Move-Out Cleaning in NYC for Apartments and Houses
The boxes are gone, the walkthrough is Friday, and the super has already asked about the keys. We clean the apartment the way the landlord will inspect it, so the lease closes clean and the security deposit comes back in full.
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The Last Clean Before You Hand Back the Keys
A New York move-out walkthrough is not a glance around an empty apartment. The managing agent or landlord shows up with the move-in condition report, a phone camera and, in a lot of buildings, the super. They open the oven. They pull the crisper drawers. They run a finger along the top of the radiator cover and the windowsill above it, where a winter of steam heat has baked on a layer of gray dust. Every photo they take of a dirty surface becomes a line on the deduction statement that arrives after you have already moved.
That is why we clean an empty apartment differently from an occupied one. With the furniture gone, nothing is hidden anymore: the strip of floor where the refrigerator stood, the back wall of the hall closet, the inside of the medicine cabinet, the grout line behind the toilet. Our crews work from a move-out list built around what condition reports actually record, and they work in the order an inspector moves through a unit: kitchen appliances inside and out, bathrooms down to the grout, then closets, floors, doors and trim.
The building matters as much as the apartment. We carry our own equipment up fifth-floor walk-ups in the East Village and Washington Heights, check in with the doorman at Midtown rentals that require a certificate of insurance, and keep to the move-out windows that co-ops in Park Slope and Riverdale write into their house rules. If the freight elevator has to be reserved or the super wants to let us in personally, we sort that out before the day of the clean, not on the sidewalk.
The math is simple. A security deposit in this city is a full month of rent, and a landlord who deducts for cleaning rarely does it cheaply. A studio move-out clean runs $180 to $240 with us, and most one- and two-bedrooms land between $220 and $380. You get an itemized, dated invoice that shows exactly what was done, which is what you need in hand if a deduction shows up that you want to dispute, and what many management companies now ask for as proof the unit was professionally cleaned.
Most New York leases end on the last day of the month, which means movers, elevator reservations and cleaning crews are all competing for the same 48 hours. Tell us your move date and your walkthrough date and we will slot the clean between them, usually the day after the truck leaves. Leave a key with the super or in a lockbox, and we will send you photos of the finished apartment before the landlord sees it. We handle move-out cleaning across Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens and the Bronx.
What a Move-Out Clean Covers
Every item below is on the list because it shows up on a landlord's inspection sheet. The apartment is empty, so we clean it as an empty apartment: inside every cabinet, closet and appliance, down to the baseboards.
Kitchen
- Remove cobwebs
- Dust light fixtures
- Dust all windowsills, window frames, and ledges
- Dust blinds
- Dust ceiling fans
- Clean and dry sink and soap dish
- Clean countertops and backsplash
- Clean microwave (inside and outside)
- Clean stovetop, burners, and control panels
- Clean exteriors of large appliances (fridge, oven, dishwasher)
- Clean all light switches and doorknobs
- Spot clean cabinets and clean all handles
- Sweep, vacuum, and mop floors
- Clean oven hood vent
- Wipe down exteriors of all cabinets and drawers
- Wipe down all doors and door frames
- Dust and wipe down baseboards
- Sweep, vacuum, and mop pantry floor and wipe down shelves
- Wipe down insides of cabinets and drawers
- Clean inside closets and wipe down shelves
Bathroom(s)
- Remove cobwebs
- Dust light fixtures and shelves
- Dust doors, windowsills, and window frames
- Dust blinds
- Clean and dry shower and tub
- Clean and dry sink, countertops, and soap dish
- Clean all mirrors and glass
- Polish towel racks and toilet paper holder
- Clean inside, outside, and around toilet
- Clean all light switches and doorknobs
- Wipe down and disinfect cabinets
- Sweep, vacuum, and mop floors
- Scrub tile grout in shower
- Wipe down all doors and door frames
- Dust and wipe down baseboards
- Wipe down inside of linen closet and shelves
- Wipe down inside all cabinets and drawers
- Clean inside closets and wipe down shelves
Bedrooms
- Remove cobwebs
- Dust light fixtures
- Dust windowsills and window frames
- Dust blinds
- Dust ceiling fans
- Dust furniture, lamps, and lampshades
- Clean all mirrors
- Clean all light switches and doorknobs
- Sweep, vacuum, and mop floors
- Wipe down doors and door frames
- Dust and wipe down baseboards
- Clean inside closets and wipe down shelves
Living Areas & Common Spaces
- Remove cobwebs
- Dust light fixtures
- Dust windowsills and window frames
- Dust blinds
- Dust ceiling fans
- Dust furniture, lamps, and lampshades
- Clean all mirrors
- Clean all light switches and doorknobs
- Sweep, vacuum, and mop floors
- Wipe down doors and door frames
- Dust and wipe down baseboards
- Clean inside closets and wipe down shelves
When to Schedule a Move-Out Clean
1The Day After the Movers
The cleanest handoff: the truck leaves, we come in the next morning, and the walkthrough happens later that day or the day after. There is nothing to work around and no one tracking dust back in.
