Move-In / Move-Out Cleaning

A move-out clean is really a deposit-recovery or inspection-pass job, and what it is judged against is a clipboard. That changes what gets prioritized. Landlords, property managers and housing inspectors in this market check the same short list nearly every time: inside the oven, inside the refrigerator, inside cabinets and closet shelves, bathroom grout, baseboards, window tracks, and the garage floor.

We clean to that list. Tell us if you are being inspected against a specific written standard and we will work to it directly. Empty units get the best result, and booking at least a week out is sensible -- longer during the spring and summer move windows, when PCS season and the end of the academic year land on top of each other.

A move-in clean is the opposite problem. Nobody is grading it -- you just do not want to unpack into somebody else's grime. The previous tenant's idea of clean usually stopped at eye level, and whatever the place sat through while it was vacant is still in the window tracks and the closet corners. In a humid coastal climate, a unit that sat empty through the summer has its own smell for a reason.

We do this before the furniture arrives: inside every cabinet and drawer, inside the appliances you are about to put food in, bathroom fixtures and grout, closet shelving, ceiling fans, window tracks, and every floor in the place. A few hours of work that saves you from discovering the state of the kitchen drawers after the boxes are already stacked in front of them.

If you are clearing quarters or ending a lease near Fort Stewart or Hunter Army Airfield, the standard you are being held to is written down, and it is stricter than a normal move-out. Appliance interiors, closet shelving, blinds, window tracks, baseboards and the garage are the usual sticking points.

Three practical things help. Book as soon as you have orders, even if the date might move -- shifting a booked date is far easier than inventing one during a peak week. Schedule for after the truck leaves so the place is empty. And tell us you are being inspected against a housing checklist, because it changes the order we work in and what we spend the extra time on.

The academic calendar moves thousands of students in and out of Savannah rentals twice a year, and it does it in the same two or three weeks every time. Apartments and shared houses near downtown empty out at the end of spring and refill in the fall, and everyone in them needs the same Thursday.

If you are a student, a parent handling the lease from out of town, or a landlord turning several units in the same window, the answer is the same: get the date on the calendar early. We can work with a partially furnished place if the timing forces it, but an empty unit cleans faster, cleans better, and inspects better.