Move-In and Move-Out Cleaning Services in Seattle

A standard move-out clean covers the kitchen, bathrooms, bedrooms, living areas, hallways, and entry, including surfaces, cabinet and drawer fronts, appliance exteriors, doors and frames, baseboards, switch plates, empty closets and shelving, and full floor cleaning. Appliance interiors, cabinet and drawer interiors, window glass and tracks, and carpet cleaning are available but confirmed in the quote rather than assumed, because each one adds meaningful time. The exact list depends on the property, its condition, and the scope you approve.

The same room-by-room work, with the priorities reversed. Kitchens and bathrooms come first because those are the rooms you use on day one, followed by storage, shelving, closets, floors, and frequently touched surfaces such as handles, railings, and switch plates. The aim is a clean starting point before boxes and furniture arrive, so residue and dust left by previous occupants or contractors is dealt with while every surface is still reachable.

Routine cleaning maintains a property that is being lived in and works around furniture and belongings. Move cleaning happens once, in an empty property, and deals with everything that furniture was hiding: the dust line behind a couch, the inside of cabinets, the closet shelves, the baseboards, the floor edges. It also runs to a deadline set by someone else, usually a walkthrough or a handover date, which changes how it gets scheduled. If your home is furnished and simply needs a thorough reset, residential deep cleaning is the closer fit.

After, for a move-out. An empty property can be cleaned properly in one visit, and anything cleaned before the furniture leaves gets undone the moment a couch is dragged across the floor. For a move-in the logic reverses: book it before the delivery truck arrives, while cabinets, closets, and floors are still clear. Where a move happens in stages, tell us the sequence and we will pick the slot that gives the best result rather than the earliest one.

Yes, and it is the most useful thing you can send us. Send it with the quote request and we will build the scope around it, flag anything on it that falls outside cleaning, such as repairs, painting, or carpet replacement, and confirm which items carry an additional cost. We cannot commit to another company's inspection standard on their behalf, but working from the actual document beats guessing at what a property manager expects.

No cleaning company can promise that, and you should be cautious of one that does. A deposit decision rests with the landlord or property manager and takes in wear, damage, unpaid rent, and their own inspection standard, not cleanliness alone. What a thorough move-out clean does is remove cleaning from the list of things that could be held against you, and following the checklist you were given is the most direct way to address the expectations that were actually set.

Yes, when it is included in the approved quote. Cabinet and drawer interiors are one of the more time-consuming parts of a move clean, so they are priced rather than assumed. They also have to be completely empty before the appointment, we do not remove or store personal belongings, and a cabinet with items still in it gets cleaned around rather than properly cleaned out.

Both are available as add-ons and both need mentioning when you request the quote, because they can add a significant amount of time depending on condition. Refrigerators should be emptied and, ideally, unplugged in advance so the interior is not still cold and wet when we arrive. Heavy baked-on oven buildup is assessed on site; we will tell you honestly what is likely to lift and what is stained permanently rather than promising an outcome we cannot deliver.

Yes. Vacant-unit and tenant turnover cleaning is regular work for us across the Seattle area, for individual landlords and for property managers running multiple units. Access is usually arranged through a lockbox, a code, or an on-site manager, so nobody has to meet us there. Where you are turning several units, the scope can be standardised so each one is cleaned to the same specification, and carpet cleaning or floor care can be quoted alongside it.

Yes, and an empty property is the best time for it, since nothing has to be moved and the carpet has room to dry. It is quoted as its own service rather than folded into the cleaning price, because extraction is separate work with its own equipment and drying time. Mention it when you request the quote so both visits can be sequenced correctly: carpet work is done after the general cleaning, not before it. See our carpet cleaning page for what that service covers.

Yes. Interior glass, sills, and tracks are a common addition to a move clean, and exterior glass can be included where the property and access allow it. Both are quoted separately from the standard scope. An empty property makes the job considerably easier, since sills are clear, sliders open fully, and nothing has to be moved away from the glass first.

Yes. Commercial move-in and move-out cleaning covers vacated office suites, spaces being prepared for a new tenant, retail units between occupants, and property handovers back to a landlord. Work is arranged around furniture removal, contractor schedules, and building access, and after-hours or weekend scheduling is normal. Once you are settled, recurring janitorial service for the new premises is quoted separately.

It varies enough that any fixed number would be misleading. A compact one-bedroom apartment in reasonable condition is a different job from a four-bedroom house that has been rented out for years, and appliance interiors, cabinet interiors, and carpet work each add time. Once we know the property type, size, condition, and the scope you want, we will give you a realistic estimate of the appointment length along with the written quote.

Quotes are based on the property type, size, bedroom and bathroom count, current condition, whether it is vacant, the optional work you want included, and access details such as parking and elevators. Estimates are free and carry no obligation. On timing, get in touch as early as you have a date, even a provisional one. Month ends and the last few days before a lease expires are the busiest slots in the calendar, and availability is confirmed when you book rather than assumed.