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To continue on the carpet theme, animals have accidents at times, just the same as human beings do, and they need cleaning up. It is possible that a tenant with a sick or badly trained pet will find that it has urinated or left faeces on the carpet. If this happens regularly, the carpet will need replacing, which will cost either the landlord or the tenant, and that is what a deposit is for. Certain dogs and cats also enjoy the space of a garden to play in and at times can leave it in a worse state than when the tenant moved in—another cost to be covered by the landlord for replacing plants and doing lawn repairs. As more homes take pets due to the changes in this Bill, more homes will need deep cleaning. Many prospective tenants will have allergies to pets; therefore, deep cleaning is required to try to remove such residues from pets as possible, so that future tenants do not react to the legacy of pets when they move in.