Move Out Cleaning in Austin

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 Austin

Austin's water comes off limestone country, and it shows: white scale on shower glass, faucets and kettles. The pollen calendar is its own thing. Cedar comes through in the cold months and coats sills and porches, then oak follows in spring and drops a yellow-green film and stringy catkins on everything outdoors. Summer heat runs long, so windows stay shut and the AC stays on.

Descaling is part of the routine here. Glass, faucets and shower doors hold a cloudy layer that plain wiping won't lift. And through pollen season, sills, ceiling fans, entry mats and porch furniture get gone over far more often than the rest of the house.