Move-Out Cleaning

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A move-out cleaning is a top-to-bottom detailed clean of an empty home, done to meet the landlord's standards and protect your deposit, or to ready a house for sale or the next tenant. Tenants book it before handing back keys, landlords between tenants, sellers before listing. You get a flat per-visit price by property size, inside the oven and refrigerator included, and a written checklist the crew works through. Request your free quote.

What's included in a move-out cleaning

A move-out clean covers everything a deep house cleaning covers, plus the empty-home items a landlord opens and checks: inside every cabinet and closet, behind the refrigerator and stove, switch plates, outlet covers, and vents. The checklist below is the same written list on every move-out job, so nothing rests on memory and nothing gets left for the last ten minutes before you hand over the keys.

What landlords actually check at the walkthrough

At the final walkthrough, the landlord compares the unit to its move-in condition, and cleaning is the deduction landlords take most often. Inspections tend to focus on five places.

Inside the oven and refrigerator. Burnt-on spills, crumbs in the drawers, and a grimy door seal are the first things many landlords open.

Bathroom grout, caulking, and behind the toilet. Dark grout lines, mildew along the caulk, and dust at the base of the toilet stand out right away.

Inside kitchen cabinets and closets. Shelves should be empty and wiped, with no crumbs or sticky rings left behind.

Floors and baseboards. Corners, the strip behind doors, and the outlines where furniture sat for years.

Anything left behind. Trash, old food, and hangers, plus burnt-out bulbs and dirty filters, which a landlord checks too even though they are not cleaning work.

When the crew finishes, take dated photos of every room and keep the receipt. Both matter if a charge is ever disputed.

Can a landlord charge you for cleaning when you move out?

In every state, a landlord can deduct only the actual, reasonable cost of cleaning that goes beyond normal wear and tear, and only what the lease and state law allow.

Normal wear and tear is the aging that comes with living in a home: minor scuffs, faded paint, light dust, carpet worn along the usual path from room to room. A tenant does not pay to clean that.

Cleaning beyond it is different. Grease baked inside the oven, a refrigerator left with food in it, soap scum and mildew in the shower, trash and belongings left in closets: that is what a landlord can charge for, at what the cleaning really costs.

How a landlord has to account for deductions, and how many days they have to return the deposit, vary from state to state. The deadline, the paperwork, and the rules for your state are on our state move-out pages, linked below, so you are reading the version that applies to you.

This is general information, not legal advice.

How much does a move-out cleaning cost?

A move-out cleaning starts at about $269 to $379 per visit, depending on your state and the property.

By property size: the more rooms there are, the more cabinets, closets, and floor the crew has to finish, so size sets most of the price. A studio or one bedroom is mostly kitchen and bathroom work and lands near the starting price for your state. A two bedroom apartment or townhouse often adds a second bathroom and more closets. A three bedroom home adds more floor, more trim, and a bigger kitchen, and a home with four or more bedrooms costs the most, because the checklist takes the most hours there.

Flat price, not hourly: we set one fixed price per visit from your bedrooms, bathrooms, and the condition of the home. You know the total before anyone arrives, and a slow crew never costs you more. For comparison, a standard visit starts at about $169 to $239.

Included: inside the oven and refrigerator, inside cabinets and closets, grout, baseboards, and ceiling fans.

Priced separately on request: carpet shampooing, sweeping out the garage, and hauling away large amounts of leftover trash or furniture. Ask for any of them when you book and they go into your quote before the visit.

The estimate is free.

How long does a move-out cleaning take?

For an empty home, a move-out cleaning takes about two to four hours of crew time for a studio or one bedroom, four to six for two bedrooms, five to eight for a three bedroom home, and eight to fourteen hours or more for a large home.

Four things move the time:

What is inside the cabinets and appliances. The oven and refrigerator alone can take two to three hours.

The condition of the kitchen and bathrooms. Heavy grease, soap scum, and pet hair all add time.

Crew size. Two people roughly halve the time on site.

Whether the home is actually empty. The times above assume a vacant home.

Before the crew arrives:

Have furniture, boxes, and trash out of the home.

Keep the water and electricity on.

Tell us about pet hair, heavy grease, or anything the landlord already flagged.

Move-out cleaning and deposit rules by state

Pick your state below. Each state page explains the local deposit rules and the deadline for returning a deposit, and lists the cities we serve there. Open your state, then your city, to see move-out pricing where you live and what a clean of your size usually costs.

Move-out cleaning FAQ

Is a move-out cleaning worth it?

Compare it to your deposit. A move-out clean starts at about $269 to $379 depending on your state, while a single disputed cleaning charge can take more than that out of your deposit, plus weeks of back and forth.

Is a move-out clean more than a regular clean?

Yes. Besides floors, counters, and bathrooms, it covers inside the oven and refrigerator, inside every cabinet, drawer, and closet, grout, baseboards, and vents, which you can only reach properly once the home is empty.

What are the most common move-out cleaning mistakes?

Leaving the appliances and cabinets for last, when time and energy run out. Cleaning while the movers are still carrying furniture out, which leaves fresh dirt behind them. And forgetting the trash, burnt-out bulbs, and dirty filters the landlord will check.

Do I need to be there during the clean?

No. Arrange how the crew gets in when you book, then do your own walkthrough once they finish, before you hand over the keys.

What proof should I keep for my landlord?

Take dated photos of every room right after the clean, including inside the oven, refrigerator, and cabinets, and keep the receipt for the visit. Those two things settle most cleaning disputes.

What if my landlord still deducts for cleaning?

Ask for the written list of deductions and compare it with your photos. The deadline for that list and the steps to dispute a charge differ by state, so check your state page. This is general information, not legal advice.