Do it yourself. Who’s got the money to pay someone to do it? I’ve done this so many times and always get the full bond back

Make sure you polish bathrooms and kitchens. They are the areas they notice most. Old t-shirts are fab for quick cleaning and polishing of rooms

I’ve DIY and paid for this service, I think my clean was much better than the professionals.

I’ve never had people in to clean during my renting days.. If your house is usually kept clean anyway, it shouldn’t be that big a job..

We organised an end of lease clean on the day we moved out simply because we were so exhausted. They came within 48 hours, it was actually through the “Jims” group. The whole house was cleaned for $330 and it took the guy on his own, 8 hours. He did a really fantastic job.

We got an end of lease clean once and we they didn’t do a very good job so if Iwas ever renting again I’d do it myself.

We even bought a steam cleaner and do the lot ourselves.

I got a professional cleaner for the new house so we can move in without hassle. it was the worst money I have ever spent. Not knowing the average charge, we paid 400 dollars for a new house to be cleaned.

I love the line, “A professional end of lease clean lets you concentrate on your move and new home without being dragged back to your old one to clean it.”

I do a better job than most cleaners I print a cleaning.plan for each room with what has to be done from skirting boards to tops of doors made.my last house easy to do we knew exactly where we were up to.

i have only ever gotten a professional cleaner once and i always get my bond back. cleaning yourself isn’t to hard especially if you have a few friends your willing to shout pizza and drinks for help.

sure is personal preference but i don’t see why you couldn’t do a great job by yourself!

Some people clean better than others and some cleaning companies are not up to scratch either. Sometimes you have to go over what professional cleaners miss.

My tip is to get organised and make sure you have the funds and the booking to have the property professionally cleaned, moving is a stressful time and there is enough to do moving from one place to another without having the added pressure of making sure that the old place is up to scratch. I think outsourcing this is the most important thing, also if simply selling a home, why make your life more stressful.

I have never gotten a bond back, no matter how it is cleaned, leading to a firm dislike of real estate agents. One tried to charge me for carpet cleaning in a flat that only had floorboards.

I always used to do it all myself, except for the carpets.

i am a professional cleaner and do bond cleans, the best advise i can give is try to do the majority of the work yourself,like 1 night wipe off dirty marks from the walls, next night move washing machine and fridge clean behind, next night clean your rangehood and oven, the are some good oven cleaners out there that don’t smell and you only have to leave on for 30mins,next night if you have carpets get a good stiff broom and go around the wall edges to release the carpet balls, clean the overhead fans if you have any, then vacum,next night empty cupboads and clean, so when you get a quote from the pro you point out what you have done the less time they have to spend doing your place the less you have to pay

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  • • mom57522 replied
    • 31 Jan 2015 , 11:31 pm

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  This is really practical advice! Thank you!

We are moving in a few weeks, was debating on what to do if we clean or get someone else to clean. I guess it could be a fair few hundred by the time they spend a good day or 2 here. Thinking about getting a gardener also just to neaten it all up before the final inspection. It depends how hot it’s going to be as we are moving in Jan

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  • • lanajanefox replied
    • 02 Dec 2014 , 1:12 am

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  it is safer with cleaners, most of them offer free re-clean within the first 48 hours, so your bond is safe! With you doing the cleaning there is always a chance your landlord will notice and hold back a huge chunk of your bond money!

I would much prefer to pay for someone to clean it and I just go with the landlord’s preferred cleaner.as long as they are price competitive.

I have learnt it is better to hire someone the estate agents use themselves, then it is someone they like and know. We have been lucky in that the last two times we have just told the agent they clean it and take it out of the bond. Less stress on myself and things are done the way they want and I do not have to find the money to pay the professionals.