Tips on How Not to Lose Your Security Deposit

#LifeInCzechia You found your new apartment in Czechia, signed the lease, paid the deposit, and moved in, ready to live your best expat life. Great! Now let’s talk about something most tenants don’t think about until it’s too late – how not to lose your security deposit when you move out. How should you take care of the apartment? Avoid these mistakes in our article!

Caution Money and What It Can Be Used for

One of the things those people who – just like me – live in a rented apartment had to pay was the caution money. Most tenants, however, don’t have an idea what it can be used for and are often unpleasantly surprised when leaving the apartment and being told that they won’t get all of their money back. So what can the caution money or simply called a deposit actually be used for?