TIL my landlord in Chicago charged me $75 for a 'cleaning fee' I never agreed to

I moved out of an apartment in Wicker Park two months ago. The lease said nothing about a cleaning fee, but they took it out of my deposit anyway. Should I have fought it or just accept that landlords always win?

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john_murphy3d ago

Did you ask them what they cleaned for that $75? I once had a landlord try to charge me for "deep cleaning the oven" after I moved out, but I had literally never used the thing.