End of lease · closing day · new keys
Move-In & Move-Out Cleaning in Peterborough
Leave the old place clean for whoever comes next, or start in the new one knowing every shelf and cupboard is clean before your boxes go in.
Clean Rooms at Both Ends of a Move
Moving is the worst possible week to clean. You're packing, driving trailers back and forth, waiting on lawyers and utility companies, and the last thing you have energy for is the inside of an oven. A moving clean takes that job off the list.
On the way out, we clean the empty house or apartment so it's ready for a landlord's inspection or the new owners. On the way in, we clean before the furniture arrives, so cupboards, closets and floors are fresh when you start unpacking. Peterborough has a lot of both: renters coming and going around Trent University and Fleming College, families trading up in Westmount and Kawartha Heights, and retirees moving from the country into town.
A Moving Clean Makes Sense If…
- Your lease ends soon and you want the place spotless for the walk-through.
- You're selling and promised the buyers a clean house on closing day.
- The new place is yours and you'd like it clean from top to bottom before unpacking starts.
- You own a rental and one tenant is leaving just as another arrives.
- You're moving a parent out of a family home and don't have the time to do it yourself.
What a Moving Clean Covers
In an empty home we can reach everything, so a moving clean goes further than a regular visit.
Upstairs, high to low
Light fixtures, vents, closet shelves and rods, door frames and the tops of doors, window sills and tracks.
Bathrooms
Inside vanities and medicine cabinets, tub, shower, toilet, glass, tile and grout lines scrubbed, exhaust fan cover wiped.
Bedrooms
Closets inside and out, baseboards, outlet covers and switch plates, scuffs spot-cleaned on walls where the paint allows.
Kitchen
Inside the oven, fridge and dishwasher, inside every cupboard and drawer, range hood, the backsplash and counters, under the sink.
Living areas
Baseboards, trim and doors, blinds, inside window frames, fireplace surround, any built-in shelving.
Floors last, back to the door
Vacuum every edge and closet floor, wash hard floors, finish at the front door so it's clean for the handover.
End of a lease
For tenants, especially students near Trent and Fleming and anyone renting in the North End: landlords look at the oven, the fridge, the bathroom and the floors first. We clean all of those properly, plus cupboards, closets and baseboards. We can't promise how a landlord will judge the unit, but we clean to a full move-out standard so you're in the strongest position.
Buying or selling
When you sell, a clean home on closing day is a courtesy most buyers remember. When you buy, cleaning before you move in means you never wonder what was in that cupboard before your dishes. Selling? Book us once the truck is loaded and gone. Buying? Book us before your belongings arrive.
Timing it around the keys
On a closing day the keys often don't change hands until the afternoon, which leaves little room on either side. If you can get us in a day early, or the morning of, say so. If timing is tight, we may send two cleaners to finish faster. Tell us your closing or lease-end date when you ask for a price.
Then stay with regular visits
A move-in clean is a natural start for regular visits at the new place. If you'd like that, we'll set up your schedule from the first visit.
What a Moving Clean Costs
Apartment or condo
often around $200 to $300
What moves it: Size, inside appliances, balcony.
Typical house, empty
often $250 to $450
What moves it: Bathrooms, number of cupboards, inside the oven and fridge.
Furnished house
priced separately
What moves it: More to work around; we'll ask for photos.
Estimates from local published rates (roughly $30 to $60 an hour for detailed cleaning). Firm price before booking.
Why Book a Moving Clean
One less moving job
Spend the week on the truck, the lawyers and the kids, not the oven.
Empty-home detail
Inside every cupboard, closet and appliance while nothing's in the way.
Timed to your keys
Booked around closing day or the end of your lease.
Booking a Moving Clean
Phone us or use the form
Describe the house, the cottage or both, and the cleaning you have in mind.
Get your price
A few quick questions (photos help for cottages), then a firm number, all before a cleaner arrives.
The first visit
Most places start with a deeper reset so later visits can be lighter and quicker.
Regular or seasonal visits
The house on your schedule, the cottage when the season calls for it.