“Broom clean” is a lower bar than it sounds
Most properties change hands broom clean: belongings out, floors swept. Nobody was obliged to clean inside the oven, wipe out a single cabinet, degrease the kitchen or scrub a bathroom — and the person who last cleaned it was cleaning in order to leave.
- ✕Cabinets and drawers you are about to fill
- ✕Appliance interiors you are about to put food in
- ✕Dust and damp from weeks standing closed
Clean it while it is still empty
One visit in the gap between keys and truck, aimed at where you will actually live rather than at an inspector's checklist. Everything furniture is about to make unreachable gets done first.
- ✓Inside every cabinet, closet and appliance
- ✓Floors wall to wall, corners included
- ✓24-hour re-clean if anything is missed
A Third of the House Disappears on Delivery Day
Not metaphorically. Once the furniture is in, the floor under the bed, the wall behind the wardrobe, the corner beneath the sofa and the back of every closet stop being reachable in any normal clean — and they stay that way until the next time you move.
It is the cheapest this job will ever be
An empty property is faster to clean than a furnished one, because nothing has to be moved, worked around, or put back. The same scope costs less now than it will at any point while you live here.
Cabinet and appliance interiors are a one-shot opportunity
Cleaning inside kitchen cabinets after you have unpacked means unpacking the kitchen again. Nobody does it. Doing it before the crockery goes in takes the crew an hour.
You inherit the previous household's surfaces, not their habits
Grease on the cabinet tops, whatever is under the oven, the film on a range hood filter, the shower door seal. None of it is visible at a viewing and all of it is now yours.
A Florida house left closed does things to itself
Weeks with the air conditioning up or off means humid still air, a musty smell that settles into closets, dust falling undisturbed into the vents, and insects exploring a building nobody enters.
The Move-In Checklist
Kitchen — before anything goes in the cupboards
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- ✓Dishwasher interior, filter and seal
- ✓Microwave inside and out
- ✓Stovetop, burners, range hood and filters
- ✓Cabinet fronts degreased
- ✓Backsplash and countertops sanitised
- ✓Sink, faucet and garbage disposal
- ✓Behind and under the appliances that move
- ✓Inside every cabinet, drawer and the pantry
- ✓Oven interior, racks and door glass
- ✓Refrigerator and freezer interiors, shelves and seals
Bathrooms — disinfected, not just wiped
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- ✓Vanity inside and out, mirrors, fixtures
- ✓Exhaust fan cover and vent
- ✓Limescale and any mildew treated
- ✓Floors, baseboards and behind the door
- ✓Toilet inside, outside, base and behind
- ✓Tub, shower, tiles and grout
- ✓Shower door glass and the seal along the bottom
Everywhere the furniture is about to sit
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- ✓Baseboards, door frames and doors
- ✓Light switches, outlet plates, handles and pulls
- ✓Ceiling fans, light fixtures and cobweb removal
- ✓Wall spot cleaning where it will help
- ✓Floors cleaned wall to wall while the rooms are empty
- ✓Corners and edges that a sofa or bed will block for years
- ✓Closet interiors, shelves and hanging rails
The vacant-house list
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- ✓Closets and cupboards opened up and checked for damp
- ✓Laundry area, washer and dryer exteriors
- ✓Entry, hallway and stairs
- ✓Anything we find that has moved past cleaning, reported to you in writing
- ✓Air vents, returns and grilles
- ✓Window sills, tracks and sliding-door channels
- ✓Musty-odour treatment with air moving through the property
Move-In Cleaning and Move-Out Cleaning Are Different Work
Aimed at someone else's checklist
Backward-looking and inspection-driven. The goal is a landlord's sign-off and your security deposit, so the effort goes where a walkthrough will look — and the property is judged against how it was handed to you.
Aimed at the home you are about to live in
Forward-looking. Nobody is inspecting anything, so the effort goes where your hands and your food will be: inside cabinets and appliances, high-touch surfaces, and every square foot the furniture is about to cover.
Moving locally and need both ends? Our combined move-in / move-out service coordinates the two dates around your truck. And if you want the longer argument for cleaning before you unpack, we wrote it up in the one week the house is empty.
Booked Around Your Closing, Not Ours
Free estimate in about five minutes
Call or text the address and square footage. You get a firm written quote — supplies, equipment, labour and travel included, no hidden extras.
We schedule into the empty window
After handover, before delivery. Tell us both dates and we will fit between them; if they are the same day, tell us that too and we will work the sequence.
The clean itself
A two-person crew for most homes, working top down and finishing with floors. Cabinets, closets and appliances first, while there is nothing in them.
Walk it and sign off
Ten minutes at the end while the property is still empty and everything is easy to see. Anything missed, tell us within 24 hours and we return free.
What a Move-In Clean Costs
Firm written quote before you commit. All supplies, equipment, labour and travel included. Each additional bathroom adds $50–$75. An empty property prices at the lower end of its band — one more reason to book inside the window.
24-Hour Re-Clean Guarantee
Walk the property, tell us within 24 hours if anything is not right, and we come back the next day — free. No forms, no arguments. Easiest to do before the boxes arrive.
What People Say After Moving Into a Home We Cleaned
We let our results do the talking. But if you'd like proof, see what other Sarasota homeowners have to say about our cleaning services.
"We hired DS Cleaning for the final clean of our rental in Bradenton. I thought I could do it myself, but by the time we finished moving boxes I had no energy left. Maria helped us get it done and the place looked so much better afterward. In hindsight, I should have booked the cleaning when we booked the movers."
"Love coming home after Anna has been here. Clean floors, clean bathrooms, and I can actually relax for a bit."
"Our home in Bradenton needed a proper deep clean, especially the kitchen and bathrooms. Nadiia worked hard and those areas looked noticeably better afterward. I appreciated being able to point out what was bothering me most before she started. The house feels much easier to keep up with now."
"Used DS Cleaning for an Airbnb turnover. Everything looked clean and ready for check-in. Happy with the service."
"Alexa cleaned our apartment after we moved out. Once the furniture was gone, we realized how much dust had been hiding behind everything. She had plenty to do and we were pleased with the result. One less thing to worry about during the move."
"We have Lia come every two weeks. I originally thought we’d only need cleaning once a month, but every other week has been much easier to keep up with. I still have the usual laundry and everyday mess, of course, but having the bathrooms, kitchen and floors taken care of makes a big difference. Very glad we started."
"Wonderful team!! I would use again in a minute. Nadia was excellent in communication. 👍"
"First cleaning with Maria today. Really happy with it!"
"Anna helped with the turnover at our Airbnb in Bradenton. I checked the property afterward and was happy with how everything looked, especially the bathrooms and beds. Those are the things I always look at first before guests arrive. It was nice to walk through and feel like the place was ready."
"Dana did a great job. The bathrooms especially look so much better. Would happily have her back."
"Booked DS Cleaning for our move-out in Bradenton. We were exhausted from packing and really didn’t want to tackle the cleaning too. Glad we hired them. The empty house looked great when they finished."
"Nadiia cleans for us every other week and we’re very happy with her work. It’s such a relief to have the whole house clean at once. Thank you!"
Where We Cover
Three offices — Bradenton, Sarasota and Lakewood Ranch — covering roughly 30 miles around them.
Move-In Cleaning Questions
Helpful reading before you book
Clean it before the truck arrives
Tell us your handover date and your delivery date, and we will fit the clean between them. Sarasota, Bradenton, Lakewood Ranch and about 30 miles around.