Residence Life

Vacating Procedures

Upon your departure, you must schedule a check-out inspection with your apartment manager.  The apartment manager will inspect your apartment, not only for damages, but to ascertain its overall cleanliness as well.  We then send in our maintenance and cleaning crews to prepare the apartment for new residents.  Any time and materials spent on items “above and beyond” what we consider to be normal wear and tear would then be charged to you.

To avoid confusion, and in an effort to assist you in avoiding unnecessary charges, outlined below is the apartment condition as you are expected to leave it.

Floors - All floors should be swept/and or vacuumed so that we may immediately strip and wax or shampoo them.  Floors that are badly scuffed or carpets that are stained may result in extra charges.

Kitchen –  All appliances, sinks, counters and cupboards should be cleaned of foodstuffs, marks, grease, etc.  Please pay particular attention to the oven and the refrigerator.  Hours of work by our cleaning people to remove burnt-on grease will result in cleaning charges.

Bathroom - All fixtures should be cleaned.  Though we routinely clean and disinfect the bathroom, a dirty bathroom takes more time, thus a cleaning charge.

Walls - The condition of your walls was noted by our staff just before you arrived.  We then compare that to the way you leave them.  Should their condition have deteriorated to a substantial degree, we would then charge you the costs necessary to return the walls to their original condition.
 

Charges will continue for your apartment until keys are returned to either your Apartment Manager or Residence Life.

There are several additional things to attend to before vacating your apartment:

• Forwarding Address:  Register your change of address with U.S. Postal Service and Student Records and Financial Services.

• Contact Telecommunications:  Disconnect your phone service.  It is very important that Telecommunication(x6609) be notified, since you do not want to be billed for service or calls made after you have vacated.

• Account Information:  Clear all any outstanding balance you may have on your student/staff account with Student Records and Financial Services located in the Troy Building.

Thank you for choosing housing at Rensselaer.  Good Luck in your future endeavors.