Move-In Cleaning in Christchurch

Move-in cleaning is the one clean nobody budgets for and everybody wishes they had. You get the keys, you walk in, and the previous tenant's bathroom is now your bathroom. PrestigePro cleans properties before you move in, across Christchurch, from $286.35 including GST. THE ONE-DAY WINDOW The right time is after you have the keys and before the furniture arrives. That is usually a single day, sometimes a few hours, and it is the only point where every cupboard, wardrobe and floor is empty and reachable. Once your belongings are in, a move-in clean becomes a normal clean with obstacles. Book it for the day you take possession, or the morning of your move if the truck comes later. WHY THE PROPERTY IS NOT ALREADY CLEAN Sometimes it is. Often it was cleaned to pass an inspection rather than to be lived in — and those are different standards. An inspection checks the oven, the visible surfaces and the carpet. It does not check inside the wardrobe rails, the top of the kitchen cupboards, behind the toilet cistern, or the inside of the dishwasher seal. There is also the gap. A property that has been empty for three weeks between tenancies collects dust regardless of how well it was cleaned when the last tenant left. WHAT WE PRIORITISE Anything that touches food, anything that touches skin, and anything you will not be able to reach again. Kitchen first: inside every cupboard and drawer, benchtops, sink and taps, splashback. Bathrooms second: toilet, shower, extractor fan, and the vanity. Then wardrobe interiors, shelving and skirting boards — the places that become inaccessible the moment your things are in. Inside the oven, fridge, dishwasher and heat pump, carpet steam cleaning, and window sills and tracks are add-ons rather than part of this base clean — add whichever ones you need at booking. Floors last, once everything above has been done. IF YOU ARE MOVING WITH CHILDREN OR ALLERGIES Worth saying at booking. We use products appropriate to the situation and pay closer attention to floors, skirting and anything at crawling height, and we can leave windows open to air the property rather than handing it back full of cleaning smell. For asthma or allergy households the carpet is usually the thing that matters most — a previous tenant's pet is not always disclosed and it does not always announce itself until someone reacts. Carpet steam cleaning is an add-on, so mention it at booking if you want it included. DOCUMENT THE CONDITION BEFORE YOU START If you are renting, photograph everything before you clean and before you unpack, and check it against the entry condition report you have been given. Anything already damaged or stained needs to be on that report now, not disputed in two years when you leave. This costs twenty minutes and it is the single best protection for your bond. We are happy to work around you while you do it. BUYING RATHER THAN RENTING Same clean, different reason. There is no condition report and no bond, but there is a house you now own that somebody else lived in. Most buyers want the kitchen, bathrooms and living areas done thoroughly before anything comes off the truck — carpet steam cleaning is a popular add-on for this too — and we scope it that way.