Move-Out Cleaning in Christchurch

Move-out cleaning is the last thing on a moving list and the first thing that goes wrong, because by the time you get to it you are exhausted, the house is empty and echoing, and you have already been awake since five. PrestigePro handles move-out cleans across Christchurch, from $286.35 including GST for a full clean of the kitchen, bathrooms, living areas and bedrooms — carpet and oven cleaning are available as add-ons. WHERE MOVE-OUT CLEANING FITS IN A MOVING WEEK The sequence that works: pack, move, clean, inspect, hand over keys. The sequence people attempt: move and clean on the same day, inspect that afternoon. Moving day always runs longer than planned. Booking the clean for the following morning costs nothing extra and removes the single biggest source of stress in the whole process — and it means the property is genuinely empty, which is the only way it cleans properly. WHAT TO DO BEFORE WE ARRIVE Very little, and that is the point. Take everything out, including the garage, the shed and the top of the wardrobe. Leave the power and water connected. Leave us a key or tell us where the lockbox is. Do not clean first. People routinely spend an evening scrubbing an oven before a professional arrives to clean the same oven, and it changes nothing about the price or the result. Spend that evening doing something else. THE JOBS THAT DECIDE THE INSPECTION After enough of these, the failure points are consistent: the oven, inside cupboards and wardrobes, window tracks, the shower and its grout, extractor fans, and behind whatever was too heavy to move while you lived there. Those are the areas an inspection goes to first because they are the areas people skip. They are also slow and unpleasant, which is most of why anyone hires this out. IF YOU ARE MOVING WITHIN CHRISTCHURCH We can clean the property you are leaving and the one you are moving into, in the same week and on one invoice. The move-in clean of your new place is usually best booked for the day before you take possession or the morning of, before your furniture goes in. It is a small thing but starting in a properly cleaned home rather than someone else's leftover bathroom noticeably improves the first week in a new house. MOVING OUT OF A HOUSE YOU OWN Selling rather than renting changes the standard. There is no bond and no inspection, but there is a settlement date and a buyer doing a pre-settlement walkthrough. Most sellers want the property left presentable rather than restored, and it is a smaller job than a bond clean. Tell us it is a sale and we will scope it accordingly rather than quoting you for an inspection you do not have. IF YOU ARE RENTING Then the standard is the Residential Tenancies Act test — reasonably clean and tidy, judged against the entry condition report you signed. Find that report before you do anything, and photograph the property on the day you leave. Those two things resolve most bond disputes before they start. Carpet steam cleaning, oven cleaning, interior window cleaning, window sills and tracks, heat pump, dishwasher, fridge and wall cleaning are all add-ons rather than part of the base clean — add whichever ones you need at booking. If your property manager raises an issue with our work we return and fix it free within 72 hours.