2Same Day, Between Truck and Walkthrough
Movers out by noon, agent arriving at five? Give us the building's elevator window and we will plan the crew size to finish in the gap. It is tight, but we do it every month.
3The Landlord Sent a Punch List
You already did the inspection and they came back with a list of cleaning items before they will release the deposit. Forward it to us. We come back and work the list, item by item.
4Last-Day-of-the-Month Turnovers
The 30th and 31st are the busiest cleaning days in New York. If your lease ends then, book two weeks out. We hold morning slots specifically for lease turnovers.
5Handing Off to Your Sublet or Assignee
Breaking a lease or passing the apartment to someone the landlord approved? A professional clean protects your deposit and gives the next tenant a fair starting condition report.
Settled Into the New Place?
Set up a recurring clean at the new address and start the lease the way you mean to keep it
Weekly
For full households, pets, roommates, and anyone who entertains
15% OFFBi-Weekly
The rhythm most New York apartments settle into
10% OFFMonthly
A reset for studios, one-bedrooms, and tidy solo households
Quarterly
A seasonal deep clean four times a year, radiator dust included.
Nobody in this city has spare hours for scrubbing. Between the commute, late nights at work, and weekends that fill up on their own, the apartment gets pushed down the list. A standing visit takes it off the list entirely. Choose weekly, every other week, or monthly, and we hold the slot for you. Traveling or hosting on a different day? Move the visit with a day's notice at no charge.
Why NYC Renters Trust NYC Cleaning Service at Lease End
We Clean to the Condition Report
Move-out condition reports are surprisingly consistent from one management company to the next. We know the sequence they follow and the surfaces they photograph, and we clean in that order.
Walkthrough Follow-Up
If the agent flags a cleaning item we missed, send us the photo before the keys go back. We will return and take care of it.
Building-Savvy Crews
Certificates of insurance for the doorman, freight elevator reservations, super check-ins, five-flight walk-ups with our own supplies. None of it slows us down.
Paperwork That Protects You
Every job closes with a dated, itemized invoice and finished-apartment photos. If a deduction shows up on your deposit statement, you have what you need to push back.
More Cleaning Services Across New York City
Landing somewhere new? Our move-in clean gets the next apartment ready before the boxes arrive, and recurring apartment and house cleaning keeps it that way. Deep cleans and post-renovation cleanups round out the list.
Apartment Cleaning
Studios, one-bedrooms, and shared units in walk-ups and doorman buildings alike. We work quietly, follow your building's rules, and leave every room ready for company.
Apartment Cleaning NYCHouse Cleaning
Brownstones, row houses, and multi-floor homes across the boroughs. Kitchens, bathrooms, floors, and dusting handled on a weekly, biweekly, or monthly rhythm you set.
House Cleaning NYCDeep Cleaning
For the buildup a routine visit skips: radiator dust, grease above the stove, grout, baseboards, and the space behind and under the furniture nobody has moved in years.
Deep Cleaning NYCMove-In Cleaning
The previous tenant's dust, the contractor's grit, the empty fridge. We scrub the whole unit while it is still empty so your boxes land in a clean apartment.
Move-In Cleaning NYCMove-Out Cleaning
A walkthrough-ready clean built around what New York landlords and management companies check: appliances, closets, cabinets, bathrooms, and floors, top to bottom.
Move-Out Cleaning NYCPost-Construction Cleaning
Renovation over? Drywall dust settles on every surface and inside every vent. We clear the fine debris, wipe down the millwork, and bring the space back to livable.
Post-Construction Cleaning NYCMove-Out Cleaning Questions
The same things every time: inside the oven and refrigerator, the tub and tile grout, the toilet base, cabinet and closet interiors, windowsills, baseboards and the floors under where appliances stood. Scuffs on walls and nail holes usually get noted too. Our move-out list is built from exactly those items.
Yes. Most of our move-out cleans happen with the tenant gone. Leave a key with the super or doorman, put one in a lockbox, or have the managing agent let us in. We confirm access the day before and send you photos when we are done.
Broom clean is the minimum that gets the keys accepted. Deposit deductions come from the condition report, and that compares the apartment to how it looked at move-in. A greasy oven or a stained tub does not fail broom clean, but it will cost you on the statement.
Both, every time. The oven gets a full interior degrease including racks and the door glass. The refrigerator gets emptied, shelves and drawers washed, and we roll it out to clean underneath if the floor and hoses allow it. The dishwasher filter and microwave interior are on the list too.
Studios run $180 to $240, one-bedrooms $220 to $300, two-bedrooms $280 to $380, and three-bedroom or larger apartments start around $380. Very heavy soil, a fifth-floor walk-up with no elevator or an oven that has never been cleaned can move a job to the upper end, and we tell you before we start.
Carpet shampooing, patching nail holes, painting, junk and furniture removal, exterior window washing and mold remediation. If your lease requires any of those, tell us when you book and we will point you to the right people or coordinate timing around our clean.
Hand Back the Keys With Nothing to Argue About
Tell us the address, the walkthrough date and how we get in. We do the rest and send you the photos and the receipt before the landlord ever sees the place.