Move-out and move-in cleaning · St. Louis, MO
St. Louis area
The Moving Clean for St. Louis rentals and sales, timed around Missouri's deposit statute, the city's Certificate of Inspection and the monthly bulky item pickup.
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 St. Louis. 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.
🏠 Throughout the Home
🍽️ Kitchen
🚿 Bathrooms
Trust & Safety
Every TotalCare Cleaning professional will be background-checked and screened before their first job in St. Louis.
✓ Background-checkedEvery TotalCare Cleaning house cleaning in St. Louis 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 St. Louis 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.
✓ Re-Clean GuaranteeWe will follow the same standard operating procedure on every single job in St. Louis. The TotalCare Cleaning standard is not a marketing claim. It is a documented, auditable procedure that governs every hour of work in your home.
Move-out and move-in cleaning Pricing
Priced by the home, not by the hour. Prices start at the amounts shown, from the current St. Louis 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 the City of St. Louis are rented, about 55 percent, so a move-out clean here is usually about getting a deposit back. Owners selling a home have their own deadline: the city will not let a sold or vacant house be occupied until it has passed an inspection.
This guide walks through the Missouri rules, the city steps that shape a move, what an empty St. Louis home needs, and how the Moving Clean is priced, from $350.00 for the smallest row.
Missouri's security deposit statute does three things a tenant should know. It caps the deposit at two months' rent. It gives the landlord 30 days after the tenancy ends to return the deposit or send an itemized list of what was kept. And it gives the tenant the right to be present at the landlord's move-out inspection, at the time and date the landlord sets.
That last point is the useful one. If you plan to attend the inspection, book the Moving Clean for the day before, then walk the unit with the landlord while it is empty and spotless. Take dated photos of every room after the clean and keep them with the lease.
The City of St. Louis requires a Certificate of Inspection before a sold or vacant home is occupied, and rental units are reinspected every three years or whenever the occupant changes. For a landlord, that means the gap between tenants often includes an inspector's visit. For a seller, it means a buyer's move-in date can hinge on the house passing.
A clean house does not pass or fail an inspection by itself, but an inspector reads a clean, empty unit more easily, and the next occupant walks into a home that is ready. Schedule the Moving Clean after repairs are done and before the inspection or the keys change hands.
Cleaners do not haul furniture, appliances, mattresses or piles of boxes. The City of St. Louis picks up bulky items such as furniture and appliances monthly, so put that pickup on the calendar before the clean. The city's trash service collects at least weekly; homes with roll carts get curbside recycling and homes on alley dumpsters use drop-off recycling, so break down boxes early in the week of the move.
Bagged household trash left at the end of the clean goes to the outdoor cart or dumpster. Anything larger stays where it is.
About 26 percent of city housing units sit in two to four unit buildings, and many of those flats share a front hall and a basement. The Moving Clean covers the unit you are leaving: every room, inside the oven, refrigerator, kitchen cabinets and drawers, bathroom cabinets and vanities, walls spot cleaned and interior doors wiped on both sides, plus everything in a deep clean such as hand washed baseboards and wet-wiped blinds.
Old buildings bring a few local habits. Kitchens in century-old flats often have original painted cabinets, which get mild cleaners instead of abrasive pads. Since many homes built before 1978 contain lead-based paint, painted sills and trim are wiped damp and never scraped. Radiators get dusted where they can be reached, and the floor under them is vacuumed before mopping.
If you are leaving a rental in Belleville or elsewhere in the Metro East, Illinois law applies instead of Missouri's. In Illinois, a landlord who keeps any of a deposit for damage must send an itemized statement with estimated or actual repair costs within 30 days after you move out. Belleville also requires a Certificate of Occupancy before a home can legally be occupied, so the next tenant's move-in may wait on that inspection.
Book the Moving Clean for after the last load leaves and before the walkthrough. In winter, plan for snow: the airport averages about 17 days a year with an inch or more on the ground, and movers tracking in and out leave salt and slush on every floor. Doing the clean after the movers, not before, keeps that mess out of the finished unit.
Moving into a different St. Louis home? The same Moving Clean works before you unpack.
Frequently Asked Questions
TotalCare Cleaning will service St. Louis 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.
