Expert Presale Cleaners in Melbourne

The Property: A four-bedroom, two-bathroom Edwardian family home in Hawthorn, Melbourne. The property had been lived in by a family of five for 11 years. While generally well-maintained, the home showed the accumulated wear of daily family life — scuff marks on walls, grease buildup in the kitchen rangehood, soap scum in both bathrooms, dusty skirting boards, and carpets that hadn’t been professionally cleaned in over three years. The real estate agent had scheduled professional photography for Thursday and the first open home for Saturday, giving the sellers just five days to get the property market-ready.

The Brief:

The agent specifically requested a “white glove” level clean — every surface that a buyer might touch, open, or inspect needed to be spotless. The agent’s checklist included: streak-free windows (inside and out), immaculate bathrooms, a kitchen that looked barely used, dust-free vents and skirting boards, and carpets that looked and smelled fresh. The sellers were still living in the home, so the clean needed to work around furniture and personal belongings.

The Clean — What Clean House Melbourne Delivered:

A team of three cleaners arrived at 7:00am and completed the full pre-sale clean in 8 hours.

• Kitchen (2 hours): Degreased the oven interior, rangehood filter (soaked and scrubbed), splashback, and all benchtops. Cleaned inside the fridge and freezer. Wiped down all cupboard fronts and handles. Cleaned the dishwasher door and interior rim. Polished the sink and tap until reflective. Mopped the tiled floor with streak-free finish.
• Bathrooms x2 (1.5 hours total): Descaled shower screens, showerheads, and taps. Scrubbed tile grout in both showers. Removed soap scum from all glass surfaces. Cleaned and polished mirrors, vanities, and toilets. Wiped down all cabinetry. Mopped bathroom floors.
• Bedrooms x4 (1.5 hours total): Dusted all surfaces including bedside tables, windowsills, wardrobe tops, and ceiling fans. Vacuumed all carpets (pre-treatment for high-traffic stains in master bedroom and kids’ rooms). Wiped down built-in wardrobe doors and handles. Cleaned bedroom windows inside.
• Living and dining areas (1 hour): Vacuumed and spot-treated carpets. Dusted all surfaces, shelving, light fittings, and skirting boards throughout. Cleaned fireplace mantel and surround. Removed cobwebs from ceiling corners.
• Windows — full house (1.5 hours): Cleaned all windows inside and out (single-storey sections accessed from ground level, upper windows cleaned internally). Wiped down all window tracks and frames.
• Final walkthrough (30 minutes): Touch-ups on fingerprints, final check of all surfaces, floors given a last pass.

The Property: A three-bedroom, one-bathroom 1960s brick home in Brighton, Melbourne. The owner-occupiers had already moved interstate and the property had been sitting empty for three weeks. Dust had settled on every surface, cobwebs had formed in corners and around light fittings, and the carpets showed high-traffic wear patterns now clearly visible without furniture. The windows were dusty and the garden-facing sliding doors had water spots from recent rain. The agent needed the property photographed within 48 hours and requested a full pre-sale clean to make the empty home look fresh, bright, and move-in ready.

The Brief:

With no furniture to work around, the agent wanted the clean to emphasise the home’s space and natural light — meaning every window had to be streak-free, every floor spotless, and every surface dust-free so the empty rooms looked as large and bright as possible in photos.

The Clean — What Clean House Melbourne Delivered:

A team of two cleaners completed the full clean in 6 hours.

• Kitchen (1.5 hours): Cleaned inside all empty cupboards and drawers (buyers open these during inspections). Degreased the oven interior, cooktop, rangehood, and splashback. Polished the sink and mixer tap. Cleaned the dishwasher interior. Mopped the floor — the vinyl was scuffed but the clean made a visible difference.
• Bathroom (45 minutes): Scrubbed tile grout (original 1960s tiles in good condition but discoloured grout). Descaled the showerhead, taps, and shower screen. Cleaned the vanity, mirror, and toilet. Mopped the floor.
• Bedrooms x3 (1 hour): Vacuumed all carpets thoroughly — without furniture, every stain and wear mark was visible, so the team used a spot treatment on the most prominent marks. Dusted all windowsills, skirting boards, built-in wardrobe interiors (shelves and hanging rails), and light fittings. Cleaned cobwebs from all ceiling corners.
• Living and dining areas (45 minutes): Vacuumed carpets with spot treatment. Dusted all surfaces, cornices, and the ceiling fan. Cleaned the sliding door tracks (which had accumulated grit).
• Windows — full house (1.5 hours): Cleaned all windows inside and out. Removed water spots from the garden-facing sliding doors. Cleaned all window tracks and frames. The agent specifically commented that the windows “made the rooms look 20% bigger.”
• Laundry and general (30 minutes): Cleaned the laundry tub, benchtop, and cupboard interiors. Wiped down all light switches and door handles throughout the home. Final mop of all hard floor areas.

