End of lease cleaning prices by property size

Bond cleans in Sydney are almost always priced by bedroom count, because that is the best single guide to how much there is to clean. These are our prices for an unfurnished property in standard condition, with the time we expect to spend on site:

Every figure includes GST. The time shown is time on site, not billed time. Because the price is fixed rather than hourly, a job that runs long costs you nothing extra, and nobody has a reason to stretch one out.

What that price already includes

This is where bond cleaning quotes differ most. Two quotes can look similar and cover very different amounts of work. Everything below is in the price above, not added on top:

• Oven, rangehood and griller, inside and out. This is the single most common reason a final inspection fails, and it is included.
• Inside windows, tracks and sills. Tracks are the bit agents check.
• Every bathroom, ensuite and powder room, at any property size.
• Any number of storeys, with no level surcharge.
• Cupboards and drawers, inside and out.
• Skirting boards, door frames, light fittings and switches.
• Walls spot cleaned for marks and scuffs.
• Wardrobes, shelving and mirrored doors.
• All equipment and products. Nothing is charged for supplies.

The extras, and exactly what they cost

These are optional. You add them yourself when you build your price, and the total updates as you go. Nothing here is applied without you choosing it.

The one worth reading your lease about is carpet steam cleaning. Many Sydney leases require a professional steam clean with a receipt if the property has carpet, so it is often not optional in practice even though it is priced separately.

The only four things that change your price

Bond cleaning has a reputation for surprise charges on the day. Here is the complete list of what can move our price, all of it shown before you confirm:

That is the whole list. No call-out fee, no booking fee, no travel charge anywhere in Sydney metro, no per-bathroom fee and no equipment charge. If the property turns out to be materially different from what you described, we contact you before starting rather than adding it to the invoice afterwards.

Three worked examples

What this actually looks like for real properties:

A one bedroom unit in Newtown, no carpet

Base price $296. Floors are tiled and timber, so no steam clean. Oven, bathroom and inside windows are all included. Total $296.

A two bedroom apartment in Zetland with carpet in both bedrooms

Base price $359, plus carpet steam at $110 per room for two rooms, $220. Total $579. The lease required a steam clean receipt, which comes with the invoice.

A three bedroom house in Marrickville, still part furnished, carpet through the living area

Base price $440, plus carpet steam for three rooms at $330, plus the 20% furnished loading on the clean. Total about $924. Booked a week out, so no urgency loading.

What affects the price

• Bedroom count is the main driver, because it tracks the overall size of the job.
• Carpet. Steam cleaning is the largest single extra on most jobs.
• Condition. Heavy grease, established mould or built-up grime takes longer. We would rather look at photos first than revise a price on the day.
• Furniture. An empty property is faster to clean than a full one, which is what the furnished loading reflects.
• Timing. Booking a few days out avoids the urgency and after-hours loadings entirely.

Is a professional bond clean worth the money?

A rental bond in NSW is usually four weeks’ rent. On a property at $700 a week, that is $2,800 sitting with NSW Fair Trading. A three bedroom bond clean at $440 is roughly 16% of that.

If a final inspection fails on cleaning, the usual outcome is not a negotiation. The agent arranges a clean and deducts the cost from your bond, often at short notice and without you choosing the provider. You also lose the time you spent cleaning it yourself. That is the comparison worth making: not cleaning cost against zero, but cleaning cost against the risk to the bond plus your own weekend.

DIY versus professional: the honest version

A DIY bond clean can work, and for a small, well-kept studio where you have time and the property has no carpet, it often does. What people underestimate is the equipment and the detail. Oven degreaser, a steam cleaner if there is carpet, window track tools and a full day or two of work.

Where DIY usually comes undone is the specific list agents check: inside the oven and griller, rangehood filters, window tracks, shower grout and silicone, skirting boards, and the tops of doors and cornices. Those are the items that appear on exit reports, and they are the ones most easily missed when you are also moving house.

How to get your exact price in under a minute

You do not need to call or wait for a quote to come back. On our pricing page there is a price builder: set your bedrooms, bathrooms and storeys, tick any extras, and the total updates live with GST included. The figure you build is the figure you pay.

From there, choose your date and time and the booking is confirmed. Bookings run through Royal Glow Cleaning Services, our parent company, so your confirmation, invoice and receipt come from Royal Glow.

What happens after you book

1. You get a written confirmation with the price, the date and the scope. Nothing is left to be agreed on the day.
2. We turn up with everything. Products, equipment and the checklist. You do not need to supply anything or be there, as long as we can get access.
3. We work the exit checklist, room by room, in the order agents inspect.
4. You get your invoice and any receipts, including the carpet steam receipt if you booked one, which is what agents ask for.
5. If your agent flags a cleaning item, tell us within 48 hours and we return within 5 business days to put it right at no cost.

Common questions

Related reading: is a professional bond clean actually required?, how long a bond clean takes, the full bond cleaning checklist and how to get your bond back in NSW.