Curtains –are they cleaned at public expense at move out?

[fatcodycat]

I remember reading somewhere that the curtains are cleaned at public expense when moving out of a quarter? Am I correct or am I going mad, I ask because here at a secret AT base in Oxfordshire DHE are telling and I believe billing people for not cleaning there curtains on move out.

Not a big thing really but every penny helps!, and I do not see if it should be cleaned at DHE’s expense (or public expense) why we should be paying for it ourselves!!.

If they are cleaned at public expense then any one got and care to share the AP reference.

But then again I might be barking up the wrong tree!!!.


Ta

 

[Climebear]

I remember reading somewhere that the curtains are cleaned at public expense when moving out of a quarter? Am I correct or am I going mad, I ask because here at a secret AT base in Oxfordshire DHE are telling and I believe billing people for not cleaning there curtains on move out.

Not a big thing really but every penny helps!, and I do not see if it should be cleaned at DHE’s expense (or public expense) why we should be paying for it ourselves!!.

If they are cleaned at public expense then any one got and care to share the AP reference.

But then again I might be barking up the wrong tree!!!.


Ta

The Answer is found in JSP 464 Part 1 Chapter 7:

0714. Replacement and cleaning at public expense.

a. Carpets. Carpets will normally be cleaned every 3 years for lounge/dining rooms and hall/stairs and every 5 years for bedrooms. Should the need arise to clean the carpets before the agreed date, the cost must be borne by the licensee. Similarly, should the carpet need replacing before its scheduled expiry date (normally 10 years) the cost appropriate to the age of the carpet will also be born by the licensee.

b. Curtains. Curtains are replaced when they are deemed to be unserviceable, with a minimum allotted time scale of 8 years. Curtains will be cleaned at public expense on change of occupant or at 3 yearly intervals.​

 

[The Masked Geek]

Good, that means I don't have to clean my carpets for march out.

 

[Max Reheat]

Cost me £100 to get my carpets cleaned at Leuchars, damned vax packed in the day I marched out

I recieved new curtains in my new quarter, I went to open them and they were in fact window sized sheets of cloth that you had to make into curtains yourself!!! They'll be getting them back still in the wrapper

 

[angel of the north]

I remember reading somewhere that the curtains are cleaned at public expense when moving out of a quarter? Am I correct or am I going mad, I ask because here at a secret AT base in Oxfordshire DHE are telling and I believe billing people for not cleaning there curtains on move out.

Not a big thing really but every penny helps!, and I do not see if it should be cleaned at DHE’s expense (or public expense) why we should be paying for it ourselves!!.

If they are cleaned at public expense then any one got and care to share the AP reference.

But then again I might be barking up the wrong tree!!!.


Ta

hi, dont wanna sound rude at all, but you have curtains? id like to call ours rags! on serious note tho i was wondering bout the curtains as my hubby n I move soon n ours have been in a box in the loft for2yrs! Just hope they havent had moths in them lol

 

[Life-Is-Good]

a. Carpets. Carpets will normally be cleaned every 3 years for lounge/dining rooms and hall/stairs and every 5 years for bedrooms. Should the need arise to clean the carpets before the agreed date, the cost must be borne by the licensee. Similarly, should the carpet need replacing before its scheduled expiry date (normally 10 years) the cost appropriate to the age of the carpet will also be born by the licensee.

Off Topic I think the caveat on that is: unless you've got pets.
As an aside, I remember when we moved from the home of the Sepecat, my puppy decided it would be a great idea to tear up the carpet. (Tw@t)

Anyway, we called out the Estate Manager (who used to have an office on-site then). With a knowing smile, he pointed out it was like that when we moved in!

After a a few quiet seconds, I caught on and heartily agreed.
I'm sure he saved me a small fortune.

Said puppy then decided it would be a great idea to chew the skirting boards in our new home at Tossford! (Bigger tw@t).
A bit of filler and gloss sorted that.

Thankfully, he grew out of all that but we've still had to get the carpets cleaned whenever we've moved out of a quarter.

Never cleaned curtains/rags though.

As an aside-aside, the curtains at the SNECs mess in Cos, were the same as our first quarter.
Right, I'll shut-up now....
Off Topic

 

[Mickwreay]

Get a pre-move-out booked, the Housing Officer will tell you everything you need to do.

Your best bet is to pay for a cleaner to do the whole house, carpets & oven.

Then all you do is hand over the keys & walk away!

The new rules on what the occupant gets billed for is very soft, unless you have smashed the house to pieces you will not get billed.

Have fun!

 

[Climebear]

Off Topic I think the caveat on that is: unless you've got pets.

Caveat for pet owners detailed in JSP 464 Part 1 Chapter 7:

0721. Cleaning of SFA on move out. Personnel who receive permission to keep a domestic pet(s) in SFA will be required to leave the property to move out standard and provide evidence that the floor coverings and/or soft furnishings have (in the case of cats and dogs) been professionally cleaned or the occupant has self administered an appropriate pesticide and/or deodorising treatment applied prior to moving out.

 

[fatcodycat]

Caveat for pet owners detailed in JSP 464 Part 1 Chapter 7:

Hummm ok then but that dose not define curtains.....

So has any one managed to get DHE/Whoever to pay for cleaning curtains?? And if so how - because i can feel a phone call to DHE coming on....

 

[ChrisBrit81]

curtains ARE soft furnishings.

We moved into our current quarter and the curtains were filthy, stained and stank to high heaven. We complained about it in our 10 day move in list and 1 week later a box arrived on our doorstep with brand new curtains for every window in the house... still in their plastic packaging.

We called DE and informed them that the new curtains will stay in their packaging/box in the airing cupboard until we move out, they were fine with this and said they will hang them in the 2 weeks between us moving out and new people moving in.