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Vancouver · Move-in & move-out

Move-In & Move-Out Cleaning in Vancouver

The empty suite or house, cleaned in detail and timed around your strata’s elevator booking and the move-out inspection. Send us your landlord’s checklist when you book, and the clean follows it.

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  • From $228 before 5% GST
  • Planned around your landlord’s list
  • No upfront payment
Apartment towers and low-rise rental buildings of Vancouver’s West End, seen from the Burrard Street Bridge

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Vancouver moves

Moving day in a strata building or a suite

Most Vancouver moves happen in a strata tower, a walk-up or a suite in a house, and each comes with its own timing. Your clean fits around it.

  • Strata move bookings. Many strata bylaws ask residents to book the elevator for a move, often with protective pads, and some set a move-in or move-out fee. We clean after the movers’ slot when you’re leaving, and before it when you’re arriving.
  • The 1 p.m. rule. Unless you and your landlord agree otherwise, a BC tenant moves out by 1 p.m. on the day the tenancy ends. Choose your time so the clean is done before the keys go back.
  • Suites in houses. Leaving a basement or laneway suite? Tell us which entrance to use and where the key will be, and book the clean by the suite’s own size.
  • Access. Enterphone code, fob or lockbox: add it to your booking notes. Your keys are never copied or kept.
  • Your price stays the same whatever your strata’s rules or elevator bookings.

Vancouver prices

Vancouver move-out and move-in prices

Starting prices on the booking form by home size, before 5% GST. Choose your size and any extras, and your exact price shows before you book.

Vancouver move-out and move-in prices, before 5% GST
HomeStarting priceWhat it covers
Studio or 1 bed · 1 bath · under 600 sq ft from $228 An empty compact suite, kitchen and bathroom to deep-clean level
Studio or 1 bed · 1 bath · 600–1,199 sq ft from $258 A roomier one-bedroom suite
2 bed · 1 bath · 600–1,199 sq ft from $291 Two bedrooms sharing one bathroom
2 bed · 2 bath · 600–1,199 sq ft from $318.50 Two bedrooms with a second bathroom
2 bed · 2 bath · 1,200–1,999 sq ft from $349 A larger two-bedroom home or townhouse
3 bed · 2 bath · 1,200–1,999 sq ft from $371 A family house or a large townhouse
4 bed · 3 bath · 2,000–2,499 sq ft from $462 A larger house with three bathrooms

All prices are before 5% GST.

Add-on prices

Tick them on the booking form and each one shows as its own line in your price.

Add-on prices in Vancouver, before 5% GST
ExtraPrice
Oven, fridge or cabinet interiors, with a move clean$34.50 each
Window glass from the inside, per room / blinds wet-wiped, per window$22.50 / $15.50
Walls washed on the insidefrom $157.50
A finished basement added to the visit$88.50
Heavy-duty cleaning for stubborn build-upfrom $55.50

The clean

What the move clean covers

Room by room through the empty home, closets too:

  • Kitchen and bathrooms get the deep treatment: stovetop and range hood degreased, grout scrubbed, sinks and faucets cleaned
  • The microwave inside, the oven door glass and the fridge top
  • Closets, wardrobes and their shelves wiped inside
  • Baseboards wiped by hand; door frames, switch plates and vent covers wiped
  • Floors vacuumed, then mopped, including behind the big appliances where there’s access

Your checklist mentions the oven, fridge or cabinet interiors? Tick them on the booking form ($34.50 each with a move clean) and they’re in your price.

Renting in BC

Moving out under BC’s tenancy rules

Under BC’s Residential Tenancy Act, a tenant who moves out must leave the rental unit “reasonably clean, and undamaged except for reasonable wear and tear”.

  • Deposits. A landlord may take a security deposit of up to half of the first month’s rent, and a pet damage deposit of up to half of the first month’s rent.
  • Condition inspections. Landlord and tenant inspect the unit together at the start and at the end of the tenancy, and the landlord completes a Condition Inspection Report.
  • After the move. Give your landlord your forwarding address in writing. Within 15 days of the later of the end of the tenancy and receiving that address, the landlord must return the deposits with any interest, or apply for dispute resolution to claim against them.

For the details, see Moving out of rental units and Tenancy deposits and fees on gov.bc.ca. This is general information, not legal advice. Send us your landlord’s or property manager’s list when you book, and the clean follows it.

Booking

From booking to a clean home

  1. Pick move-in/out cleaning and the home’s size; your total shows as you go.

  2. Choose a time between the movers’ elevator slot and the key handover.

  3. Send over the landlord’s list, the access details and the elevator slot: they’re passed to your cleaner.

  4. The empty home is cleaned with supplies we bring, while you settle in at the new place.

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Rather talk it through? Call (647) 558-0932 any time, 24/7. You can also book online or manage visits in your client portal at any hour.

Vancouver FAQ

Moving in Vancouver: your questions

What Vancouver clients ask about this clean. The rest are on our FAQ page.

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How much is a move-out clean in Vancouver?

For a one-bathroom studio or one-bedroom under 600 sq ft, a move clean starts from $228 before 5% GST. A two-bedroom, one-bathroom home starts from $291 and a three-bedroom house from $371. Checklist extras like the oven, fridge or cabinet interiors ($34.50 each) are added when you book, and you see the total first.

What does a BC landlord expect at move-out?

A unit that is reasonably clean and undamaged, apart from reasonable wear and tear: that’s the standard in BC’s Residential Tenancy Act. Their checklist tells you what they’ll look at, so send it with your booking. For your rights, see Moving out of rental units on gov.bc.ca.

Can the clean fit around my strata’s move booking?

Yes. Tell us the elevator slot when you book: the move-out clean goes after the movers have finished, and the move-in clean before your furniture comes up.

I’m leaving a basement suite. Can you clean it while the owners are upstairs?

Yes. Tell us which entrance to use and where the key will be, and choose your time. Book the suite by its own bedrooms and bathrooms, and your cleaner works only in your unit.

Can the clean happen after I’ve left for the new place?

Yes. Put the key or fob in a lockbox or leave it with the concierge, note the enterphone code and how to lock up, and your cleaner does the rest. Your keys are never copied or kept.

Book your clean

Book your Vancouver move clean, timed around the handover

Choose the clean and see your total before 5% GST, then choose your time on the booking form.