A move-out clean is the deep clean you do when you leave a home for good. We clean inside the oven and fridge. We clean inside the cabinets and drawers. We scrub the baths, treat the water stains, and wipe every baseboard and track. The goal is a home that passes a landlord walk-through — or wows the next buyer.
Apopka rentals add one twist: the water. Well water stains sinks, tubs, and taps over a lease, and some landlords try to charge tenants for it. We treat the stains, clean what cleaning can clean, and note what is water wear, not damage. That care can be worth more than the clean itself at deposit time.
What is included
- Inside the oven, fridge, microwave, and dishwasher
- Inside cabinets, drawers, and closets
- Baths: grout, mildew, mineral stains, fixtures
- Baseboards, frames, and switch plates wiped
- Sills, slider tracks, and blinds cleaned
- Tile mopped, grout edges detailed
- Kitchen counters, sink, and stove scrubbed
- Fans, vents, and light fixtures dusted
- Closet shelves and rods wiped
- Trash and left-behind items removed
- Entry swept, door glass cleaned
- Photo notes on pre-set water staining
Room by room
Kitchen. Landlords check the kitchen first, and so do we. The oven and fridge are cleaned inside. The stove top is degreased. Cabinets and drawers are emptied and wiped in and out. The sink is scrubbed and the tap de-scaled. Counters are wiped clean, and the floor is mopped last.
Bathrooms. We scrub the tub, shower, and toilet, and treat the grout and seals for mildew. Well-water rings and crust are treated with mineral cleaner. Glass and mirrors are de-scaled and shined. This is the room where deposits get argued over, so we take photos of the state we found and the state we leave.
Bedrooms and closets. Closets are emptied and wiped: shelves, rods, and floors. Baseboards are hand-wiped, since scuffs and dust show there. Fans and vents are dusted. Floors are vacuumed and mopped. A room that is bare shows every flaw, so we work it like it will be seen up close — because it will.
Living areas. We dust high and low, wipe the trim and plates, and clean the slider tracks. Lanai doors in Florida homes grind grit into their tracks; we scrub them out. The entry is swept and the door glass cleaned. First sight matters in a walk-through, and the entry is the first sight.
Floors and final pass. Tile floors are mopped in zones with clean water, and grout edges get a scrub where they have gone dark. Then we do a slow final pass with the lease list in hand. Each box gets checked off in the home, not from memory in the truck.
Products and tools we use
Move-out work uses the deep-clean kit: mineral cleaner for water stains, a degreaser for the stove and hood, mildew treatment for baths, and grout scrubs. We bring our own tools, plus bags for the last trash. If your lease asks for a named task, like carpet spots or garage sweep-out, tell us and we scope it in.
We also bring a camera, for your sake. Photos of water stains before we treat them, and of each room after the clean, give you a record. If a deposit charge names a stain or a room, you have dated proof of the state you left it in. That record has saved our clients real money.
Our process
Six steps, the same on each visit, so you know just what to expect.
- Send us your lease list. Most leases name the tasks they check. Send the list and your move date. We build the clean around that list, word for word.
- Get one written price. Move-out cleans price like deep cleans. One clear price in writing, based on the size of the home and its state. No hourly clock.
- Time it after the last box. The clean runs best in the empty home, after your things are out. Book the slot between your last load and the key hand-back.
- We clean to the list. Our team works the lease list room by room, plus our own checks for water stains, mildew, and tracks. Problem spots get photos before we treat them.
- We note water wear vs. damage. Mineral stain that came from the water itself is noted as water wear in our report. Damage is damage, and we say so too — the note is honest both ways.
- Final pass with photos. We do a last walk with the list, then send you photos of each room. You hand back the keys with a clean home and a record to back it up.
The well-water deposit defense
Here is a scene we see too often in Apopka: a tenant leaves a clean home, and the landlord holds back deposit money for orange rings in the tub and white crust on the taps. That stain is not tenant damage. It is the well water. Any home on that well would stain the same way in the same time.
Our move-out clean is the answer to that scene. We treat the stains so most of them lift. What can not lift, we note in writing as water wear, with photos from before the clean. You keep the photos and the note. When the deposit talk starts, you hold proof, not just your word. That proof can pay for the clean many times over.
A note on prices: each home is priced on its size, its state, and how often we come. Every project is different — contact us for a free written estimate. The price we write down before the visit is the price you pay.
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