Make-Ready For sale Cleaning in Houston, TX
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So,you are thinking of selling your home
The primary goal of a Make Ready for Sale cleaning is to ensure the home is immaculately clean, allowing potential buyers to experience each room at its absolute best. A spotless home not only creates a positive first impression but also helps buyers feel more comfortable, allowing them to envision themselves living there. Ultimately, a clean and well-presented home aids buyers in making a more informed decision about whether to purchase or rent.
Furthermore, presenting a clean house plays a critical role in making it far more appealing to potential buyers. A sparkling space can be the deciding factor in whether they choose to move forward with your home or pass it up in favor of another property that better fits their needs. In today’s competitive market, a home that looks clean and well-maintained can stand out and have an edge over others.
The difference a clean home can make is remarkable. Not only does a spotless house show the property in its best light, but it also creates a welcoming atmosphere that makes people feel more at home. Buyers are more likely to form an emotional connection with a clean, inviting space, which can significantly influence their decision to make an offer. Investing in a thorough cleaning before listing your home can greatly impact how quickly and favorably it sells.
Moreover, a home that is move-in ready creates a sense of convenience and peace of mind, reassuring buyers that they can settle in without the hassle of dealing with immediate repairs. This increases its appeal, as many people prefer a home that requires little to no work before moving in. In a competitive market, homes that are clean, well-presented, and in good condition stand a far better chance of attracting serious offers and closing deals faster. By addressing repairs and presenting a polished property, sellers can often command higher prices and reduce the time their home stays on the market.
how to book with us?
Get Your Cleaning Set Up
Call us or Fill out our ‘Get Quote” form. Choose your service type (Make ready for sale), home size, number of bathrooms, pets and other details. Once completed … voilà! You’re on your way to freedom and new horizons!
Manage Everything Online
You will get a call from our team to discuss your home cleaning and provide a flat rate price. After we set it up, you can manage everything from your online portal: rescheduling, add-ons, tips, cancellations, and more.
Relax, Enjoy, Repeat
Our team will show up at your door on the day and time window selected and clean your home to your 100% satisfaction. If we’re running late, you will get a text message or a call letting you know.
What Does a Make Ready Cleaning Include?
A make ready for sell cleaning is essentially a deep clean with added, labor-intensive tasks, like cleaning the inside of the oven, refrigerator, cabinets (kitchen, bathrooms, living room), closets, and pantry. These detailed tasks significantly extend the time required to complete the cleaning. This is a custom type of cleaning and you should talk to our office staff to determine the best option for you.
Bathrooms
- Exhaust fan: Clean and remove dust from the fan cover and surrounding areas.
- AC Vents: Wipe down and clean around the vent openings to remove dust buildup.
- Clean blinds, window sills, and remove cobwebs from window.
- Vacuum floor before start of clean to remove hair and dust that can make a mess when bathroom gets wet.
- Switch plates: Wipe down and disinfect.
- Remove every object from its place, clean it, and put aside so that we can replace it later when we are done cleaning.
- Clean light fixtures, mirrors, vanity, outside cabinets.
- Toilet (inside and outside): Scrub and disinfect the bowl, clean under the seat, wipe down the tank, base, and handle, and clean around the floor area.
- Shower walls and floor: Scrub and remove soap scum, mildew, and hard water stains as best as possible.
- Showerhead and faucet: Remove limescale and buildup as best as possible.
- Shower doors and tracks: Clean glass, removing hard water spots as best as possible and soap scum, and scrub the tracks to remove buildup.
- Bathtub: Scrub and disinfect to remove stains, soap scum, and mildew. Paint problems cannot be fixed by cleaning.
- Cabinets: clean the inside of the cabinets and drawers, take out any trash.
- Sinks and faucets: Scrub and remove limescale, water stains, and soap scum; disinfect and polish fixtures.
- Replace every object in its original place.
- Clean closets, including the shelves and floor.
- Baseboards: Dust and wipe down to remove dirt.
- Wet clean doors and door frames and disinfect door handles.
- Vacuum and mop floor.
Kitchen
- AC Vents: Wipe down and clean around the vent openings to remove dust buildup.
- Clean blinds, window sills, and remove cobwebs from window.
- Vacuum floor before start of clean to remove hair, dust and excess dirt.
- Switch plates: Wipe down and disinfect.
- Remove every object from counters, clean it, clean under it with disinfectant and razor (if possible) and replace. This means, toaster, grills, utensils, dishes, etc.
- Clean light fixtures and lamps.
- Clean the shelves inside the pantry.
- Clean inside and outside of cabinets. Get all dirt, dust, debris, and items from inside drawers and cabinets.
- Clean inside and outside of microwave oven.
- Deep clean range and stove top.
- Clean the inside of the refrigerator and freezer.
- Clean the inside of the oven(s).
- Clean outside surfaces of appliances including refrigerator, oven(s) and dishwasher.
- Clean inside of dishwasher.
- Clean on top of refrigerator.
- Move and clean under refrigerator, stove, and other appliances if able.
- Deep clean sink, faucet, and water splash
- Vacuum and mop floor.
