{"id":44,"date":"2026-08-28T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-28T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-cleaning-services-pro\/2026\/08\/28\/move-out-cleaning-checklist\/"},"modified":"2026-10-09T06:18:55","modified_gmt":"2026-10-09T06:18:55","slug":"move-out-cleaning-checklist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-cleaning-services-pro\/2026\/08\/28\/move-out-cleaning-checklist\/","title":{"rendered":"Move-out cleaning checklist to get your deposit back"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Landlords and property managers inspect the same handful of areas at every move-out. Clean these properly and you dramatically improve your chances of getting your full security deposit back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What landlords check<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list is-style-swp-checks\"><li>Inside the oven, fridge, microwave and dishwasher.<\/li><li>Inside every cabinet, drawer and closet shelf.<\/li><li>Bathroom grout, shower glass and toilet base.<\/li><li>Baseboards, door frames and light switches.<\/li><li>Window sills, tracks and blinds.<\/li><li>Floors \u2014 including under where furniture stood.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Leave enough time<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An empty-home clean usually takes five to seven hours for a two-bedroom home. Book a professional move-out clean the day after your movers leave and you can hand back the keys with confidence.<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The exact areas landlords inspect, and how to make sure each one passes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":22,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-44","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-moving"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-cleaning-services-pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-cleaning-services-pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-cleaning-services-pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-cleaning-services-pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-cleaning-services-pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-cleaning-services-pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":52,"href":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-cleaning-services-pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44\/revisions\/52"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-cleaning-services-pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-cleaning-services-pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-cleaning-services-pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-cleaning-services-pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}