The company that manages our apartment complex added a new page to our lease on renewal that says we are responsible for normal cleaning when we move out. They won't let us renew without signing it. Is it enforceable? [Florida, US] legaladvice

Below is the text:

Resident(s) hereby acknowledge and agree that the Landlord may assess Resident(s) for any and all costs and expenses Landlord incurs cleaning the apartment resulting in any way whatsoever from Resident(s) occupancy of the dwelling unit. Resident(s) hereby acknowledge and agree that the Landlord may assess Resident(s) for any and all costs and expenses Landlord incurs for replacement of Landlord’s property. The charges for cleaning and replacement are set forth herein below. The below list is by no means all inclusive. Any such charges not addressed below and any charges for repairs anywhere at the apartment community resulting in any way whatsoever from Resident(s) occupancy of the dwelling unit shall be assessed based upon actual costs and expenses incurred by Landlord

Underneath is a list of normal boring cleaning items, like cleaning the bathroom counters($10), the refrigerator($30), the oven($40), etc. These sound like normal things they would need to clean before handing off the apartment to the next tenant, and we don't want to agree to paying for these items. We don't plan on damaging the apartment, but obviously they will want to do a normal cleaning before letting someone else move in. Why would we have to pay for that?

We have been here six years. There are things(like the carpet) that logically will just need to be replaced by the time we move out.

So, can they enforce this and try to charge us $1000+(what the items add up to) in cleaning fees whenever we choose to move out, if we sign it?

Submitted September 21, 2017 at 11:30PM by misseff http://ift.tt/2fD2e79 legaladvice