Move-Out Cleaning in NYC

When a landlord says "broom clean," what they inspect is specific: the oven and the fridge (inside, not just outside), the inside of every cabinet, the bathroom grout and fixtures, baseboards, window sills and tracks, and the floors. Normal living leaves traces in all of those places, and normal weekly cleaning doesn't touch most of them. That's the gap the move-out clean closes.

Walls get their own pass: scuffs and marks spot-wiped where paint will hold, and honest advice where they won't — if a mark needs paint, knowing that before the walk-through beats discovering it during one. Patch kits and paint touch-ups are cheap; a withheld deposit is not.

The floors go last, of course — vacuumed, then mopped, then left alone. The final step is the photo set: a documented record of the finished clean, apartment by room, so whatever the walk-through says, you have receipts.

The sequence that works: movers out first, clean second. A clean done around boxes and furniture is a clean done twice, and you pay for both. Book your moving labor for the morning and the move-out clean for the same afternoon or the next morning — most NYC moves fit both in one day.

For move-in cleans, flip it: the new place gets cleaned empty the day before your furniture arrives. You never have to clean behind the couch again, the fridge is clean before the first grocery run, and the cabinets are wiped before the first dish goes in.

On the booking, tell us the apartment size and how long you lived there — that's what sets the honest hours for the job. A two-year studio and a ten-year three-bedroom are different cleans, and the upfront quote reflects the real one before you confirm anything.