than 10% of windys are licensed.

If your council is employing people to clean windows and they're not requiring them to be licenced, I'd tell them in no uncertain terms where they can poke their licence.

[AuRavelling79]

If the tenant doesn't arrange it himself then maybe the letting agent sub contracts it out to a licensed windy for however much and then charges £10 per window to the tenant?

[Plankton]

If the tenant doesn't arrange it himself then maybe the letting agent sub contracts it out to a licensed windy for however much and then charges £10 per window to the tenant?

No letting agent will even be aware that a licence is required, same goes for property factors or property management companies whichever they are known by up and down the country.  Or at least the factors don't bother.

[G Griffin]

Do they have any proper laws in that Scotland?
If I were you, I'd just write to Mel Gibson, Soupy.

[Plankton]

Soupy, your right that it's straight forward but if your cleaning the house then you don't require a licence. Same thing for someone who is cleaning the render and messes up the windows then it's alright for them to clean them.

[*Hector*]

If the tenant doesn't arrange it himself then maybe the letting agent sub contracts it out to a licensed windy for however much and then charges £10 per window to the tenant?

the letting agent just charge the tenant, and 99% of the time don't bother getting them done, as by law they don't have to.