Move-In Cleaning near you

In Victoria, no. Section 65 of the Residential Tenancies Act 1997 requires the rental provider to ensure the premises are vacant and in a reasonably clean condition on the agreed occupation day, and the Director's cleanliness guideline states that a renter is not required to enter into occupation of premises which do not meet those conditions. Record everything in the condition report with photographs, raise it with the rental provider or agent immediately in writing, and do not quietly fix it at your own expense. Other states word the duty differently, so check your own tenancy authority.

It depends on your state. Consumer Affairs Victoria says the renter must return the report within 5 business days of moving into the property, and can complete their own within that time if the rental provider did not supply one. The Queensland RTA says the tenant must return the signed and completed entry condition report within 7 days after the later of the day they occupied the premises or the day they were given a copy. Treat the deadline as real, because a late or missing report is the single most common reason a bond argument goes badly.

Often yes, for reasons that have nothing to do with the agent's standard. An empty house is the only time you can reach under and behind where appliances and wardrobes will sit for years, and the only time carpets can be cleaned and dried without furniture on them. It is also the cheapest per hour that cleaning ever gets. Just do not confuse it with the rental provider's own obligation: if the place was handed over dirty, record that first and then decide what you want done.

Before, without exception. Every hour a cleaner spends moving your belongings is an hour not spent cleaning, and the places that most need doing on a handover are exactly the ones your furniture is about to cover. If the removalists are coming in the morning, book the clean for the day before, not the same day.

More than feels necessary, and in a way that dates itself. Wide shots of every room, then close-ups of anything that is marked, stained, chipped, mouldy or greasy. Include the oven interior, the rangehood, inside the dishwasher, the shower base and screen, all carpet stains, window sills, the inside of every cupboard, the garage or shed, and the garden beds. Both the Queensland RTA and Consumer Affairs Victoria state that photos and video are used as evidence at the tribunal alongside the condition report.

Only if you ask for it. Cleaning quotes are for the interior unless the scope says otherwise, and a garage floor, a carport, a shed or overgrown garden beds are separate work. In a rental it is worth noting their condition in the report regardless, because the Victorian guideline lists garden beds and lawns weeded and neat, and the shed or garage kept neat and tidy, among the things that make premises reasonably clean.