Move In / Move Out Cleaning in Atlanta, GA

Move-out cleaning for a home with nothing left in it

Move-in and move-out cleaning is the visit for an empty home in the Atlanta metro at the moment it changes hands. It is booked online by bedrooms and baths, from one bedroom and one bath up to four bedrooms. The fixed start time falls on the day the rooms are bare. The list assumes open cabinets, an empty refrigerator and floors with nothing on them.

Why the empty home has its own checklist

A standard visit cleans the outside of things because the inside is full. Once the dishes, food and clothes are gone, the interiors become the job: all the cabinets and every drawer, the refrigerator inside and outside, top and sides, and the oven inside and out. Bathroom cabinets are done inside and outside as well. The whole-home list also picks up the surfaces a standard visit skips: the inside of the windows and blinds, and the baseboards and light switches wiped with a damp cloth. The move-out list has no add-ons, because the usual extras, the fridge, the oven and the cabinets, are already in it.

Renters, landlords and buyers: three timings

A renter books it for the day after the truck leaves and before the keys go back. The landlord then finds a cleaned oven and empty, wiped drawers. Read the move-out clause of your lease for what it asks; the list here is the same whatever it says. A landlord or property manager books it between tenants, after the old tenant is out and before showings. A buyer or new tenant books the move-in version for the day before their own truck arrives. That way the cabinets and drawers are clean before they are filled. Same list, three different dates.

Kitchen: inside, not just outside

The kitchen is where the move-out list differs most from a standard clean. Every cabinet is cleaned in and out, drawers included, the countertops are wiped, the microwave is done inside and out and the stove top is polished. The refrigerator interior, exterior, top and sides are cleaned, and the oven interior too. The dishwasher gets the outside, top, front and sides. Keep the power and water connected through the cleaning date; the team needs both.

Bathrooms, blinds and baseboards

Bathrooms are cleaned to the same depth as the kitchen: showers, sinks, tiles, toilets, doors, the cabinets in and out, the glass and the shower doors and taps, finished with antibacterial spray. Across the home the blinds are dusted, the windows are wiped on the inside with a damp cloth, and the baseboards and light switches are wiped. Doors, door frames and door knobs are done. Bedrooms are cleared of dust on all surfaces, and the laundry and pantry shelves are wiped. Floors come last: two vacuum cleaners, then the wet and dry mop.

Utilities, keys and what to put in the notes

Three things decide whether the visit runs as booked: the home is empty, the power and water are on, and the team can get in. Put the key arrangement in the notes field, which holds 2,000 characters: a lockbox code, the hours of a leasing office, a neighbor who holds the key. Upload photos of the stove and the refrigerator if they are heavily used, so the condition is known before the day. No payment is taken when you book; the total for your size shows before you confirm.

Carpet and the size of the home

Bare rooms are the easiest case for carpet, and carpet cleaning can be added to the same booking by room, stairs or hallway. Sizes for the move-out list stop at four bedrooms and two and a half baths. For a larger empty home, book deep cleaning, which runs to six bedrooms, and add the oven, the fridge and the kitchen cabinets as extras. Or call or email with the ZIP and the room count and ask for the move-out scope at that size.

What the visit is not

It is not a paint job, and it does not carry out furniture or bagged trash left behind. The trash it collects is the cleaning trash, which goes to your trash bin. It is not a deep clean of an occupied home either. If you are still living there on the date, the cabinets stay full and the checklist cannot be run as written. In that case book deep cleaning and return to the move-out visit once the rooms are empty.