Move Out Cleaning in Philadelphia

What move out cleaning covers

• Inside every kitchen cabinet, drawer and closet, top shelf included
• Inside the oven and the fridge, both emptied and switched off
• Baseboards, door frames and switch plates the furniture used to hide
• Window sills and tracks, and the glass from the inside
• Scuff marks on the walls where furniture stood for years
• Blinds, vents and light fixtures, easy to reach with the rooms empty

What is usually not included

• Carpet shampooing, which needs an extraction machine and drying time
• Patching nail holes or touching up paint, which is repair work
• Hauling off furniture, boxes or trash the last tenant left

When to book move out cleaning

Book this when you are handing back a rental and want the deposit, or before you move into a place someone else lived in. Landlords and property managers usually ask for exactly this.

How long it takes

Longer than a regular clean of the same home, because every cabinet, drawer and closet gets opened one at a time. A place that is already empty goes far faster than one still half packed.

What makes the price go up

• The number of cabinets, drawers and closets there are to open
• An oven or a fridge that was never cleaned during the tenancy
• Boxes and furniture still sitting in the rooms on the day
• A garage, a basement or an attic added to the walkthrough

What to ask before you book

• Do you clean inside the cabinets and closets, or only the outside?
• Are the oven and the fridge included, or charged on top?
• My landlord gave me a checklist. Can we go through it before you quote?

What move out cleaning looks like in Philadelphia

Philadelphia is a rowhouse city: narrow, deep homes sharing walls, two or three floors up a tight staircase, a front door opening straight onto the sidewalk and a basement below. Winters are cold, the radiators run, and salt from the sidewalks comes in on shoes. Summers are humid, and the middle of the house gets little daylight.

The front door opens on the sidewalk, so street grit lands in the first room and stair treads take the worst of winter. A vacuum gets carried up narrow stairs instead of rolling room to room. Radiators collect dust down between the columns, and the dim middle rooms need a light brought in.