How long does an end of lease clean take?

The short answer

Most end of lease cleans on the Eurobodalla coast take somewhere between four and twelve hours with two cleaners on the job. A small one bedroom unit that has been kept tidy can be done in about four to six hours. A standard two bedroom home usually sits in the five to seven hour range, and a three bedroom in the six to ten hour range. A larger four bedroom place, or a house that has been lived in hard for a few years, can run eight to twelve hours depending on condition.

That's the honest spread, and the reason it's a spread rather than one tidy number is that no two bond cleans are the same. The size of the place matters, but so does the condition you leave it in, how many of us are on the job, and whether carpets and windows are part of the scope. Below we walk through each of those so you can get a feel for where your own place is likely to land.

What actually drives the time

The biggest factor is bedroom and bathroom count, because bathrooms are slow. Scrubbing grout, descaling a shower screen, getting the toilet base and the exhaust fan properly clean, that all adds up. A home with two bathrooms takes meaningfully longer than a home with one, even if the bedroom count is the same.

The kitchen is the other time sink. Ovens are the worst of it. A neglected oven with baked on grease can eat an hour on its own before it comes up to the REINSW exit standard a property manager will sign off on. Rangehoods, splashbacks, and the inside of cupboards all need doing too.

Then there's general condition. A place that has been wiped down regularly cleans up quickly. A place with cobwebs in every corner, marks down the hallway walls, and a build up of dust on skirtings and blinds takes longer because there's simply more to remove. None of that's a judgement, it's just the reality of how a clean is timed.

Add ons stretch the day as well. Carpet cleaning, interior and exterior windows, a garage, or a yard tidy each tack on time. We factor all of that into the quote so there are no surprises on the day.

How many cleaners makes a difference

Time on the clock and total work are two different things. A three bedroom house with two of us on it together usually runs six to ten hours from arrival to lock up, depending on condition. With the three of us, Tyson, Shanice and Lisa, on a bigger job, the place is finished and handed back faster again.

For most bond cleans in Batemans Bay and around the bay towns we send a pair, which keeps the day moving and means one person can be deep in the kitchen while the other works through bathrooms and bedrooms. If you've a hard deadline, a settlement, a final inspection, keys due back to the agent by a certain hour, tell us when you book and we'll put enough people on it to hit that time.

Because we quote the job fixed and up front rather than by the hour, adding a second or third cleaner to finish sooner doesn't cost you more. The price is for the result, a clean that gets your bond back, not for the minutes we spend.

A realistic timeline by property size

Here's a rough guide for a standard clean to exit standard, assuming a tidy team of two. A studio or one bedroom unit, about four to six hours. A two bedroom home with one bathroom, five to seven hours. A three bedroom home with one or two bathrooms, six to ten hours. A four bedroom or larger home, eight to twelve hours, depending on condition.

Add roughly forty five minutes to an hour for a tired oven, the same again for a second bathroom that needs heavy grout work, and extra time on top if windows are in the scope. Carpet cleaning is usually done alongside the clean rather than adding to it, since the carpets dry while we finish other rooms, though the floors do need a few hours after to dry fully before the inspection.

These are guides, not promises pulled from thin air. The accurate number for your place comes once we've seen it or you've described it on the phone, and that number goes in your fixed quote.

The coastal factors most people forget

Living near the water down here adds a couple of jobs that an inland clean wouldn't have. Salt air and sand get into everything. Window tracks and door tracks collect a gritty build up, flyscreens hold a film of salt, and sliding door runners need a proper going over rather than a quick wipe. That work is part of doing it right on the coast, and it adds a little time.

Holiday lets and short term rentals are their own thing too. A place that has had a steady stream of guests through summer often needs more attention than a long term rental handed back by one tidy tenant. Sunscreen on surfaces, sand through the carpet, more wear on the kitchen, it all means a longer, more careful clean to bring it back to standard for the next booking or the final inspection.

We clean across Durras, Batemans Bay, Malua Bay, Tomakin, Mogo, Moruya and the towns in between, so we know what coastal homes throw up and we plan the time for it rather than getting caught short halfway through the day.

What you can do to make it quicker

A few simple things on your end shorten the clean and, on the odd hourly job, save money. Have the place empty of your belongings before we arrive. We can't deep clean a cupboard with your gear still in it, and an empty room is far faster to do properly. Make sure the power and water are still connected, because we need both, and clear access for parking so gear isn't hauled a long way.

If the rubbish and bulky items are gone before we start, that helps, though we do offer rubbish removal as a separate service if you'd rather we take care of it. A quick heads up about any problem spots, a stained patch of carpet, a mouldy bathroom ceiling, a particularly bad oven, lets us bring the right products and set aside the right amount of time.

You don't need to clean before we come. That's the whole point of booking us. But a place that's empty and accessible always finishes sooner than one we have to work around.

Booking, pricing and the bond-back guarantee

Our bond cleans are a fixed price by size. A one bedroom runs $450 to $550 plus GST, a two bedroom $500 to $600 plus GST, a three bedroom $600 to $750 plus GST, and a four bedroom $700 to $850 plus GST, depending on condition and what's included. Carpet cleaning is a flat $50 per room plus GST on top, with no minimum when it's part of an end of lease clean. Every quote is fixed and agreed before we start, not racked up by the hour, so you know the figure going in.

Our end of lease clean comes with a bond-back guarantee and is done to the REINSW exit standard, which is the benchmark property managers across the region check against. If the agent flags something we missed, we come back and put it right. That guarantee is part of why people book us rather than chancing it themselves the night before keys are due.

We're a local Indigenous-owned business based right here in Batemans Bay, started in 2023, police-checked, fully insured, and using low-tox products that are safer around kids, pets and the next tenants. Open seven days, with a 5.0 rating from 110 Google reviews. If you want a straight answer on how long your place will take and what it will cost, give Tyson a call on 0479 184 498 and we'll sort it out, often same week.

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