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Move-In Cleaning in Greenville
An empty Greenville home cleaned inside every cabinet, closet and radiator before your boxes come through the door.
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The Move-In Clean Your Greenville Home Needs
A Greenville move-in is the one day the whole home is open to you. The two-family off Ocean Avenue that stayed with one family for forty years still has its original hardwood, plaster walls and cast-iron radiators, and every one of them has collected dust in the gaps a furnished house never exposes. Once the bed frame is in and the boxes are stacked in the back bedroom, those gaps close again.
The gated waterfront communities bring a different problem. A Society Hill or Port Liberté townhome spans three floors of white quartz, light carpet and balcony glass, and the seller's broom clean usually stopped at the first stair landing. Salt haze off the harbor sits on the sliders, and the carpet on the upper flights shows every footprint from the walk-through.
Renting near NJCU or on the West Side is its own case. Apartment turnovers around campus happen fast between semesters, and a fresh coat of paint often covers a kitchen that was never cleaned inside the cabinets. Hair in the tub drain, grease on the hood vent, and a refrigerator that was wiped on the outside only.
Our Greenville move-in cleaning treats the empty home as the opportunity it is. Inside every kitchen cabinet and drawer, the pantry shelves, the linen closet, each bedroom closet, the radiator fins, the window tracks and the baseboards on every level. The old oak in a Kennedy Boulevard two-family and the quartz in a Society Hill kitchen each get the product that belongs on them.
Timing is straightforward. Most Greenville clients book us for the day after closing or the morning the lease starts, before the truck backs up to the curb or the gatehouse logs the movers in. If you own the whole two-family and the downstairs unit is turning over at the same time, both floors can be done in a single visit.
What's included
What Our Greenville Move-In Clean Covers
Every cabinet, closet and floor in the empty home, cleaned before your furniture goes down.
Kitchen
- Remove cobwebs
- Dust light fixtures
- Dust all windowsills, window frames, and ledges
- Dust blinds
- Dust ceiling fans
- Clean and dry sink and soap dish
- Clean countertops and backsplash
- Clean microwave (inside and outside)
- Clean stovetop, burners, and control panels
- Clean exteriors of large appliances (fridge, oven, dishwasher)
- Clean all light switches and doorknobs
- Spot clean cabinets and clean all handles
- Sweep, vacuum, and mop floors
- Clean oven hood vent
- Wipe down exteriors of all cabinets and drawers
- Wipe down all doors and door frames
- Dust and wipe down baseboards
- Sweep, vacuum, and mop pantry floor and wipe down shelves
- Wipe down insides of cabinets and drawers
- Clean inside closets and wipe down shelves
Bathroom(s)
- Remove cobwebs
- Dust light fixtures and shelves
- Dust doors, windowsills, and window frames
- Dust blinds
- Clean and dry shower and tub
- Clean and dry sink, countertops, and soap dish
- Clean all mirrors and glass
- Polish towel racks and toilet paper holder
- Clean inside, outside, and around toilet
- Clean all light switches and doorknobs
- Wipe down and disinfect cabinets
- Sweep, vacuum, and mop floors
- Scrub tile grout in shower
- Wipe down all doors and door frames
- Dust and wipe down baseboards
- Wipe down inside of linen closet and shelves
- Wipe down inside all cabinets and drawers
- Clean inside closets and wipe down shelves
Bedrooms
- Remove cobwebs
- Dust light fixtures
- Dust windowsills and window frames
- Dust blinds
- Dust ceiling fans
- Dust furniture, lamps, and lampshades
- Clean all mirrors
- Clean all light switches and doorknobs
- Sweep, vacuum, and mop floors
- Wipe down doors and door frames
- Dust and wipe down baseboards
- Clean inside closets and wipe down shelves
Living Areas & Common Spaces
- Remove cobwebs
- Dust light fixtures
- Dust windowsills and window frames
- Dust blinds
- Dust ceiling fans
- Dust furniture, lamps, and lampshades
- Clean all mirrors
- Clean all light switches and doorknobs
- Sweep, vacuum, and mop floors
- Wipe down doors and door frames
- Dust and wipe down baseboards
- Clean inside closets and wipe down shelves
When to book
When Greenville Move-Ins Need a Clean
Closing on a Two-Family Off Ocean Avenue
Decades of one family's dust sits in the radiator fins, the pantry and the basement stairs. Book us between closing and the moving truck, and both floors get done if the rental unit is empty too.
Clearing the Gate at Society Hill or Port Liberté
Tell us your community's vendor procedure and we handle the gatehouse ourselves. The townhome gets cleaned across all three floors before your movers are logged in.
