CLEANING FOR HANDOFF

cleaning supplies

Holland Properties, Inc. provides beautiful, safe and healthy homes for tenants.  A property in exceptional condition attracts a great tenant.


Below you will find the Cleaning Checklist.  Property owners can take care of this themselves, hire a cleaning company do do this or have Holland Properties hire a vendor.


Keep in mind that this is a much more thorough cleaning than your typical weekly service in an occupied home. This is everything; check the bottom of your spice drawer in the kitchen or the bottom of your makeup drawer in the bathroom for examples of some deep cleaning that needs done.

Cleaning Checklist

Cleaning gets done last, after all the other maintenance and repairs are done.  If you have lived in your property for many years and choose to have it cleaned as you move out that is fine but there will likely need to be another light clean after any other maintenance is completed and before it is posted for marketing.

General

  • Dust/Clean all light fixtures, any cobwebs in corners/ceiling
  • Clean all open shelving and flat surfaces
  • Wipe all door knobs, outlets, switches
  • Clean all windows inside including tracks and sill 
  • Clean sliding glass door inside including tracks and sill 
  • Wipe down walls and baseboards as needed in kitchens and bathrooms
  • Clean all interior doors and inside of exterior doors

 

Laundry

  • Run Washer on Hot with bleach, many machines have a "tub clean" cycle
  • Clean out lint in dryer, wipe out with disinfectant
  • Wipe out all cabinets, shelves, doors inside and out
  • Wipe all counters and back splashes
  • Clean sink, trap, washer outlet box
  • Sweep, mop floors

 

Kitchen

  • Clean stove/oven/pan drawer thoroughly 
  • Run the self-cleaning cycle on oven if available, if not clean by hand
  • Clean vent hood - underneath and on top, filter
  • Clean filter in Dishwasher, run cycle with disinfectant
  • Clean disposal bib, run with hot water
  • Clean drawers, shelves, walls and seal of refrigerator/freezer
  • Clean sink, trap
  • Wipe out all cabinets, shelves, doors inside/out
  • Wipe all counters and back splashes
  • Wipe down walls, baseboards
  • Sweep, mop floors (including under and behind appliances)

 

Bathrooms

  • Clean bathtubs showers and surrounds
  • Clean toilet inside and out
  • Clean sinks and traps
  • Cabinets and Drawers Cleaned Inside and Out
  • Polish all chrome and faucet handles
  • Clean mirrors
  • Wash window inside, track, sill
  • Dust blinds
  • Wipe down walls and baseboards
  • Sweep and mop floors
  • Clean vents and exhaust fan

 

Carpets

  • Professional cleaning can be done by Holland or you can hire it done but you must provide the receipt from a professionally licensed carpet cleaner. In order to charge tenants at move out for carpet cleaning Oregon law states that they need to have been professionally cleaned prior to move in.

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