Move-in / move-out cleaning
Move-in and move-out cleaning in New Hampshire and Maine
An empty-home clean built around a date on a contract. Everything gets done in one visit, because there is no furniture to work around and no second chance after the keys change hands.
What does a move-out cleaning cover?
Move-out cleaning from J&B Pro Cleaning prepares an empty home in New Hampshire and Maine for inspection: inside every cabinet and drawer, inside closets, appliances cleaned inside and out, all bathrooms, all light fixtures and vents, window sills and tracks, baseboards, and every floor vacuumed and washed wall to wall.
The empty house is the advantage. With nothing in the way we can clean cabinet interiors, closet shelves, floor corners and behind where appliances stood — the areas that are simply unreachable in an occupied home, and exactly the areas an inspection checks.
Two very different people book this service. Tenants at lease-end need the unit to pass a landlord's walkthrough so the security deposit comes back. Buyers and sellers need the house presentable at closing — sellers handing it over properly, buyers wanting it cleaned before a single box comes in.
We also work steadily with realtors and property managers, who tend to have several units turning over at once. That work is scheduled the same way: against a fixed closing or lease-end date, not a rough week.
What’s included?
This is the full empty-home checklist. Move-in and move-out versions are the same scope — the difference is whose standard we are cleaning to.
Kitchen
- Inside every cabinet and drawer
- Cabinet exteriors, edges and handles
- Inside the oven, including racks and the broiler drawer
- Inside and behind the refrigerator, plus door seals
- Dishwasher interior, filter and gasket
- Sink, faucet and garbage disposal opening
- Counters, backsplash and the wall behind the stove
Bathrooms
- Tub, shower, tile and glass scrubbed and descaled
- Toilet cleaned inside, out and behind
- Vanity inside and out, including drawers
- Medicine cabinet interior
- Mirrors polished
- Exhaust fan covers
- Floors washed to the edges and behind the toilet
Bedrooms, closets, living areas
- Closet shelves, rods and floors
- Baseboards and door frames throughout
- Window sills, tracks and interior glass
- Light fixtures and ceiling fan blades
- Switch plates and outlet covers
- Wall marks spot-cleaned where they lift
- Cobwebs removed from corners
Whole unit
- All hard floors vacuumed then washed
- Carpets vacuumed thoroughly, including edges
- Stairs, hallways and landings
- Laundry area, including behind the machines where reachable
- Vent and return covers
- Trash and debris removed to your bins
What’s not included?
A move-out clean is not a renovation or a junk-removal service. The items below are outside it, and knowing that before inspection day matters more than a promise.
- Removing furniture, boxes or belongings left behind
- Junk hauling, dumpster loads or curbside pickup
- Carpet steam extraction or shampooing
- Patching nail holes, spackling or painting
- Repairing damage, replacing blinds or fixing fixtures
- Exterior windows, garages, sheds, decks and yards
- Attics, crawl spaces and unfinished basements
- Post-construction drywall dust from work done during the move-out
- Mold remediation, smoke damage or biohazard cleanup
- Guaranteeing that a specific landlord releases a deposit
What drives the price?
This is a one-time job priced on the size and state of the unit. The date matters too — a hard closing deadline limits how we can schedule the crew.
- Square footage
- Every empty room gets full treatment, so footage tracks closely with time on this service more than on any other.
- Number of bathrooms and kitchens
- Bathrooms and the kitchen are where inspections focus and where the hours go. A two-bath unit is a different quote from a one-bath unit of the same size.
- Condition at the start
- A unit left tidy is quick. Years of grease in the kitchen, a neglected shower or heavy pet dander means more product, more passes and more time.
- Whether the home is truly empty
- Fully empty is the fastest and cheapest case. Furniture still in place, or boxes stacked in rooms, means we clean around them and cannot reach the surfaces that matter most.
- Appliance interiors
- Oven, refrigerator and dishwasher interiors are standard here, but their state varies enormously and a badly neglected oven can add an hour on its own.
- Pets in the outgoing household
- Hair in carpet edges, dander on baseboards and odor in closets all need extra passes before a unit shows well.
- Access and parking
- A code, a lockbox or a key waiting for us keeps things moving. Upper-floor units, no elevator, or a building manager who has to let us in each trip adds time.
- Date pressure
- Closings and lease-ends do not move, so these jobs are scheduled tightly. Booking a week or more out gives us room to hit your exact date.
How it works
- 1
Free written quote
Send the address, size, bathroom count, your closing or lease-end date, and whether the unit will be empty. We reply with a written price tied to that date.
- 2
Scheduled visit with the same crew
One crew does the whole unit in one appointment, timed to land before your inspection or walkthrough rather than the same day as it.
- 3
Walkthrough and re-clean guarantee
Walk it with us, or send us the landlord's or agent's punch list. Anything from our checklist that needs redoing gets redone at no charge if you tell us within 48 hours.
Frequently asked questions
Will a move-out cleaning get my security deposit back?
It gives you the strongest case. We clean to inspection standard — inside cabinets, appliances, closets and floors — which covers what landlords check for cleanliness. What we cannot control is damage, nail holes, paint or items left behind, because those are repair and removal issues rather than cleaning.
Should the home be empty before you clean?
Yes, completely empty is best, and it is also the cheapest version of this job. With furniture and boxes gone we can clean inside cabinets, along every floor edge and behind where appliances stood. If some items must stay, tell us where they are so the quote reflects it.
Do you clean before a move-in as well as after a move-out?
Yes, and it is the same scope. Buyers and tenants regularly ask us to clean a home they have just taken possession of, before any furniture arrives, because they do not know how the previous occupants left the cabinets, appliances and bathrooms. It is the easiest time in a home's life to clean it properly.
Do you work with realtors and property managers?
Regularly. Agents book us between listing photos and closing, and property managers use us for unit turnovers where the lease-end and the next move-in are days apart. If you manage multiple properties, tell us the volume and we will hold recurring turnover slots for you.
Can you hit a fixed closing or lease-end date?
That is how these jobs are scheduled — against your date, not a vague week. Give us as much notice as you can, ideally a week or more, because closing dates cluster at the end of the month and those days book out first. We will confirm the appointment in writing.
Related services
Once you are settled in the new place, most clients switch to recurring house cleaning so the fresh start actually holds. If you are staying put and simply want the house reset without emptying it, book a deep cleaning instead.
If the unit was renovated before the turnover, the dust problem is different and needs post-construction cleaning first — otherwise drywall dust keeps reappearing on trim after the unit has been cleaned.
Get a free written quote
Tell us about the space and we reply with a written price — no obligation, no pressure. We serve New Hampshire and Maine only.