this was my first time hiring a cleaning service and it was a great first experience! Thais and Joseph came to provide a free quote, they came on the scheduled day, and completed a deep clean of my home in a timely fashion. I would definitely retain them for routine cleaning and my mother is also interested in having them come to her home!
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Move In Cleaning in Harrisburg, PA
Somebody else lived there first. However well the last people cleaned, and whatever the listing photos looked like, a move in clean is the difference between unpacking into your house and unpacking into theirs.
The job is easiest in the window between the keys and the truck, when every cabinet is empty, every closet is open, and nothing has to be worked around. Thais and Joseph do the work themselves and bring every supply and every piece of equipment with them, which matters in a house where the cupboards are bare and the utilities may have been switched on that morning.
- Free estimates
- We bring all supplies
- Background checked owner
- Insured
- Open 7 days, 8am to 9pm
Move In Cleaning in Harrisburg, PA, What Gets Covered
An empty house, cleaned in the order you are about to fill it. Cabinets and closets first, because those are what your boxes go into.
Kitchen
- Inside every cabinet and drawer, then the fronts and the handles
- Inside the fridge and freezer, shelves and drawers out and washed
- Inside the oven, the racks, and the door glass
- Stovetop, grates, drip pans, and the hood or vent filter face
- Counters, backsplash, sink, faucet, and the drain
- Outside of every appliance, including the sides
- Baseboards, trim, switch plates, and floors washed to the edges
Bathrooms
- Tub, shower walls, glass, and the door track sanitized
- Toilet inside, outside, behind the bowl, and around the base
- Inside the vanity and the medicine cabinet
- Sink, faucet, mirror, light fixture, and exhaust fan cover
- Grout lines scrubbed and mineral build up worked off
- Floors washed, including behind the toilet
Bedrooms and living areas
- Inside the closets, shelving, and rods
- Ceiling fans, light fixtures, and vent covers
- Window sills, tracks, and blinds
- Door handles, switch plates, and outlet covers, every one of them
- Baseboards, trim, door frames, and the tops of the doors
- Carpets vacuumed to the edges, hard floors washed
The rest of the house
- Entry, hallway, stairs, spindles, and handrails
- Laundry area and the space the washer and dryer will sit in
- Cobwebs cleared from ceiling corners, doorways, and the basement stairs
- Interior windows if they are on the add on list
- A walk through with you at the end, before the truck arrives
Handles, switches, and cabinet pulls get named out because they are what a new family touches a hundred times a day and what a listing clean tends to skip.
Move In Cleaning Add Ons Harrisburg Homeowners Ask For
Inside the cabinets, the oven, and the fridge are part of a move in clean already. These sit outside it.
- Interior windows
- Baseboards
- Basement
- Pets in the home
Pets in the home refers to your pets, once you are in. If the last occupants had animals, say so when you book, because hair in carpet edges and vent covers takes time to get out properly.
Why a Move In Clean Is Worth It in a Harrisburg Home
A house shows well and cleans differently. A place staged for a viewing has been tidied, aired out, and had the surfaces wiped. That is not the same as the inside of the cabinets, the closet shelves, or the tracks on the shower door.
The rooms nobody thinks about are the ones that get you. Inside the fridge, inside the oven, the medicine cabinet, the shelf at the top of the hall closet. Those are where the last occupant is still present, and every one of them is a place you are about to put food, medicine, or clothes.
Then there is the practical side. Cleaning inside a cabinet is a ten minute job when it is empty and an afternoon when it is full of your plates. There is one window where the house is empty, and it closes the day the truck shows up.
When to Book a Move In Clean in Harrisburg, PA
The best slot is narrow and it is worth booking in advance.
After the keys, before the furniture. That is the whole rule. Settlement in the morning and the truck on Saturday means Thursday or Friday is the window, and everything in the checklist is reachable.
If the truck is already booked for the same day, call anyway. We work seven days a week from 8am to 9pm, so an evening clean the night before a morning move happens more often than you would think.
If you are leaving a rental at the same time, book the clean for the unit you are handing back in the same call. Most people have both happening in one week and it is easier to place them together.
If the house was renovated before you bought it, the dust is a different job. That is post construction work, and it needs a different plan.
Move In Cleaning vs Move Out Cleaning in Harrisburg Homes
The checklists look similar and the purpose is opposite. A move out clean is aimed at somebody else's inspection, so it is judged by what a landlord opens and looks behind.
A move in clean is aimed at you. Nobody is grading it. It is judged by whether you are happy putting your kids' clothes in that closet and your food in that fridge, which is a standard that lives in the detail rather than on a list.
In practice that changes where the hours go. A move in clean spends more of them on sanitizing the bathrooms and the kitchen and on the places your hands are about to be, and less on making a unit look inspection ready.
