@JimmyT said:
Fair Trading goes even further and says you shouldn’t sign a lease that says you have to have the carpet professionally cleaned when you leave, unless you’ve agreed to that as part of a condition to allow you to keep a pet on the premises.
In NSW, most people I know who rent have a clause in their lease saying that a receipt from a ‘professional’ carpet cleaning company has to be produced before people can hope to get their bond back. As there are so few rental properties fit to live in for a reasonable price, most do not have a choice, because the next 20 people in line for the place will agree to it.