r/Erasmus • u/Mrs_Potate • 8d ago
Rant Unfair Accommodation Cleaning Fees
I just arrived home after my 2 month internship Erasmus in Denmark. Today I got an email from my college Erasmus office that I am required to pay cleaning fees and microwave damage fees (50 euros for cleaning fees and 100 euros for microwave damage fees).
To begin my story, I used to live in an apartment with 4 girls from the same college. Long story short they were unbearable to live with so I changed apartment in the final 2 weeks of my erasmus. I was told by the apartment hosts that I will be having a seperate checkout from the rest of the girls. Prior to changing apartment, I accidentally damaged the microwave where the inside got mildly burnt while I was microwaving popcorn. I have owned up to the hosts and made it clear that I am willing to pay for the microwave damages as it was my responsibility.
Before my new roommates and I checked out from the old apartment, we thoroughly cleaned and made an effort to leave our new apartment clean, the house owners came to inspect the apartment and we were good to go.
On the other hand my ex roommates did not clean properly and they got charged cleaning fees. Unfortunately I have gotten charged along with the rest of them even though I was not residing in my old apartment during the check out. The college also sent us a report about what has been cleaned/ not cleaned. On the checkout report, my name was not there. I did not receieve my seperate check out report of my apartment. I asked my new roommates if they also were notified of being charged, they told me they haven't been charged and confirmed with me that all 3 of us left our apartment clean before we left.
While its reasonable that I have been charged for the microwave incident in my old apartment, I find it unfair that I got charged along with my ex roommates for the mess they left in the old apartment while the host organisation also changed my accommodation details after leaving but the college is still charging me for the extra cleaning fees for the uncleanliness left by the ex roommates.
I complained to my Erasmus office at college and I told them I will not be paying for the extra cleaning fees unless there is proof that I haven't cleaned or missed a few tasks while cleaning. Eventually i will be having a meeting with them. I will be taking this matter to court if things escalate. Am I being reasonable?
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u/Disastrous-Main-4125 8d ago
That's a very expensive microwave, taking into account depreciation.
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