End of Tenancy Cleaning NZ
Move-out clean. Bond back, sorted.
Moving out is hard enough without the cleaning on top. Our trained local teams follow a checklist we built with property managers, the one inspections go by, and if anything's flagged at handover, we come straight back and put it right.
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If it's inside the U, it meets our standard.
The U isn't just our logo. It's the line every clean has to clear before we'll call it done. For a move-out, that line is set by the property managers who helped us build the checklist: same finish, same trained teams, every job.
We clean for the inspection, not just the eye. Every room, surface and fixture is done to a documented handover checklist built around what property managers actually check, so the place is ready for the part that counts.
We photograph the work before we sign off. A job isn't done in our system until those photos are checked, so if your bond's ever queried, the proof's already there.
You get a trained team, every time. Every Spruce cleaner is signed off before they're let near a handover, so it never comes down to who happens to turn up.
Tenants and property managers trust us with their handovers, including teams at Harcourts, Crockers, Ray White and Quinovic, and plenty of independents besides.
What's included in an end-of-tenancy clean.
A move-out clean covers every part of the place your property manager will check at handover, so nothing on their list catches you out. The full checklist is further down. Here's the headline.
Kitchens and bathrooms deep-cleaned: tiles, taps, toilets, showers, vanities, splashbacks.
Every surface in the home: benches, cabinets inside and out, wardrobes, shelves, drawers.
All floors handled: carpets vacuumed into the corners, hard floors mopped by hand.
Spot-cleaned top to bottom: walls, doors, frames, light fittings, switches, power points, skirting.
Cobwebs, vents and ceiling fans: the bits most exit cleans skip and inspections pick up.
A final walk-through and report: anything that can't be fully restored is photographed and sent to you.
Sold your home? We'll get it handover‑ready.
Not every move-out is a rental. When you've sold, there's no property manager and no bond, but the handover still has to go smoothly. Buyers usually do a pre-settlement inspection before the keys change hands, so a clean handover keeps that final step simple. We treat it like any other move-out, just on the owner's side: the whole place top to bottom, kitchens and bathrooms cleaned, floors and carpets done, marks and grime lifted. Tell us your settlement date and we'll make sure the home is ready for you to hand over the keys, looking its best.
End of tenancy cleaning prices.
Pricing is set by the number of bedrooms, so you see it before you book. Add-ons like oven, carpet and windows are priced separately, so you only pay for what you need.
All prices exclude GST. Pricing assumes standard residential condition.
Moving costs add up: bond, movers, deposits. Choose Afterpay at checkout and split your move-out clean into four interest-free payments, on bookings up to $2,000.
No paperwork. No interest. No hit to your moving-week cashflow.
Add-ons for your end‑of‑tenancy clean.
The extras people add most often. Tick them at booking and we'll do the lot in the same visit: one team, one invoice, no juggling providers.
$69
$50
from $59 PhotoExterior windows
from $59 PhotoCarpet steam clean
from $159
$40 per room
$15 per blind
$15 psm
End of tenancy cleaning checklist.
The full checklist we built with property managers. Click through each area to see what's covered as standard, plus the optional extras you can bolt on.
Sections
All areas
The whole-property jobs we get through before we start on any single room: top-down, ceiling to floor.
Throughout the home
- Remove cobwebs
- Vacuum all floors (corners included)
- Mop floors (hands for corners)
- Spot clean walls
- Clean all doors and door frames
- Clean under and behind small furniture
- Wipe light switches, intercoms, AC units & power points
- Clean light fittings and ceiling fans
Hallways, stairs & laundry
- Skirting boards wiped throughout
- Hallways and staircases vacuumed and mopped
- Laundry surfaces, sink and taps
- Inbuilt appliances (e.g. dryer) wiped
Bathrooms
Bathrooms are where most bond deductions happen, so this is where we spend the most time.
Bathroom(s)
- Clean all surfaces
- Scrub and clean toilets
- Clean bathtubs and polish taps
- Scrub showers and polish taps
- Inside and outside of cabinets and drawers
- Sinks cleaned, taps polished
- Mirrors streak-free
- Tiles and grout treated where needed
Kitchen
The kitchen is cleaned top-down: tops of cabinets, splashback, benchtop, then bottoms and insides.
Kitchen
- All surfaces wiped and degreased
- Outside of small and large appliances
- Sink cleaned, taps polished
- Splashback and wall tiles cleaned and polished
- Cooktop cleaned
- Outside of rangehood polished
- Bins emptied
- Inside and outside of pantry, cabinets and drawers
Bedrooms & Living
The rooms tenants live in day to day: wardrobes, drawers, shelves and everything fixed to the walls.
