What applies to move-out cleaning?

When you move out, the apartment must be left clean. Use our checklist to ensure everything is spotless for the next tenant.

Remember that all equipment present in the apartment when you moved in must remain when you move out.

Often, we take the opportunity to clear out when we are about to move. You can dispose of electrical waste and bulky refuse at the nearest recycling center.

Checklist for move-out cleaning

When you move out, the apartment must be left clean. Use the checklist below to ensure everything is spotless for the next tenant.

Living rooms

• Clean all painted surfaces, including spaces between radiators and walls.
• Wash windows inside and out, including between the panes, and wipe down window frames, woodwork, and blinds.
• Clean closets, closet interiors, and the top surfaces of closets.
• Wipe floors, baseboards, and thresholds.
• Remove hooks from pictures, decals, and similar items.
• If lamps are to remain, take them down for cleaning and rehang them afterward.

Kitchen
The same steps as for living rooms plus the following:

• Wash the ceiling (if painted).
• Clean the stove inside and out, including the floor and wall surfaces behind and on all sides of the stove.
• Defrost and air out the refrigerator, larder, and freezer, and clean them inside and out on all sides.
• Clean the upper cabinets and the spaces behind the refrigerator and freezer thoroughly.
• Clean the charcoal filter/extractor hood.

Bathroom, WC

• Polish the mirrors.
• Clean the bathroom cabinet.
• Thoroughly clean the toilet, bathtub, shower, and sink both inside and out.
• Clean under and behind the bathtub and clean the floor drain.
• Clean walls, ceiling, and floor.

Other spaces

• Other spaces such as garages, basement, or attic storage rooms should be cleaned thoroughly in the same manner.