End of lease cleaning cost
What drives the price of a bond clean, what should be included, and how to work out a fair figure before you accept a quote.
Your bond is the money at stake, and a cheap quote that skips carpets or omits a re-clean is the usual way people lose part of it.
Bond clean time and cost estimator
Enter your property and the hourly rate you've been quoted. The estimator shows the labour time our published method implies, then converts it at your rate — so you can sanity-check a quote instead of guessing.
8.3 labour hours · $410–$520
Roughly 4.1 hours on site with 2 cleaners. A quote far below this range usually means something has been left out of scope — ask which line items are missing.
- Base clean (kitchen, living areas, entry, windows inside)3.00 h
- 2 × each bedroom1.50 h
- 1 × each bathroom or laundry1.00 h
- 2 × carpet steam extraction, per carpeted room1.00 h
- Oven detail clean1.00 h
- Blinds and window tracks detail0.75 h
What a bond clean should include
- • Kitchen: oven, cooktop, rangehood filter, splashback, inside and outside of cupboards, sink and taps
- • Bathrooms: shower screens and grout, toilet, vanity, mirrors, exhaust fan covers
- • All floors vacuumed and mopped; carpets steam extracted where the lease requires it
- • Windows cleaned inside, plus tracks, sills and reachable exterior glass
- • Skirting boards, door frames, light switches, power points and cobweb removal
- • Wardrobes, drawers and cupboards cleaned inside
- • Laundry tub, cabinetry and behind appliances where accessible
- • Balcony, garage or carport swept where included in the tenancy
What actually drives the price
Condition, not just size
Two identical two-bedroom units can differ by hours. Built-up soap scum, oven carbon, mould in wet areas and pet hair all add labour, and labour is what you are paying for.
Carpet steam cleaning
Usually quoted as a separate line. If your agreement requires professionally cleaned carpets, ask for the receipt or certificate — property managers frequently ask for it.
Whether a re-clean is included
The single most valuable clause in a bond clean quote. Ask how long after the clean a return visit is covered and what it covers.
Access and timing
Cleaning after all furniture is out is faster and produces a better result. Same-day, weekend or after-hours bookings often carry a premium.
Extras treated as standard by some operators
Oven detail, blinds, walls spot-cleaned, external windows, garage sweep-out and pest treatment are sometimes bundled and sometimes not. Compare the inclusion lists, not the headline price.