Brooklyn Move-Out Cleaning Services

The lease says the apartment must be returned in broom-clean condition or better. Your landlord will read that phrase a lot more strictly than you do. New York law gives you the right to request a walkthrough before you hand back the keys and to receive an itemized list of any deductions, but the simplest way to keep the deposit is to leave nothing on that list to write down.

Move-out cleaning in Brooklyn is a different job from a regular visit. The apartment is empty or nearly empty, which exposes years of hidden buildup: the outline where the couch sat, grease behind the stove, dust on every closet shelf, a gray line along the baseboards. Management companies in Downtown Brooklyn towers use checklists. A landlord in a Bed-Stuy brownstone just opens the oven and looks. We clean for both.

We start with the kitchen, because that is where deposits go to die. Stovetop, burners, and range hood get degreased. The microwave is cleaned inside and out and every appliance exterior is wiped down. Cabinets and drawers are emptied of crumbs and wiped inside. Then the bathroom: grout scrubbed, tub and tile descaled, toilet cleaned all the way around, mirror and fixtures polished. Closets, shelves, doors, frames, baseboards, and finally the floors in every room.

Scheduling around a Brooklyn move takes some choreography. Movers often have a morning window, the freight elevator has a reservation, and the walkthrough is set for a specific hour. We slot in after the last box leaves and before the inspection. If your lease ends on the 30th or 31st, book a week or more ahead, because that is when everyone in the borough is moving at once.

Move-out cleaning starts at $180 to $240 for a studio and rises with size: one-bedrooms are $220 to $300, two-bedrooms $280 to $380, and anything larger $380 and up. If your management company requires proof of professional cleaning, we provide a receipt that spells out what was done.