End of lease cleaning
End of Lease Cleaning Sydney
Worked against the condition report the property was let on, not a generic checklist. Carpet quoted as its own line so you can see what you bought. And if the inspection raises a cleaning item inside our scope, we come back at no charge.
- Cleaned against the actual condition report, not a template
- Quoted from an inspection, not from a bedroom count
- Carpet stated separately, with documentation the agent accepts
- Free return for any cleaning item raised at the inspection
Ask us for the paperwork
Every claim on this card has a document behind it, and it reaches you before the first shift rather than after you chase it.
- $20m public liability
- Certificate of currency on request
- Police-checked cleaners
- WWCC-cleared for schools and childcare
- No lock-in agreement
- Fixed written quote within 24 hours
What is an end of lease clean measured against?
An end of lease clean, also called a vacate or bond clean, is assessed at the outgoing inspection by comparing the property against the condition report it was let on. That report is therefore the correct document to clean towards, rather than a generic checklist, because it is the record the agent or landlord will actually be holding.
Many Sydney residential leases separately require professional carpet cleaning and documentation evidencing it. Carpet is a distinct job with its own equipment and is normally quoted as its own line rather than folded invisibly into a single figure. Bond can be withheld for reasons unrelated to cleaning — damage, wear beyond fair wear and tear, unpaid rent, items left behind, or grounds — so no cleaning contractor can honestly guarantee a bond will be returned.
Clean Best performs end of lease and commercial make-good cleaning across Sydney and has traded since 2015. It quotes from an inspection of the property, states plainly what is excluded, and returns at no charge to correct any cleaning item raised at the outgoing inspection that sits within the quoted scope. Quotes are arranged on 1300 494 983.
- Trading since 2015Cleaning Sydney business premises
- Police-checked cleanersWWCC where the premises requires one
- $20m public liabilityCertificate of currency on request
- Written quote in 24 hoursFixed price, no lock-in agreement
The detail
End of lease cleaning Sydney agents actually sign off on
End of lease cleaning Sydney tenants buy is one of the very few cleaning jobs with a formal examiner and a defined pass mark, and almost everybody approaches it as though it were neither. They buy a generic checklist clean, hope for the best, and discover at the inspection that the standard being applied was never the one they cleaned to.
The condition report is the exam paper
At the outgoing inspection, the property is compared against the condition report it was let on. That is the document. Not an internet checklist, not the contractor’s standard scope, not a general sense of what “clean” means. So the report is the thing to clean towards, and if you can get it to us before we start, the job stops being guesswork and acquires a finish line.
It also does something quietly valuable: it protects you. If a mark was on the report when you moved in, it is not yours now. Without the report, you are cleaning away other people’s history at your own expense, and possibly failing anyway on something the report never mentioned.
Nobody can honestly guarantee your bond
You will see the guarantee offered widely, and it is worth understanding why it is not a real promise. Bond is withheld for damage. For wear beyond fair wear and tear. For unpaid rent. For items left behind. For a garden nobody touched. None of those is a cleaning failure, and no cleaning contractor has any control over them whatsoever.
What a contractor can stand behind is the cleaning. So that is what we commit to: if the outgoing inspection raises a cleaning item that sits inside the scope we quoted, we return and put it right at no charge. That is a promise about something we actually control, which is the only kind worth making.
The oven, and everything else that decides the outcome
Vacate cleans are not won in the living room. They are won or lost in a short list of places that inspections always check and tenants routinely underestimate: the oven and its racks, the range hood filter, the shower screen and its seal, the window and door tracks, the tops of doors and cupboards, the skirtings, inside the cupboards and drawers, and the light fittings.
Which is also why a bedroom count is a hopeless way to price the job. A three-bedroom property in fair condition and a three-bedroom property that has been lived in extremely hard are two entirely different amounts of work, and quoting them the same means one of them is going to be under-cleaned. So we inspect, and if it is going to take longer we tell you at the quote rather than on the day.
Carpet is its own line, and it should be visible
Most Sydney leases require professional carpet cleaning and documentation evidencing it. It is a separate job requiring separate equipment, and folding it invisibly into a single number makes it impossible for you to check what you actually bought. We quote it separately, run it as hot-water extraction with full recovery, dry it properly so the inspection sees a dry floor, and give you the paperwork the agent will ask for.
Commercial make-good is a different animal
A commercial tenancy handed back under a make-good obligation is governed by the lease and by the landlord’s schedule, and the cleaning is usually only one part of a process that involves trades. We scope the cleaning against what the lease actually requires, and we sequence it so that cleaning is not the item holding up handover while everybody argues about whose responsibility something was. That argument costs money by the day.
Call 1300 494 983, send us the condition report, and we will tell you what the job really is.
The guarantee
We will not promise your bond. We will promise our cleaning
Bond is withheld for damage, for wear beyond fair, for unpaid rent, for items left behind, for a garden nobody touched. A cleaning contractor has no control over any of those, so a bond-back guarantee is a promise about somebody else's decision — which is to say, not a promise at all.
What we can stand behind is the cleaning. If the outgoing inspection raises a cleaning item that sits inside the scope we quoted, we return and put it right at no charge. Send us the report promptly so we can get there before the agent's deadline rather than after it.
- Free return for any cleaning item inside the quoted scope
- Cleaned against the condition report, not a generic checklist
- Quoted from an inspection, so the price does not move on the day
- Exclusions — damage, gardens, repairs — stated plainly up front
What's included
What an end of lease clean covers
The list is long because the inspection is long. Yours is written against the condition report the property was let on.
