Move-out and move-in cleaning · Phoenix, AZ
Phoenix West Valley area
How to leave a Phoenix rental or sold home ready for the walkthrough: what Arizona deposit law says, how to clear large items with city bulk trash, and what the Moving Clean covers.
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 Phoenix. Coordination with tenants or management can be arranged directly. We will work around closing dates and move-out deadlines.
Pricing starts at $391 for 1 bedroom through $817 for 5 bedrooms. All priced by the home, all supplies included.
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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 Phoenix 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$391supplies included | Join → |
| 2 Bed / 2 Bathabout 1,600 sq ft | The full TotalCare Cleaning standard, appliances, cabinet interiors | starting at$493supplies included | Join → |
| 3 Bed / 2 Bathabout 2,000 sq ft | The full TotalCare Cleaning standard, appliances, cabinet interiors | starting at$538supplies included | Join → |
| 4 Bed / 3 Bathabout 2,800 sq ft | The full TotalCare Cleaning standard, appliances, cabinet interiors | starting at$640supplies included | Join → |
| 5 Bed / 4 Bathabout 4,500 sq ft | The full TotalCare Cleaning standard, appliances, cabinet interiors | starting at$817supplies 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 →About 43 percent of occupied homes in Phoenix are rented, so leases are ending somewhere in the city every week. For tenants, the move-out clean is tied directly to money: under Arizona law a deposit can be as much as a month and a half of rent, and cleaning is one of the most common reasons a landlord holds part of it back.
This guide covers the Arizona rules, how to plan the last week, and what the Moving Clean will include when TotalCare Cleaning comes to Phoenix. Homeowners selling a house and buyers moving into one can use the same plan.
Arizona's landlord and tenant law sets two numbers that every Phoenix renter should know. First, a security deposit, including any prepaid rent, may not exceed one and a half months' rent. Second, once the tenancy ends and the tenant demands the deposit, the landlord has 14 days, not counting weekends and legal holidays, to return it or provide an itemized list of deductions.
Two practical points follow. Put your demand for the deposit and your forwarding address in writing on the day you hand back the keys, because the 14-day count runs from the end of the tenancy and that demand. And photograph every room after the clean, with the oven, refrigerator and bathrooms open to the camera, so you have a record if a deduction is disputed.
Cleaners will not haul furniture, mattresses or piles of boxes, so large items need their own plan. The City of Phoenix offers residents four bulk trash pickups a year by appointment. Each pickup takes one pile of up to 10 cubic yards, and the pile may go out no more than 7 days before the scheduled date.
That timing fits a move well. Book the bulk pickup for move week, set the pile out as the truck is loaded, and schedule the Moving Clean for after the last item is gone. In an apartment or condo building, ask the manager how bulky items are handled before you book anything.
The Moving Clean includes everything in the One-Time Deep Clean plus the interiors an empty home exposes:
Hard water is the giveaway in a Phoenix rental. At 10 to 17.6 grains per gallon, a few months of showers leave a white haze on glass and crust at the faucet base, and a landlord's inspector will spot it first. Treating those surfaces is part of the Moving Clean.
Dust is the second giveaway. Tenants who move out after the monsoon often leave window tracks, sliding door channels and air vents lined with fine grit from summer storms. Those get cleared too, along with the tops of ceiling fans that nobody looks at until the room is empty.
Age matters in older rentals. About 42 percent of Phoenix homes were built before 1980, and original tile, grout and appliances get gentle products so the clean does not add wear a landlord might charge for.
Moving Clean prices run $391.00 to $817.00, from $391.00 for a one bedroom, one bath home to $817.00 for a five bedroom, four bath home. Book as soon as your move date is set, and plan the clean for the day after the truck leaves so the home is empty, the utilities are still on and the walkthrough can follow right behind it. Moving into a home instead? The same clean works before you unpack; see the deep cleaning guide for how it compares.
Frequently Asked Questions
TotalCare Cleaning will service Phoenix 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.