Bedrooms & living rooms
- Inside and outside of drawers
- Vacuum inside wardrobes (where accessible)
- Wardrobe door tracks and mirrors
- All shelves dusted and wiped
- Window sills and frames wiped
- Skirting boards wiped
- Floors vacuumed and mopped
Optional Extras
Bolt-on tasks that go beyond a standard exit clean. Often required by property managers depending on the lease.
Add to your booking
- Inside oven
- Inside fridge
- Range hood
- Inside dishwasher
- Interior windows
- Exterior windows
- Blinds
- Ceiling spot cleaning
- Full wall cleaning
- Carpet steam cleaning
- Grout cleaning
How our end-of-tenancy clean works.
Four stages, same order, every time. We run it the way a property manager works an inspection: top to bottom, dry before wet, then a walk-through.
Instant quote, online or onsite.
Most people get a fixed price in under a minute online. For bigger or non-standard jobs, we'll quote onsite first, so the number's locked in before the day.
- Pop in your details and a bit about your home, and your price shows in seconds.
- One of our trained end-of-tenancy teams is assigned and confirmed for your booking.
- If anything outside the booking needs special attention (e.g. full wall washing), we'll flag it to add before the day.
- For non-standard jobs or properties not listed online, email or call us for an onsite quote.
The work that starts before we do.
Pre-treatment lets the right products do the hard work while the team gets on with the dry jobs. It's the difference between scrubbing and lifting.
- Stained toilet bowls treated with a specialist cleaner so it can work while we move on.
- Tile and grout in the bathroom or kitchen pre-treated wherever it needs it.
- Booked the oven? It's sprayed early so the chemistry can break down the baked-on stuff.
- While that works, the team starts the dry clean up high and works down.
Top to bottom. Same order, every time.
Working ceiling to floor is the smartest way through a place: gravity helps, and nothing clean gets dirtied on the way down. Every step's on the checklist.
- Cobwebs cleared from ceilings, corners and the eaves outside.
- Ceiling fans, air vents and light fittings dusted and wiped.
- Back to the pre-treated spots to check the products have done their job.
- Kitchen: tops of the cabinets first, then splashback and benchtops degreased, then lower cabinet fronts and inside.
- Windows, frames and blinds (if booked) done while the ladders are out.
- Walls spot-cleaned, and light switches, intercoms, power points and aircon units wiped.
- Doors and door frames wiped on both sides.
- Wardrobes: inside and out, mirrors, and door tracks.
- Bathrooms: tiles and grout, mirrors and vanities, soap scum and hard-water marks cut back, then toilets, showers and baths scrubbed.
- Skirting boards wiped throughout.
- Laundry and any built-in appliances (like the dryer) cleaned.
- Every floor vacuumed into the corners, hard floors mopped by hand.
- Carpet steam clean (if booked) goes last, so no one walks across freshly cleaned carpet.
A final walk-through. Nothing missed, nothing hidden.
Before we lock up, the team walks the whole place against the checklist one more time. Anything that genuinely can't be brought back, we photograph and tell you about, so you hear it from us before you hear it from your property manager.
- The whole checklist walked again, room by room, against what was booked.
- Any missed spots sorted before the team heads off.
- Anything that can't be fully cleaned (e.g. damaged grout, permanent stains) is photographed and reported back to you.
- Jobs needing specialist gear are booked ahead: house washing, pro carpet cleaning, exterior windows, deep grout work.
- If anything's flagged at handover within 48 hours, we come back and put it right, no charge.
Free end-of-tenancy & moving checklists.
Want to see exactly what a bond-ready clean covers? Download our free move-out cleaning checklist, the same room-by-room list our teams work through, plus a full NZ moving checklist for the rest of the move.
End of tenancy cleaning checklist
A room-by-room move-out cleaning checklist covering entry, kitchen, bathrooms, bedrooms, laundry and more, built to hand the keys back spotless and give your bond the best shot.
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Moving house checklist (NZ)
A week-by-week NZ moving checklist, from booking movers and redirecting your mail to final meter readings and handing over the keys.
Download checklistOur guarantee is simple: if your property manager holds back any of your bond over cleaning we were hired to do, we're back within 48 hours to put it right, no charge. It covers every cleaning task in your booking. The one thing it can't cover is work that wasn't booked, so if windows weren't on your order, they're not part of it.
Rated 4.9 from 131 Google reviews, and counting. A taste of what Spruce customers say after a clean.
“Siobhan and Luke were both wonderful to work with. My landlord was very happy with how the property looked for the final inspection and gave a full bond refund. They communicated so well throughout.”
“Top-notch service all around. I went by the flat after it had been cleaned, before returning my keys to the landlord, and was very impressed with how everything looked.”
“Very appreciative of Spruce’s customer service and the work done. Josh was polite and did a great job with the apartment clean, and Luke was very helpful organising the booking.”
End of tenancy cleaning FAQs.
The things tenants, landlords and property managers ask us most.
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