Move-out and move-in cleaning · Birmingham, AL
Birmingham area
A practical Birmingham move-out guide: the Alabama security deposit law, how to clear bulk items on the city's schedule, and what the Moving Clean will cover in an empty home.
What's Covered
The One-Time Moving Clean covers every surface and area that appears on a typical landlord move-out inspection report, not just the surfaces that are easy to clean. Interior appliances, cabinet interiors, baseboards, window sills, and grout are the most common sources of security deposit deductions. All are standard checklist items.
TotalCare Cleaning will work with buyers, sellers, landlords, property managers, and real estate agents in Birmingham. Coordination with tenants or management can be arranged directly. We will work around closing dates and move-out deadlines.
Pricing starts at $350 for 1 bedroom through $727 for 5 bedrooms. All priced by the home, all supplies included.
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Trust & Safety
Every TotalCare Cleaning professional will be background-checked and screened before their first job in Birmingham.
✓ Background-checkedEvery TotalCare Cleaning house cleaning in Birmingham will be covered by $1,000,000 in general liability insurance. From hardwood floors to granite countertops and custom cabinetry, if anything is damaged during the clean, you are fully protected.
✓ Fully InsuredTotalCare Cleaning does not retain, copy, or transport house keys. Entry and access instructions are handled securely through our booking system. You control access to your Birmingham property at every step.
✓ Keys Stay HomeIf an area on your checklist was missed, report it in your customer portal or by email by the end of the day after your clean, with a photo, and a professional returns to re-clean that area at no charge. No forms, no friction, no arguments.
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Move-out and move-in cleaning Pricing
Priced by the home, not by the hour. Prices start at the amounts shown, from the current Birmingham rate card, with supplies included.
| Home Size | What's Covered | One-Time Moving Clean (Move-Out) Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Bed / 1 Bathabout 800 sq ft | The full TotalCare Cleaning standard, appliances, cabinet interiors | starting at$350supplies included | Join → |
| 2 Bed / 2 Bathabout 1,600 sq ft | The full TotalCare Cleaning standard, appliances, cabinet interiors | starting at$440supplies included | Join → |
| 3 Bed / 2 Bathabout 2,000 sq ft | The full TotalCare Cleaning standard, appliances, cabinet interiors | starting at$480supplies included | Join → |
| 4 Bed / 3 Bathabout 2,800 sq ft | The full TotalCare Cleaning standard, appliances, cabinet interiors | starting at$570supplies included | Join → |
| 5 Bed / 4 Bathabout 4,500 sq ft | The full TotalCare Cleaning standard, appliances, cabinet interiors | starting at$727supplies included | Join → |
Priced by the home, never by the hour. Prices start at the amounts shown; your exact price is set by your home. Home sizes assume the square footage shown, and a larger home, extra half baths or add-ons change the price.
Join the Opening List →More than half of the occupied homes in Birmingham are rented, so a lot of people in this city move out every year, and nearly every one of them hopes to see the full deposit again. The cleaning at the end of a lease is where that is most often won or lost.
This guide covers what Alabama law says about deposits, how to plan around Birmingham's bulk trash calendar, what older rentals need, and what the Moving Clean from TotalCare Cleaning will include.
Section 35-9A-201 of the Code of Alabama does two things renters should know. It generally caps a residential security deposit at one month of rent, with some exceptions, and it gives the landlord 60 days after the tenancy ends and possession is delivered to return the deposit or send a written, itemized list of deductions.
That 60-day clock starts when you hand back possession, so it pays to finish the cleaning before you turn in the keys, not after. A landlord can deduct for damage beyond normal wear, and a kitchen left with grease on the cabinet fronts or a bathroom with soap film on the tub is an easy line on that list.
Keep a record. Photograph each room after the clean, including the inside of the oven and refrigerator, and save the cleaning receipt with the photos. If a deduction shows up later, you have something to point to.
Census estimates show about 55 percent of occupied homes in the city of Birmingham are rented, and about a third of all housing units are in buildings with five or more units. Many move-outs here are apartments, where property managers walk through units on a checklist soon after the keys come back.
The picture changes in the suburbs. In Homewood about 38 percent of homes are rented and about 35 percent of units sit in buildings of five or more, while in Mountain Brook only about 10 percent are. A move-out in Mountain Brook is more often a sale than a lease, with a buyer's walkthrough instead of a landlord's.
Cleaners do not haul furniture, mattresses or piles of leftover belongings, and an empty room is the only kind that can be cleaned edge to edge. In Birmingham, the city picks up bulk trash and brush on a neighborhood calendar about every two weeks, and items must be at the curb by 6 a.m. on the collection day. Look up your neighborhood's date early and plan the move around it.
Regular household garbage goes out once a week on a set day, with recycling every other week on the same day. On cleaning day, bagged trash from the clean goes into the outdoor bins.
In the suburbs the routine is different. Homewood and Hoover both collect twice a week; Homewood sends grouped branch piles and four or more bags of leaves to a claw truck, and Hoover schedules leaf and bulk piles through MyHooverConnect.
The Moving Clean is the most thorough service TotalCare Cleaning will offer, built for a home with nothing left in it. It includes everything in the One-Time Deep Clean, from hand washed baseboards and wet-wiped blinds to window tracks, fans, fixtures and vents, plus the spaces that only open up when a home is empty.
About 58 percent of homes in the city were built before 1970, and plenty of rentals are in those buildings. Original cabinets, older appliances and painted trim get mild products and soft pads rather than abrasives that would leave marks a landlord might charge for.
In a home built before 1978, the EPA warns that settled lead dust can be stirred back into the air by sweeping or vacuuming. Cleaners will use damp methods on dusty sills and floors and will never scrape or sand peeling paint. Report peeling paint to the landlord in writing instead.
Moving Cleans run $350.00 to $727.00 by home size. A one bedroom, one bath apartment is $350.00, a three bedroom, two bath house is $480.00, and the largest row is $727.00. The same service works for a move-in: buyers and new tenants often book it before the boxes arrive.
Frequently Asked Questions
TotalCare Cleaning will service Birmingham and surrounding areas with background-checked cleaners and is insured up to $1 million. Re-clean guarantee: if we missed something, tell us by the end of the next day and we come back to fix it. Beyond Clean. TotalCare.
