Handover-ready cleaning for Castle Cove rentals

Castle Cove sits on the peninsula between Sailors Bay and Middle Harbour, bordered by bushland and the golf course. Like neighbouring Middle Cove it is a house suburb, with almost no unit stock, and rentals are family homes held for reasonably long tenancies.

Homes here tend to be a little larger and a little more formally laid out than in Middle Cove, with more of them running to five bedrooms and three bathrooms.

What Castle Cove properties are actually like

Four to six bedrooms is the usual range, at $510 to $680. Expect an ensuite plus a main bathroom and often a third, a separate laundry, multiple living zones and a double garage.

Many Castle Cove homes have been renovated at some point, which means good quality fittings, stone benchtops and glass shower screens. Those look excellent when properly cleaned and show every water mark when they are not.

What local agents look at

Agents around Castle Cove and Northbridge inspect to a high standard, and glass is the theme: shower screens, splashbacks, balustrades and large windows. Hard water marks on a frameless shower screen are the item most often raised here.

Outside, gutters and leaf litter on decks and paths near the bushland boundary get noticed, and the garage is expected to be swept and empty.

Local tip: pay attention to the shower screens. In renovated Castle Cove bathrooms the screens are frameless and the hard water marks are the most visible thing in the room. They need a proper glass treatment rather than a general bathroom spray.

Every Castle Cove clean covers the full checklist

Kitchen including the oven, griller and rangehood filters, all bathrooms, bedrooms and living areas, inside windows, tracks and sills, skirting boards, door frames, light fittings, exhaust fans, wardrobes inside and out, and all floors. See the full room-by-room checklist for the detail.

Carpet steam cleaning is the one common extra at $110 per room, and many Sydney leases require it with a receipt. Renovated homes here often have timber or tile through the living areas with carpet only in bedrooms, so carpet steam is usually priced for three or four rooms.