End-of-tenancy cleaning to recover your deposit

What a landlord checks at check-out

When you leave a rental, the owner or agency goes over it closely to decide whether to return your full deposit. And they don’t look at first impressions: they look inside the oven, the extractor hood and its filter, the tile grout in the bathroom and kitchen, the shower screen, the inside of the cupboards, behind appliances, the blinds and their housings, the skirting and the corners. These are exactly the areas nobody cleans day to day and where months or years of dirt build up. End-of-tenancy cleaning targets that exact list.

Kitchen and bathroom, the two decisive areas

The kitchen is where most deposit is lost. We degrease the oven inside, the trays and the glass door, clean the hood and degrease or replace its filters, the hob, the tiles with grease splashes and the inside of drawers and cupboards. In the bathroom we remove caked lime from taps, screen and tiles, whiten blackened grout as far as possible, and leave the toilet, basin and shower tray spotless. This is the work that makes the difference between getting the whole deposit back or facing a deduction.

Blinds, cupboards, corners and floors

We clean the blinds slat by slat and their housings, cupboards inside and out, door and window frames, skirting and the corners that gather dust. Thorough vacuuming and mopping of all floors. If the tenancy was furnished, we also go over dust on the furniture and the inside of drawers. The aim is to hand the home over in the same clean state you received it, which is what most contracts require.

Check-out report and guarantee

If you wish, we give you before-and-after photos so you have a record of the state you left the home in for the check-out with the landlord or agency. It’s especially useful if you’re leaving the country and won’t be present at handover. We do a free prior assessment to give you a fixed price by area and state, and all work carries a 30-day guarantee.