The Property: A two-bedroom, two-bathroom apartment on the 28th floor of a Southbank high-rise tower. The owner had been renting the apartment to tenants for four years and was now selling. The tenants had vacated but left the apartment in below-average condition — kitchen splashback was discoloured with cooking oil residue, both bathrooms had mould in the shower grout, the balcony glass was filmed with city grime, and the carpet in both bedrooms was stained. The owner wanted the apartment presented at its best to justify the asking price in a competitive Southbank market where buyers compare dozens of similar apartments.

The Brief:

The agent emphasised that in an apartment market, bathrooms, the kitchen, and the view (meaning clean balcony glass and windows) are the three things that differentiate one listing from another. The clean needed to make all three outstanding.

The Clean — What Clean House Melbourne Delivered:

A team of two cleaners completed the job in 5 hours.

• Kitchen (1.5 hours): Degreased the splashback — four years of tenant cooking had left a sticky, discoloured film that required a specialist degreaser and multiple passes. Cleaned the oven interior (heavily soiled). Cleaned inside the rangehood and replaced the filter (supplied by the owner). Polished the stone benchtop. Cleaned inside all cupboards, drawers, and the pantry. Cleaned the dishwasher interior and door seals. Polished the sink and mixer tap.
• Bathrooms x2 (1.5 hours total): Treated mould in shower grout with a professional-grade mould remover — left to dwell for 20 minutes, then scrubbed and rinsed. Descaled both showerheads and mixer taps. Cleaned and polished both frameless shower screens (water mineral deposits required a specialist glass treatment). Cleaned both vanities, mirrors, and toilets. Mopped both bathroom floors.
• Bedrooms x2 (45 minutes): Vacuumed carpets with spot stain treatment on the most visible marks. Dusted all surfaces, skirting boards, and built-in wardrobe interiors. Cleaned bedroom windows inside.
• Living area and balcony (45 minutes): Vacuumed living area carpet. Cleaned the floor-to-ceiling windows inside and the balcony glass on both sides (accessible from the balcony itself — no rope access needed for this apartment). Cleaned the balcony floor and railing. The city view — the apartment’s primary selling feature — was now unobstructed and crystal clear.
• General (30 minutes): Cleaned the laundry cupboard interior and washing machine space. Wiped all light switches, door handles, and power points. Cleaned the front door and entry foyer area. Final walkthrough.

The Property: A three-bedroom, two-bathroom modern townhouse in Point Cook, in Melbourne’s western growth corridor. The property had been tenanted for six years and the landlord was selling as part of a portfolio restructure. The most recent tenants had left the property in reasonable but not sale-ready condition — the carpets needed steam cleaning, the bathrooms had soap scum buildup, the kitchen had standard wear, and the small courtyard garden was untidy. The landlord’s property manager engaged Clean House Melbourne to complete a pre-sale clean that would present the property at its best in a competitive Point Cook market where similar townhouses were listed frequently.

The Brief:

The property manager needed the clean completed in a single day so the photographer could visit the next morning. The goal was to make the townhouse look fresh, modern, and move-in ready — the target buyer in Point Cook is typically a first-home buyer or young family, so the presentation needed to feel clean, welcoming, and low-maintenance.

The Clean — What Clean House Melbourne Delivered:

A team of two cleaners completed the job in 6 hours, with a carpet steam cleaner joining for 1.5 hours.

• Kitchen (1.5 hours): Cleaned the oven interior, cooktop (ceramic — polished to a shine), rangehood, and splashback. Cleaned inside all cupboards and drawers (emptied by tenants). Polished the stone benchtops and stainless steel sink. Cleaned the dishwasher interior. Mopped the tiled floor.
• Bathrooms x2 (1 hour total): Removed soap scum from both shower screens. Descaled taps and showerheads in both bathrooms. Cleaned and polished mirrors, vanities, and toilets. Scrubbed floor tiles and mopped.
• Bedrooms x3 (1 hour): Dusted all surfaces, skirting boards, and window frames. Cleaned inside all built-in wardrobes (shelves, hanging rails, and wardrobe tracks). Cleaned bedroom windows inside.
• Living area and staircase (45 minutes): Dusted all surfaces and light fittings. Wiped down the staircase handrail and balustrade. Cleaned the downstairs powder room.
• Carpet steam cleaning (1.5 hours — specialist): Steam cleaned all carpeted areas — 3 bedrooms, living room, staircase, and upstairs hallway. Spot-treated visible stains. Carpets were dry within 4 hours (before photography the next morning).
• Windows and outdoor (1.25 hours): Cleaned all windows inside and out (two-storey townhouse — ground floor exterior accessible, upper floor cleaned internally plus accessible exterior windows). Cleaned the courtyard — swept pavers, wiped down outdoor table, hosed the small patio.