If the house needs both ends of that, because it sat empty a while or the last owner had already moved out months ago, a deep clean is sometimes the better description of what you are asking for. We will tell you which one fits when we look at it.
Move In Cleaning Prices in Harrisburg, PA, What Moves the Number
No published rate. Four things set what a move in clean costs.
The size of the house and the number of bathrooms, which set the length of the day more than anything else.
The condition the last people left it in. This varies more on a move in than on any other job we do, from a house cleaned properly on the way out to one that plainly was not.
How long it sat empty. A place that has been vacant for months has dust everywhere, in the tracks, on the sills, and in the vents, whatever state it was left in.
Anything you add on. Interior windows come up most, especially in a house that has been empty and shows every mark on the glass.
We look at the house, ask when the truck is coming, and send a written estimate with the price and how long we expect to be there. It is free, and we take cash, check, and Zelle.
What Harrisburg Area Clients Say About Our Cleaning
No move in job has a review on Thumbtack yet, so these two are from deep cleans. They are reproduced word for word, and we do not write reviews we have not been given.
5 out of 5 stars 5 out of 5 stars Negreiro Services are the absolute best pros I have ever hired for a "deep clean" for my home. They worked professionally, were prepared with the right tools and products, were thorough and beyond, and left my home SPARKLING CLEAN. I will be using them regularly and I highly recommend them to others. I am elderly and this took a big weight off my mind And their prices are great considering the amount of work that they accomplish! The best!
How a Harrisburg Move In Cleaning Estimate Works
Three steps, and it can be sorted out while you are still packing the last house.
- 1
Tell us about the house
Call or text 717-831-2653. Size, number of bathrooms, the day you get the keys, and the day the furniture arrives.
- 2
We come look at it
A few minutes in the empty house. It costs nothing, and it is how the price ends up matching your home rather than an average.
- 3
You get a written price
The estimate comes back in writing with the date and the hours we expect. We clean it empty, and you unpack into a house that is yours from the first box.
Move In Cleaning Across Harrisburg and the Surrounding Area
People move into all of these towns from all of the others, and the drive is not charged as extra.
- Harrisburg. Rowhomes in Midtown and Uptown and the split levels through Colonial Park and Linglestown.
- Camp Hill. Larger West Shore homes, usually cleaned in the gap between settlement and the truck.
- Mechanicsburg. Newer builds and family homes, often bought by people moving in from out of the area.
- Hershey. Relocations, where the house is empty for weeks before anyone arrives.
We also serve Hummelstown, New Cumberland, Enola, Lemoyne, and York. If you are just outside that list, call 717-831-2653 and ask.
Other cleaning we do around Harrisburg
Move Out Cleaning
Booked in the same week most of the time, once the unit is empty.
the place you are leavingRecurring House Cleaning
Weekly, every two weeks, or monthly once you are settled in it.
keeping the new place upPost Construction Cleaning
Construction dust is a different job from a previous occupant's mess.
if it was renovated first
Move In Cleaning in Harrisburg, PA, Questions We Get Asked
Do I need a move in clean if the house looks clean already?
A house that shows well has usually been tidied and had its surfaces wiped, which is not the same as the inside of the cabinets, the closet shelves, the shower door track, or the inside of the fridge and the oven. Those are the places you are about to put your food, your medicine, and your clothes, and they are the ones a listing clean tends to skip.
When should the move in cleaning happen?
After you get the keys and before the furniture arrives. An empty house means every cabinet, closet, and floor is reachable, and cleaning inside a cabinet takes ten minutes when it is empty and an afternoon once it is full. If the truck is coming the same day, call anyway, because we work seven days a week from 8am to 9pm and evening slots are often open.
Is inside the cabinets and appliances included in a move in clean?
Yes. Inside every cabinet and drawer, inside the fridge and freezer, and inside the oven are part of a move in clean rather than add ons, because those are the first places your things are going.
What is the difference between a move in clean and a move out clean?
The checklists overlap and the purpose is opposite. A move out clean is aimed at a landlord's inspection of the unit you are leaving. A move in clean is aimed at the house you are about to live in, so more of the time goes on sanitizing the kitchen and bathrooms and on the handles, switches, and closets you are about to use every day.
Can you clean both houses in the same week?
Yes, and most people book them that way. The move out clean happens once the old place is empty and the move in clean happens before your furniture lands at the new one, so they usually sit a few days apart.
How much does move in cleaning cost in Harrisburg, PA?
It depends on the size of the house, how many bathrooms it has, the condition the last people left it in, and how long it sat empty. We look at it and send a written estimate. The estimate is free and there is no charge to come look.
Do I need to have anything ready in the new house?
No. We bring our own supplies, equipment, and products, which matters in a house where the cupboards are empty. Water and power being on helps, so tell us if either is still being switched over.
Ready to unpack into a house that is actually yours?
We clean it before the furniture lands, the same two people every time, and the estimate is free.