Lease Start Near NJCU or on the West Side
Semester turnovers around campus are quick and the landlord's clean rarely goes inside the cabinets. Have us in the morning your lease starts and unpack into a kitchen that is actually clean.
A Country Village House With a Finished Basement
The larger colonials near the Bayonne line have a lower level the sellers usually forgot. We clean the basement playroom, the laundry area and the back porch along with the main floors.
Relocating for a Ferry or Light Rail Commute
Landing in Port Liberté with the truck a day behind you and a Manhattan start date ahead? Book the day before you arrive and your first ferry ride leaves from a clean home.
Why choose us
Why Greenville Books Move-In Cleaning With Us
Gatehouses Handled Without You
Society Hill and Port Liberté both require vendors to be cleared at the gate. Give us the procedure once and we sort the guard booth and any move-in rules on our own.
Old Oak and New Quartz Treated Differently
A 1920s two-family and a Society Hill kitchen need different products. Our teams know which belongs on original hardwood and plaster and which belongs on quartz and glass.
Every Level, Including the Basement Stairs
Three-floor townhomes and two-families with a finished basement get cleaned top to bottom, with the closets and shelves on each floor, not just the main living level.
Satisfaction Guaranteed
Walk the empty home after we finish. If a closet or a cabinet was missed, tell us within 24 hours and we come back and redo it at no charge.
Recurring plans
Keep Your Greenville Home Clean After Move-In Day
Set it and forget it — we'll keep your home spotless on your schedule
Weekly
Best for busy homes and families with kids or pets
15% OFF- Most popular
Bi-Weekly
Perfect balance of clean and value for most homes
10% OFF Monthly
Great for light maintenance and smaller spaces
Quarterly
A deep refresh every 3 months. Perfect for seasonal maintenance.
Life in Jersey City moves fast. Between the PATH commute, work in Manhattan, weekends at Liberty State Park, kids' activities, and everything in between, who has time to clean? Our flexible scheduling lets you choose the frequency that fits your lifestyle. Need to skip a week or reschedule? No problem — just give us 24 hours notice.
Reviews
What Our Customers Say
“We got keys on a Thursday and the gatehouse had them on the list before I even called. All three floors were done by the time the movers were logged in Friday morning, including the top-floor closets the sellers had clearly never emptied of dust.”
Rosalind F.
Society Hill, Greenville
“Closed on a two-family that friends of my parents had owned since the seventies. The radiator fins, the pantry shelves and the basement stairs were the parts I dreaded. They cleaned all of it without putting anything harsh on the original oak.”
Thaddeus O.
Ocean Avenue, Greenville
“The balcony sliders had a salt film from the harbor that I had tried and failed to wipe off during the walk-through. They got the glass and the tracks clear, and the light carpet on the stairs came up without a footprint on it.”
Olamide P.
Port Liberté, Greenville
“New lease four blocks from NJCU. Fresh paint, but the cabinets were a mess inside and the hood vent was thick with grease. They pulled all of it before my boxes came up, and I started the semester in a kitchen I could actually cook in.”
Quentin H.
West Side, Greenville
“Bought a colonial near the Bayonne line with a finished basement that the listing photos flattered. They cleaned the lower level like a real floor, plus the back porch and every closet upstairs. We unpacked the same weekend.”
Ingrid P.
Country Village, Greenville
FAQ
Move-In Cleaning in Greenville: Common Questions
Move-in cleaning generally runs $190 - $540+. A one-bedroom apartment near NJCU on the West Side starts at the lower end, while a three-floor Port Liberté townhome or a whole two-family off Ocean Avenue with both units and a finished basement runs toward the top.
Yes. Add us to your vendor list or give the gatehouse our name and arrival window and we check in on our own. If the community requires a certificate of insurance for move-in day, we send it ahead.
Yes. If you bought the house and the other unit is empty as well, we clean both units and the shared stairwell in the same visit. If a tenant is still in place, we clean your unit only.
Balcony sliders and windows in Port Liberté carry a film from the harbor that a rag just smears around. We clean the glass and the tracks properly, and scrub the grout in bathrooms where the previous owner let the humidity win.
Meet us at the door, leave keys with the gatehouse or your agent, or give us a lockbox or smart-lock code. Many Greenville clients hand off the keys the evening before and come home on the light rail or the ferry to a finished apartment.
A week is ideal. Move-ins cluster around the first of the month and the start of the fall semester near NJCU, so those dates fill first. Same-week is often possible outside those windows.
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