Bedrooms
- AC Vents: Wipe down and clean around the vent openings to remove dust buildup.
- Clean blinds, window sills, and remove cobwebs from window.
- Hand clean ceiling fans and light fixtures. Very tall ceiling fans will have to be cleaned from the ground for safety reasons.
- Switch plates: Wipe down and disinfect.
- Move furniture, hand clean it, removing objects on them, clean them, and put them back in their place.
- Move bed to clean under and behind it, if possible. In case the bed is very heavy, we will get on our knees and clean as best as possible under the bed.
- Clean the closets.
- Clean mirrors.
- Hand clean doors and door frames.
- Disinfect door knobs.
- Clean baseboards around the perimeter.
- Vacuum under bed and behind furniture; put furniture back in its place.
- Vacuum under rugs, vacuum floor and/or capet, and mop floor.
Dinning Room
- Clean light fixtures, mirrors, lamps and furniture.
- Clean under dining table, table legs, chair legs and chairs.
- Clean on top of table, removing every object, cleaning it and putting it back in its place.
- Clean art, frames, and objects on walls.
- Clean baseboards around the perimeter.
- Vacuum under rugs, vacuum floor and/or capet, and mop floor.
Living Room
- AC Vents: Wipe down and clean around the vent openings to remove dust buildup.
- Clean blinds, window sills, and remove cobwebs from window.
- Hand clean ceiling fans and light fixtures. Very tall ceiling fans will have to be cleaned from the ground for safety reasons.
- Switch plates: Wipe down and disinfect.
- Shelves: Hand clean every object in shelves, including books, knicknacks, photo frames, electronic equipment, and plates.
- Clean mirrors, wall art, and photo frames on walls.
- Hand clean doors and door frames.
- Disinfect door knobs.
- Clean inside any cabinets there are.
- Move furniture, hand clean it, removing objects on them, clean them, and put them back in their place.
- Move furniture including couches, sofas, chairs, tables and desks.
- Vacuum under furniture and behind furniture; put furniture back in its place.
- Clean baseboards around the perimeter.
- Vacuum under rugs, vacuum floor and/or capet, and mop floor.
Hallways
- AC Vents: Wipe down and clean around the vent openings to remove dust buildup.
- Switch plates: Wipe down and disinfect.
- Clean light fixtures and lamps.
- Shelves: Hand clean every object in shelves, including books, knicknacks, photo frames, electronic equipment, and plates.
- Clean mirrors, wall art, and photo frames on walls.
- Clean baseboards around the perimeter.
- Vacuum and mop floors.
Laundry Room
- Clean shelves and objects on shelves.
- Organize objects as best as possible.
- Clean outside of appliances.
- Clean inside of appliances.
- Clean under and behind appliances.
- Hand clean doors and door frames.
- Disinfect door knobs.
- Clean baseboards around the perimeter.
- Vacuum floor.
- Mop floor.
Available Upgrades for a Deeper Clean
- Inside refrigerator cleaning
- Inside oven cleaning Garage organization
- Empty garage sweeping
- Trash removal
- Interior & Exterior Window cleaning
- Pressure washing
- House Painting
Project Photos
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A 5-Star Rated House Cleaning Company
The Tidy Team has earned a 5-Star rating because we care about our house cleaning customers in Houston TX.
Three people arrived to my house and systematically cleaned my house from top to bottom.
Trae Brown
I have had many cleaning services over the years, these guys are far and away the best I have ever had.
Charles Thomashower
I was really impressed with the first visit. The cleaning was very thorough – they even cleaned hard to reach places like in cabinets and closets.
Molly Giltner
Some Frequently Asked Questions
We work Monday to Friday from 9AM to 5PM.
Yes we do! We offer weekly, biweekly, and monthly recurring cleaning service. We also call it “Maintenance Cleaning”.
No, we provide everything so you have nothing to worry about. If you need us to use a special cleaner or your vacuum cleaner, we can do that. However, we do not assume any responsibility or liability for damage to the unit.
Not at all! In fact, about 80% of our clients are never home when we clean their home. Most of them we have never even met! You can open the door for us remotely, leave us a key hidden somewhere, provide a key, or leave the backdoor open. There are many options available and we will work with whatever works for you.
The main difference is the amount of work and the items we clean. On a moving related cleaning we deep clean everything. On a deep cleaning we don’t include inside of kitchen and bathrooms cabinets, inside closets, inside of refrigerator and inside of oven. Also, in a moving related cleaning service the house is empty, we clean more surface area on a moving related cleaning.
Yes, The Tidy Team is a pet friendly company. However, we ask that you either put your pets inside their cage or inside a room that will not be cleaned prior to our arrival. We also do not pick up after your pet. This includes feces and urine.
We may send one cleaner to a small apartment but we usually send teams of two cleaning technicians to bigger houses.
We can take cash, check, or credit card.
We are a 100% satisfaction guaranteed house cleaning company. If we missed something or you feel that something’s not cleaned up to your standards, please give us a call within 24 hours of your cleaning date so we can send a team to correct the mistake.
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