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Move in / move out cleaning

Empty-home cleaning held to a landlord’s checklist rather than a homeowner’s — for getting a deposit back, or starting somewhere that feels genuinely yours.

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W-2 employees, never contractors Insured & bonded
Our own teamTrained W-2 employees
Background-checkedEvery single cleaner
Supplies includedWe bring everything
Love it, guaranteedOr we re-clean free

Move In and Move Out Cleaning, in short

A MaidSimple move out clean is a top-to-bottom clean of an empty home: inside all cabinets and drawers, inside the oven and fridge, all appliances, baseboards, doors, window sills and tracks, grout, and every floor. A typical 3 bed / 2 bath home is $465 flat and takes a two-person crew about 3 hours. It is priced against a landlord inspection standard, not a routine clean.

Where
South Bay, the LA coast and coastal Orange County
Typical 3 bed / 2 bath
$465 move in / out
Who comes
W-2 employees, background-checked, insured & bonded
Included
All supplies, equipment and the 24-hour re-clean guarantee
Booking
7 days a week, up to 14 days ahead
Offices
Torrance and Costa Mesa

What move in and move out cleaning actually means

A move-out clean is graded by someone looking for reasons to keep your deposit, which makes it a different job from any other clean we do. Every cabinet gets opened. Every drawer gets wiped out. The inside of the oven matters, the window tracks matter, and the marks behind where the couch was matter, because that is the list the inspection is working from.

Move-in cleans are the same work with a better mood. Somebody else lived there, the listing photos were taken before they left, and you would rather not put your own things into someone else’s kitchen cabinets. We do it before your boxes arrive, ideally the day the keys change hands.

Exactly what is included

The full list, so there is nothing to discover on the day.

Kitchen

  • Inside every cabinet and drawer
  • Inside the oven, including racks and door glass
  • Inside and behind the fridge where it can be safely rolled
  • Dishwasher interior, seals and filter
  • All appliance exteriors and sides
  • Counters, backsplash, sink and fixtures descaled
  • Range hood and filter
  • Floor cleaned to the edges and under where appliances stood

Bathrooms

  • Inside vanities, drawers and medicine cabinets
  • Tub, shower, tile and grout scrubbed
  • Hard-water and soap scum treated on glass and fixtures
  • Toilet cleaned inside, outside, behind and at the base
  • Exhaust fan covers
  • Mirrors, counters and floors

Throughout

  • Inside all closets, shelves and storage
  • Baseboards, doors, door frames and switch plates washed
  • Window sills, tracks and interior glass
  • Vent covers and ceiling fans dusted
  • Light fixtures within safe reach
  • Marks spot-cleaned off walls where they lift without damaging paint
  • All floors vacuumed, mopped and edged
  • Garage or patio swept, if included in your quote

And what is not

  • Trash, furniture or junk removal — the home needs to be empty first
  • Carpet shampooing or steam cleaning
  • Repainting, patching nail holes, or repairs
  • Exterior windows, roofs, gutters or landscaping
  • Full wall washing, and anything above safe ladder reach

We would rather write this list down than have a crew and a customer disagree about it in a hallway.

Move In and Move Out Cleaning prices

Generated by the same pricing engine as the quote form above, so these are real numbers rather than a marketing range.

Move In and Move Out Cleaning prices by home size
Home size Move in / out Deep clean, for comparison
1 bed / 1 bath condo $290 $255
2 bed / 2 bath $420 $370
3 bed / 2 bath $465 $415
4 bed / 3 bath $585 $515
5 bed / 3.5 bath $660 $585

Prices assume a lived-in home. A tidier home prices lower, a home that has been left a while prices higher, and the form above works out your exact flat number in about a minute. Prices are the same in every city we serve — we do not charge more because of your ZIP code.

When this is the right booking

And when it is not — we would rather send you to the cheaper service than oversell one.

Your lease ends and the deposit is real money

A professional move-out clean usually costs a fraction of what a landlord deducts for cleaning, and it comes with an invoice you can hand over as evidence the work was done.

You are buying and it needs to feel yours

Escrow closes, the previous owner is out, and nothing has been cleaned properly in the chaos. Book it for the gap between keys and movers, when the home is empty and access is easy.

You are handing over a rental

Between tenants, an empty home cleans faster and prices better than an occupied one. Recurring turnovers on the same property get scheduled around your handover dates.

Why our price is what it is

California law effectively requires cleaning crews to be W-2 employees, which means payroll tax, workers’ compensation and unemployment insurance on every hour worked. A company quoting far below this is either misclassifying its workers or carrying no insurance in your home. That is the honest answer to why we are not the cheapest quote you will get.

  • Employed, trained & background-checked cleaners
  • Fully insured & bonded for your peace of mind
  • Flat pricing — the quote is the price
  • Easy rescheduling, no contracts ever
The MaidSimple cleaning team, smiling in their branded shirts
100%
Sparkle guarantee

If anything’s not right, let us know within 24 hours and we’ll come back and re-clean it — completely free. No forms, no fuss, no fine print.

Move In and Move Out Cleaning questions

The general FAQ covers access, supplies, rescheduling and the guarantee.

Will a move-out clean get my deposit back?

It removes cleaning as a reason to withhold one, which is the part within anyone’s control. We clean to a landlord inspection standard and you get an itemised invoice to pass on. Damage, repairs and unpaid rent are separate matters and no cleaning service can help with those.

Does the home need to be empty?

Yes, or as close as possible. Inside cabinets, behind appliances and under furniture are the whole point of this clean, and none of it can be done around boxes. If a few large items have to stay, tell us when you book so the quote reflects it rather than surprising the crew.

How far ahead should I book a move-out clean?

A few days, and ideally not the same day as the final walkthrough. Move-out cleans are longer visits and the schedule for them fills first at the end of the month. Booking early also leaves room to re-clean a spot before the inspection if anything is missed.

Is a move-out clean more expensive than a deep clean?

Slightly, yes. A move-out clean prices at 1.75 times a standard clean against 1.55 for a deep clean, because inside every cabinet and drawer is genuinely more work than a deep clean covers, and the standard it is judged against is stricter.

Our other cleans

Same crews, same guarantee, different scope.

House cleaning

The whole-home refresh most people mean when they say "house cleaning" — kitchens, bathrooms, floors, dusting and tidying, on a schedule that fits your week.

See what is included →

Deep cleaning

Everything a standard clean covers, plus the detail work that only needs doing a few times a year — baseboards, grout, inside appliances, vents and door frames.

See what is included →

Move In and Move Out Cleaning near you

Every city we cover, from the South Bay to the Laguna coast.

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Get your move in and move out cleaning price

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