the tidy team
Moving Related Cleaning Service in Houston, TX
Apartments, Houses, Commercial Buildings
Get apartments, houses, and commercial buildings perfectly clean and ready for the next tenant with our Move In/Move Out Cleaning Services.
The Tidy Team
Moving Related Cleaning Service in Houston
Get apartments, houses, and commercial buildings perfectly clean and ready for the next tenant with our Move In/Move Out Cleaning Services.
Let Us Help With The Stress Of Moving
Moving is one of life’s most stressful events. Moving related cleaning in Houston is a very important step towards achieving a stress free transition. Between packing up your entire life, organizing logistics, and ensuring everything makes it to your new home safely, there’s little time left for anything else. One aspect often overlooked is the state of cleanliness—whether you’re leaving a place or settling into a new one.
Move-Out Cleaning Houston TX
Moving is one of life’s most stressful events. Moving related cleaning in Houston is a very important step towards achieving a stress free transition. Between packing up your entire life, organizing logistics, and ensuring everything makes it to your new home safely, there’s little time left for anything else. One aspect often overlooked is the state of cleanliness—whether you’re leaving a place or settling into a new one.
When moving out, the last thing you want to deal with after a long day of packing is a thorough cleaning. Yet, ensuring your old home is spotless is crucial, whether for getting your security deposit back or leaving a good impression for the next occupants. This often means scrubbing the inside of ovens, refrigerators, cabinets, and closets—tedious and time-consuming tasks.
Move-In Cleaning Houston TX
On the other hand, moving into a new home brings a fresh start, but you also want to ensure that your space feels truly clean. A deep cleaning before you move in transforms a space, erasing any traces of previous occupants and giving you peace of mind as you settle into your new environment.
With all the chaos that comes with moving, handling a move-in or move-out cleaning on your own can be overwhelming. That’s where a professional move-out cleaning or a professional move-in cleaning service in Houston comes in. A thorough cleaning allows you to focus on the excitement of a new chapter, while house cleaning professionals ensure your old or new home is in pristine condition. It’s a small investment that offers big relief during a hectic time
how to book with us?
Get Your Cleaning Set Up
Call us or Fill out our ‘Get Quote” form. Choose your service type (moving related cleaning), 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 Moving Cleaning Include?
A move-out or move-in 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.
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
- Garage organization
- Empty garage sweping
- Trash removal
- Interior & Exterior Window cleaning
- Pressure washing
How Long Does A Moving Related Cleaning Take?
Move-out and move-in cleanings are very labor-intensive, so while there’s no exact timeframe, apartments and small homes typically require at least 6 labor hours. Several factors can extend that time, especially for larger homes or spaces that haven’t been well-maintained.
Key Time Estimates:
- Refrigerator, Oven, and Cabinets: Just cleaning these areas alone can take at least 4 labor hours. If the kitchen has two ovens or a refrigerator that hasn’t been cleaned in a while, it can take 4 to 5 labor hours to fully clean just the kitchen.
- Bathrooms: If the bathrooms are in poor condition, expect each one to take 1 to 2 labor hours to clean thoroughly.
Remember, move-out and move-in cleanings cover everything—from floors to fixtures and appliances. Every surface and corner is cleaned to ensure the space is spotless and ready for the next occupant. Windows, exterior surfaces, and paint touchups are not part of the service. Pressure cleaning and window cleaning can be added as an extra.
Typical Timeframes:
- Apartments: Start at 6 labor hours. That would be 4 hours for bathrooms and kitchen, and 2 for the rest of the apartment. However, you have to remember that the condition of the apartment is very important when wanting to figure out how long it will take for the moving related cleaning.
- Larger Homes: Larger homes or houses in rough shape may take considerably longer, depending on size and condition. We estimate that a small house, between 1,000 and 2,000 sq ft should be cleaned in about 7 labor hours. A larger home, between 2,000 and 3,000 sq ft should take at least 8 labor hours. And homes bigger than that should take more than 10 labor hours. And, finally, homes in the 5,000 to 7,000 sq ft range can take up to 18-22 labor hours of arduous cleaning to achieve the best move out or move-in cleaning results. To clean these kind of homes we usually require larger crews so that we can finish in one day.
This flexibility in timing ensures that every part of the home is cleaned to meet high standards, leaving no detail overlooked.
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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.
Some Frequently Asked Questions
Here are our most frequently asked questions. If you don’t find the answer you’re looking for, please call our office, and we’ll be happy to assist with any additional questions you may have.
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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