Checklist for Vacation Rental Cleaning
Tenants move in and out. When it's time to get rid of the old and make room for the new in your rental property, you want to get rid of everything. Check out our checklist for vacation rental cleaning to ensure you don't miss anything.
Bathrooms
This could be the first area where new tenants discover leftovers from previous occupants. And it'll be the last location on earth where they'll want to do so. Bathrooms are undoubtedly the most heavily used rooms in any home, with high humidity and failing fixtures causing a slew of issues, necessitating a few minor repairs and comprehensive cleaning.
Fill your sink, bathtub, and toilet drains with a safe but efficient mixture of baking soda and vinegar to clear stubborn clogs without causing damage to your plumbing or people. Use vinegar to break away mineral buildup on faucets if you have hard water.
Clean the mirrors as well as the medicine cabinets behind them. Is there anything left over from the last tenant? Have any spills, smudges, or marks been left behind by the objects themselves, such as rust rings where shaving cans once stood or other spills, smudges, or marks? Remember to clean these areas thoroughly.
Every bathroom is plagued by mold and mildew. Scrub down every surface in the bathroom to make sure your prospective tenants don't come across anything nasty. Mold likes to colonize the caulking around bathtubs and showers, so you'll want to re-caulk those places as well.
The Dining Room
The kitchen, like the bathrooms, sees a lot of activity, and tenants may unintentionally leave a mess. Let's start with the fridge. Even the most conscientious people can forget what's in the fridge, resulting in some inadvertent and unusual research projects. Wipe off the insides of your refrigerator and freezer from top to bottom.
Don't forget about the coils that keep the contents chilly when you wipe out the inside of the fridge. Dust might build up beneath the refrigerator, insulating the coils and causing them to cease operating. It's likely that your tenants didn't keep up with this maintenance, therefore it's up to you to keep the fridge running.
The oven and stove can hold a lot of memories from previous meals. Before using caustic oven cleaners, try baking soda and melamine foam to erase such memories. Don't forget about the microwave, which in most families gets more use on a daily basis than the stove.
The Living Room and the Bedrooms
In comparison to the bathroom and kitchen, this appears to be a simple task. Most dust and clutter should be removed by vacuuming, mopping, and sweeping. If you have ceiling fans, ensure sure the blades are dust-free and the windows have the same streak-free sheen as the bathroom mirrors.
Ask at Kings Green Cleaning for an all-rounder cleaning service. We offer green cleaning for residential, commercial and Airbnb purposes.
