Vacate Cleaning in Christchurch

Vacate cleaning is a logistics problem wearing a cleaning problem's clothes. The property has to be empty, the clean has to happen, the keys have to go back, and the three of those have to line up on days that are usually already spoken for. PrestigePro handles vacate cleans across Christchurch, from $286.35 including GST. THE ORDER THINGS HAVE TO HAPPEN IN Removalists out, then clean, then final inspection, then keys. Every problem we see comes from those four getting compressed or reordered. The common failure is booking the clean for the same day as the move. Removalists run late, the last carload takes longer than anyone expects, and a cleaner who arrives at two to a house still holding half a garage cannot do the job properly. What follows is either a rushed clean or a rescheduled one, and the rescheduled one collides with the inspection. Give yourself one clear day between the truck leaving and the property being handed back. If that is genuinely impossible, tell us at booking and we will resource a larger crew for a tighter window rather than sending one person into an unrealistic timeframe. ACCESS AFTER YOU HAVE MOVED OUT Most vacate cleans happen when you no longer live there and often no longer have easy access. We can collect keys from you, from your property manager, or work from a lockbox — arranged in advance and held under a signed agreement. Tell us about anything that will not be obvious to someone who has never been in the property: which key works the back door, that the garage remote is with the agent, that the water is turned off at the street. Those details cost hours when a crew discovers them on the day. POWER AND WATER STILL NEED TO BE ON This catches people every time. Disconnect the power before the clean and there is no vacuum, no hot water and no lighting in a house with the curtains gone. Disconnect the water and nothing can be rinsed. Schedule your utility disconnection for after the clean, not the day you move out. It is the single most common avoidable problem with a vacate clean. WHAT AN EMPTY PROPERTY REVEALS Furniture hides a great deal, and it all appears the moment the house is empty — carpet indentations and colour differences where rugs sat, marks behind the sofa, dust under the bed, scuffs behind doors, and the patch of wall the wardrobe was covering. That is normal and much of it is fair wear and tear rather than your liability. What we can clean, we clean. What is damage or wear we will tell you about rather than charging you to attempt it. GARAGES, SHEDS AND OUTDOOR AREAS Frequently forgotten and frequently on the inspection list. Garage floors, cobwebs in the shed, the letterbox, and outdoor areas if your tenancy covered them. Tell us what is included in your tenancy and we will cover it — it is cheaper than being called back. RURAL AND LIFESTYLE PROPERTIES Larger properties, outbuildings and long driveways take longer and need to be quoted on sight rather than by bedroom count. We cover Selwyn and Waimakariri as well as Christchurch city.