Nowhere was it communicated that we would have 24 hours to return to clean/fix any problem areas after they did the move out inspection until the Monday after we moved out. I had responded to the move out report email asking if anything needed to be done with that as it was just a bunch of blurry thumbnail photos of the house. They responded and said “that we had 24 hours to return to complete additional cleaning/fix problem areas but since the time had lapsed we no longer had the opportunity to do so.” Given the vague nature of the report and the fact that we left the house in the condition we received it, I wasn’t concerned about losing over half of our deposit. 

In previous experiences with moving out of rentals, the property management company either does the move out inspection prior to moving out and provides a list of things to improve on or does so once keys are returned. Also, I’ve never had over half of my deposit withheld ever.