Move In and Move Out Cleaning in Tampa Bay

Empty houses show everything. With the furniture gone there is nothing to hide the marks behind the couch, the dust on the closet shelves or the ring inside the cabinet where a bottle sat for three years.

Move in and move out cleaning in Tampa Bay is a deep clean built around that. Every cabinet and drawer inside and out, every appliance, every closet, every floor, with the walk-through or the lease inspection as the finish line.

Moving out

The goal is straightforward: you want the deposit back, or you want the house to show well for the buyer's final walk-through. Empty and clean is a very different standard from lived-in and tidy, and inspections are done with a checklist.

• Kitchen. Inside every cabinet and drawer, then the fronts. Inside the oven, inside and behind the fridge, dishwasher edges and seal, range hood and filter, sink and disposal, counters and backsplash.
• Bathrooms. Vanities inside and out, medicine cabinets, tub and shower scrubbed, grout and door tracks, toilet inside and out including the base, mirrors, exhaust fan covers.
• Closets. Shelving wiped, rods cleaned, floors vacuumed and mopped. Closets get skipped constantly and inspectors know to look.
• Whole house. Baseboards, window sills and tracks, blinds, door frames, switch plates, ceiling fans, vents. Scuffs off the walls where paint allows.
• Floors last. Vacuumed then mopped, back to front, so nothing gets walked through on the way out.

Moving in

Nobody wants the first job in a new house to be scrubbing someone else's shower. A move in clean gets the place to a state where you can unpack without thinking about it.

Same list as above, with a different emphasis. Cabinets and drawers get done before you put dishes in them. Bathrooms get sanitized properly. Closets and shelving are cleaned before clothes go on them. If the previous owner had pets, tell us. It changes how we handle the floors and vents.

Timing is the part worth planning. The ideal window is after closing and before the movers, even if that is a single day. An empty house cleans faster and cleans better, and it costs less than cleaning around boxes.

For landlords and property managers

Turnovers run on a clock. A unit sitting dirty is a unit not rented, and the cleaning is usually what decides whether a place shows well on day one.

We work turnovers on short notice and can go straight from the tenant handing back keys to a unit that is ready to show. If you manage several properties in Tampa Bay, it is worth setting up a standing arrangement so you are not re-quoting every time somebody moves out. Photo confirmation is available if you are approving the work remotely.

What affects the price

Move out cleans are quoted on condition more than on size. Two houses the same square footage can be hours apart depending on what the last few years looked like.

• How many cabinets and drawers there are, since each one is cleaned inside and out.
• Appliance condition, particularly the oven. A heavily used oven can be an hour on its own.
• Bathroom count and how much hard water or soap scum has set in.
• Whether pets lived there, which affects floors, vents and baseboards.
• Whether the house is fully empty. Cleaning around remaining furniture takes longer and the result is worse.

We give you a real number before we start. If the house turns out to be significantly worse than described, we call you before doing anything that changes the price.

What we do not handle

A move out clean is a cleaning job, not a repair or haul-off job. We are straight about the line so nobody is surprised on inspection day.

• We do not patch nail holes or touch up paint.
• We do not haul off furniture or large amounts of left-behind junk. Small trash goes, but if there is a garage full of it, that needs a hauler first.
• Carpet stain extraction is a carpet cleaning job.
• If the house or the driveway needs washing before listing, that is quoted separately. See pressure washing.

Common questions