Getting your Bond Back – Cleaning Guide for Final Inspection

Repairs

All damage must be made good.  Please contact the office for phone numbers of competitive priced, professional tradespeople.

Cleaning

If you do not wish to do the cleaning yourself we can arrange quotes from professional cleaners prior to your vacating.

General

Clean all windows, window tracks, doors, sliding doors and tracks, fly and security screens.  Mop all floors, removing marks and wash all skirting boards.  Clean light fittings, wiping out dead bugs, remove all cobwebs, globes to be left in working order. Wash all walls with particular attention to areas around light switch and handles.  Blinds are to be washed/wiped down.  Cobwebs to be removed from interior and exterior of premises.

Kitchen

Inside and outside all cupboards and doors [especially pots and pans cupboard]
Stove, griller, drip trays and oven to be left free of grease [use Mr Muscle or Oven Clean].
Inside, outside and behind the refrigerator and dishwasher [if applicable].  Exhaust fans and filters.  Sink [stainless steel sinks to be shiny - use cream cleanser & scourer] and especially drains.  Rangehood and filter [filter can be removed and cleaned].

Bathroom

Floor, mirrors and windows, Toilet, vanity, bath, shower recess [tiles and screen scum build-up to be removed].  Clean inside built-in cupboards [wipe off scuff marks].  Shower curtain washed with bleach or replaced if necessary.

Laundry

Inside, outside and behind washing machine, rinse out filter. Inside, outside and behind dryer, remove lint. Clean laundry tub [including inside bottom cupboard of tub].

Verandah/Patio

Sweep and mop, pressure clean any moss or mould off decks or concrete, clean railings and any perspex glass.  Remove all cobwebs etc.

Garage

Degrease all driveways, carports and all concrete areas to be free from oil and grease.  Sweep garage floor and remove any cobwebs. Clean wheelie bins and remove any excess rubbish [put rubbish in bins for collection]. Lock garage doors.

Light Fittings

To be thoroughly cleaned inside and out where safe to do so.

If Furnished

Make sure all items are in original rooms as per inventory and have been cleaned.

Yards

Lawns mowed, edges tidy, weeding of all gardens and general tidy-up of yard and gardens [no rubbish to be left and no grass clippings to be left in gardens].

Carpets

Must be professionally steam cleaned and receipt handed to the your property manager.