End of tenancy cleaning: Cleaning Obligation Rules

The Cleaning Obligation Rules carries 6 published figures read from 6 sources' own pages, from 7 to 30 day, read 15 September 2026.

Median of the published figures
14.5 day
Range
7 to 30 day
Sources with a figure
6
Sources read that publish one
6 of 15
  1. Tenant Fees Act 2019 guidance for landlords and agents (PDF)30 day
  2. Tenant Fees Act statutory guidance for enforcement authorities15 day
  3. GOV.UK Tenant Fees Act 2019 guidance for tenants15 day
  4. Tenant Fees Act statutory guidance for enforcement authorities14 day
  5. legislation.gov.uk14 day
  6. GOV.UK Tenant Fees Act 2019 guidance for tenants7 day

6 of the 15 named sources read in full publish a figure; 8 publish none, read 15 September 2026.

By obligation

BreakdownMedianRangeSources
obligation late-rent-default14 day14 to 14 day2
obligation late-rent-interest3 %3 to 3 %1
obligation deposit-deadline15 day15 to 15 day1
obligation deposit-cap5 week5 to 5 week1
obligation holding-deposit-period15 day15 to 15 day1
obligation holding-deposit-return7 day7 to 7 day1
obligation tenancy-change-fee-cap50 GBP50 to 50 GBP1
obligation penalty5,000 GBP5,000 to 5,000 GBP1
obligation kitchen-extract-cleaning6 month6 to 6 month1
obligation deposit-protection30 day30 to 30 day1

Every figure, with its source

One row per source: the figure the source's own page publishes, the page, and the day it was read. A figure that is not on a page we read is not on this one.

SourceFigureBreakdownRead
mydeposits - the Tenant Fees Act explained 5,000 GBP penalty 2026-09-11
GOV.UK Tenant Fees Act 2019 guidance for tenants 50 GBP tenancy-change-fee-cap 2026-09-11
Tenant Fees Act 2019 guidance for landlords and agents (PDF) 30 day deposit-protection 2026-09-12
Tenant Fees Act statutory guidance for enforcement authorities 15 day deposit-deadline 2026-09-12
GOV.UK Tenant Fees Act 2019 guidance for tenants 15 day holding-deposit-period 2026-09-11
Tenant Fees Act statutory guidance for enforcement authorities 14 day late-rent-default 2026-09-12
legislation.gov.uk 14 day late-rent-default 2026-09-11
GOV.UK Tenant Fees Act 2019 guidance for tenants 7 day holding-deposit-return 2026-09-11
BESA - kitchen extract system cleaning 6 month kitchen-extract-cleaning 2026-09-11
GOV.UK Tenant Fees Act 2019 guidance for tenants 5 week deposit-cap 2026-09-11
Tenant Fees Act statutory guidance for enforcement authorities 3 % late-rent-interest 2026-09-12
The sentence each figure was read from (11)

Read in full, publishes no figure

8 named sources were read in full on the dates shown and print no usable figure. They are counted, never filled in.

Methodology

Every row is a verbatim sentence read from the named source's own page through the estate's fetch service on the date shown, hash-pinned to the stored read (the sha of the page's visible text; the raw page is mirrored to R2).

6 of the 15 named sources that could be read published a usable figure; 8 published none and are recorded as not published, never filled in; 0 could not be read (blocked, dead or unreachable) and count nowhere.

The headline figures (median, minimum, maximum, quartiles) are over ONE figure per source in day (a source's median where its page yielded several accepted sentences), so N counts sources, never sentences; 43 candidate sentence(s) were refused by a reviewer with the reason recorded.

Derivation as chartered: one row per obligation: the duty, the instrument that creates it, the frequency it implies, the effective date, and - the distinction every contractor's marketing page blurs - whether it is law or an industry standard.

The end-of-tenancy half is the one that changes a buying decision: a landlord may not REQUIRE a tenant to pay for professional cleaning, but may deduct for a property returned dirtier than it was let, so the guide opens on the deposit cap and the price index's median rather than on a scare

43 candidate sentences on these pages were refused by a reviewer; each refusal and its reason is recorded in the review ledger.

Sources (15)
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The Cleaning Obligation Rules carries 6 published figures read from 6 sources' own pages, from 7 to 30 day, read 15 September 2026.

6 of the 15 named sources read in full publish a figure; 8 publish none, read 15 September 2026.

Cleaning Obligation Rules, obligation late-rent-default: median 14 day across 2 sources, read 15 September 2026.

Cleaning Obligation Rules, obligation late-rent-interest: median 3 percent across 1 source, read 15 September 2026.

Cleaning Obligation Rules, obligation deposit-deadline: median 15 day across 1 source, read 15 September 2026.

Cleaning Obligation Rules, obligation deposit-cap: median 5 week across 1 source, read 15 September 2026.

Cleaning Obligation Rules, obligation holding-deposit-period: median 15 day across 1 source, read 15 September 2026.

Cleaning Obligation Rules, obligation holding-deposit-return: median 7 day across 1 source, read 15 September 2026.

Cleaning Obligation Rules, obligation tenancy-change-fee-cap: median 50 GBP across 1 source, read 15 September 2026.

Cleaning Obligation Rules, obligation penalty: median 5,000 GBP across 1 source, read 15 September 2026.

Cleaning Obligation Rules, obligation kitchen-extract-cleaning: median 6 month across 1 source, read 15 September 2026.

Cleaning Obligation Rules, obligation deposit-protection: median 30 day across 1 source, read 15 September 2026.

Cite as: "Asbestos Survey Cost Cleaning Obligation Rules", updated 2026-09-15, https://asbestossurveycost.co.uk/datasets/cleaning-obligation-rules/.

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7 to 30 day

6 published figures, Cleaning Obligation Rules, across 6 sources, read 15 September 2026

Source: Asbestos Survey Cost Cleaning Obligation Rules

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