ten day or vacate

saturday 12/3/11 we found a note on our door saying to vacate or to shampoo our carpet, get rid of clutter, and clean kitchen. when the maintenance came in friday to check on the plumbers work, i had a few dishes in the sink because i was doing school work and had not gotten to them. our vaccum, steam mop, and small tool box are in a corner in our kitchen because there are no closets in our 550ft apartment. i believe that is the clutter they are talking about that are my daughters few toys. (we have a three year old in this one bedroom) the carpet has been shampooed but is stained from the ten years we have lived here. i feel like my family is being unjustly treated. i wonder if i should even mention to them that the maintenance have never came in to do any repairs.