House Cleaning for Moves in Exeter

End of tenancy cleaning is the biggest reason people book us in Exeter. Letting agents usually inspect against a written checklist, not a quick visual glance, and that changes the level of detail needed. Inside oven glass, inside cupboards, behind freestanding appliances, skirting boards, and internal window panes are all normal points of inspection. In a market where 7,100 homes changed hands across the Exeter postcode area in the last year, according to homedata.co.uk, handovers are frequent and timing matters. We schedule around that pressure.

Pre-move-in cleaning is a different job, but just as useful. The best window is after the old occupier leaves and before your boxes arrive. Empty rooms let cleaners get into corners, behind radiators, and along skirting lines without furniture in the way. That is especially practical for the kind of stock seen in recent Exeter sales, where detached homes made up 33.9% and terraced homes 31.7% of transactions in the last 12 months, according to homedata.co.uk. Different layouts, same goal, a property you can unpack into.

Owners also book a move-out clean before completion day. Buyers notice residues in kitchens and bathrooms fast, and a properly cleaned property presents better at final checks. You can also use the service after works, for example after decorating or light refurbishment, where dust settles on tops of door frames and light fittings. We can book a standard deep clean or a tighter end-of-tenancy style spec depending on what your buyer, tenant, or managing agent expects in writing.

• End of tenancy handback clean
• Pre-move-in empty-property deep clean
• Owner move-out clean before completion
• Post-renovation and builders dust clean

End of tenancy cleaning is stricter than a regular deep clean. Agents inspect against condition and cleanliness notes, often line by line, and that means details count. We work to an agent-acceptable specification with focus on kitchens, bathrooms, internal glazing, floors, and trim. No surface should show visible dust by completion. The objective is a clear handover record, not a quick tidy.

Kitchen scope includes inside the oven, hob, extractor housing, cupboard interiors, drawer tracks, sink and drainer, and degreasing of food-prep surfaces. Bathrooms include descaling taps and shower fittings, cleaning grout and sealant lines, sanitising toilet surrounds, and polishing mirrors and chrome where possible. In living rooms and bedrooms, we clean skirting boards, door frames, sockets and switch surrounds, accessible ledges, and internal windows. Floors are completed last, with vacuum plus mop where suitable. Teams also clean behind movable appliances if access is safe and space allows.

Time on site varies by size and condition. As a practical benchmark, a 1-bed move clean is often 3-4 hours, while a 3-bed can run 5-7 hours. Heavy grease, thick limescale, pet hair, and post-maintenance dust can extend those times. We build realistic booking windows so you are not left waiting on key appointments. It is a working clean built for handover standards.

• Kitchen deep clean including inside oven
• Bathroom descaling and grout detail
• Internal windows, skirting, and door frames
• Full-floor vacuum and mop sequence

Exeter is not one single property shape. The last 12 months of sales in the Exeter postcode area show detached homes at 33.9%, terraced at 31.7%, semi-detached at 21.5%, and flats at 12.9%, according to homedata.co.uk. That split matters for cleaning because room counts and circulation space differ. Terraces often compress kitchen and bathroom footprints, while detached homes can have more total floor area and extra sanitary rooms. We use property size first, then adjust team planning around those practical differences.

Price levels also hint at likely scale. home.co.uk reports average asking prices of £246,716 for 2 bedroom homes and £343,089 for 3 bedroom homes in May 2026, with the wider Exeter average at £378,790. More space usually means more internal glazing, more trim, and more flooring transitions between carpet, laminate, tile, or wood. That is why a fixed tiny quote for every property can fail on the day. We keep the structure simple but size-led so the booked time matches real workload.

Market speed adds pressure too. homedata.co.uk shows 7,100 sales in the last year across the Exeter postcode area, down 15.9% year on year, with 1,600 fewer transactions. Fewer completions do not remove deadlines for people who are moving now. The date still arrives. Our booking process is set up for that exact situation, clear quote, confirmed slot, checklist completion, and no confusion about what is included.