Rentals · 5 min
What we actually do on a move-out clean
Agents have a list. We work to that list. If you want the deposit back, do not treat this like a Friday wipe-down.
A move-out is empty rooms, no furniture in the way, and every cupboard open. If the place is still half packed, we cannot quote the same number. Tell us before the van leaves Observatory.
On the list
- Kitchen: oven, hob, extractor, fridge interiors, cupboards inside and out
- Bathrooms: shower glass, grout, cistern top, extractor
- Floors, skirting, interior windows, window tracks
- Light switches, handles, and the marks behind where the couch was
We photo each room when we finish. You get the set. If the agent flags something we missed that was in scope, we come back once.
Not on the list unless you pay for it
Carpet steam, exterior windows, garden, or removing the tenant’s leftover paint tins. Say it on the form.