- Oven cleaned inside and out, including racks, trays and the glass between the door panels
- Range hood cleaned and the filter degreased or replaced to the lease requirement
- Cooktop, splashback, and the gap between the bench and the appliance nobody ever reaches
- Kitchen cupboards and drawers cleaned inside and out, including the tops
- Dishwasher filter and seals cleaned; fridge cavity wiped if the appliance stays
- Shower screen, seal, tiles and grout cleaned; soap scum removed rather than smeared
- Toilets, basins, vanities, mirrors and exhaust fan covers cleaned
- Window and door tracks cleaned out, not just wiped along the top
- Windows cleaned inside; outside where they are safely reachable at ground level
- Blinds dusted and wiped; curtains left as-is unless the lease requires laundering
- Skirtings, architraves, door tops, cupboard tops and light fittings
- Walls spot-cleaned for marks; general marks removed where the paint allows it
- Floors cleaned throughout to the correct method for each surface
- Carpet hot-water extracted as a separate quoted line, with documentation for the agent
Excluded: damage and repairs, wall repainting, gardens and grounds, rubbish and item removal, mould caused by a building defect, and pest control. We state these before we start rather than discovering them with you.
Pricing
End of lease quotes, built from an inspection rather than a bedroom count
Priced from the actual state of the property — the oven, the screens, the tracks, the blinds and how hard it has been lived in. Fixed in writing before we start, and not revised on the day.
Residential vacate
A house, unit or apartment being handed back, worked against the condition report the property was let on.
- Quoted from an inspection, not from a bedroom count
- Oven, range hood, shower screens, tracks and skirtings included
- Carpet extraction quoted separately with documentation for the agent
- Free return for any cleaning item raised at the inspection
Fixed price, in writing, before the first visit.
Tenancy with carpet
A property where the lease requires professional carpet cleaning and a receipt for it — which in Sydney is most of them.
- Hot-water extraction with full recovery, not a wet pass
- Documentation the agent will actually accept
- Carpet dried properly so the final inspection sees a dry floor
- Sequenced after the clean so nothing is walked back over
Fixed price, in writing, before the first visit.
Commercial make-good
An office or commercial tenancy being handed back under a lease make-good obligation.
- Cleaning scoped against what the lease actually requires
- Sequenced around the trades so cleaning is not the thing holding up handover
- Hard floors, carpet, glazing and amenities each stated separately
- A written scope you can hand to the landlord's representative
Fixed price, in writing, before the first visit.
Free walkthrough, then a written scope and a fixed price within 24 hours.
How it works
How an end of lease clean runs
Four steps, and the first one is sending us the document the inspection will actually use.
- 1
Send us the condition report
Call 1300 494 983 and send the report the property was let on. It is the document the inspection compares to, and it converts guesswork into a finish line.
- 2
We inspect and quote honestly
From the state of the property, not the bedroom count. If it has been lived in hard we will tell you at the quote rather than on the day.
- 3
The scope, in writing
What is included, what is quoted separately (carpet, usually), and what is excluded — damage, gardens, and anything the lease does not put on you.
- 4
Clean, then stand behind it
If the outgoing inspection raises a cleaning item inside our scope, we return and put it right at no charge. Send us the report and we will be there.
FAQ
End of lease questions from Sydney tenants and agents
Condition reports, bond guarantees, carpet, timing, commercial make-good and what happens after the inspection.
What is an end of lease clean actually judged against?
Clean Best works an end of lease clean against the condition report the property was let on, not against a generic checklist bought off the internet. That report is the document the outgoing inspection is compared to, so it is the only sensible thing to clean towards. If you can send it to us before we start, do — it converts the job from guesswork into something with a defined finish line, and it is why we ask for it every time.
Does an end of lease clean guarantee the bond back?
Clean Best will not promise that, and you should be wary of anyone who does. Bond is withheld for many reasons that have nothing to do with cleaning — damage, wear beyond fair, unpaid rent, items left behind, a garden nobody touched. What we can commit to is the cleaning: if the outgoing inspection raises a cleaning item that sits inside the scope we quoted, we return and put it right at no charge. That is a promise we control.
Is carpet cleaning included in an end of lease clean?
Clean Best quotes carpet as its own line, because it is its own job with its own equipment, and many Sydney leases require a professional carpet clean and a receipt for it. Bundling it invisibly into a single figure makes it impossible for you to check what you bought. We state it separately, do it as hot-water extraction with proper recovery, and give you the documentation the agent will ask for.
How long does an end of lease clean take?
Clean Best sizes the job from an inspection rather than from bedroom count, because bedroom count is a poor predictor of the work. Ovens, range hoods, shower screens, tracks, blinds and the state the property has actually been left in are what drive the hours. A property in fair condition takes a predictable time; one that has been lived in hard takes considerably longer, and we would rather tell you that at the quote than discover it on the day.
Do you do commercial make-good cleaning as well?
Clean Best cleans commercial tenancies at end of lease, and it is a different animal from a residential vacate. Make-good obligations are set by the lease and by the landlord's schedule, and the cleaning is only one part of what is usually a larger process involving trades. We scope the cleaning portion clearly against what the lease actually requires, so that it does not become the item that holds up handover while everybody argues about whose job it was.
What if the inspection finds something after you have finished?
Clean Best returns and puts it right at no charge if the item was inside the scope we quoted. Tell us within a reasonable window of the inspection so we can get there before the agent's deadline rather than after it, and send us the report. If the item was outside the scope — damage, a garden, something we flagged as excluded — we will say so plainly and quote it separately rather than quietly absorbing an argument.
Keep exploring
Related work when a tenancy changes hands
Vacate cleaning rarely travels alone.
Get end of lease cleaning Sydney inspections do not send back
Send us the condition report and we will quote from an inspection. Free return for any cleaning item raised. Call 1300 494 983.