PHOTO: Tenants lost $112 million in rental bond money in 2017. SOURCE – financeclaims.ie

TENANTS are losing millions in rental bonds due to landlords and rental agencies charging them for trivial cleaning issues such as Blu Tack on walls, scuff marks and lint in the dryer.

Newly released data by cleaning service UrbanYou revealed cleaning charges accounted for nearly a quarter, or $28.6 million, of the $112 million in rental bond money retained by NSW landlords in 2017.

Landlords in the Sydney CBD, Liverpool and Bondi areas were the least likely to return bonds, amassing cleaning related costs in excess of $1.5 million.

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