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Move-in, move-out and post-work cleaning in Toronto

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Home Resetters Property Services Inc. cleans Toronto condos and houses at the moments a home changes hands or gets worked on: before you move in, after you move out, and after assembly, mounting or renovation work leaves dust and packaging behind. The company is incorporated, quotes each clean as a written flat rate, serves Toronto, Etobicoke, North York, Scarborough, Mississauga and Vaughan, and runs a cottage-care membership for GTA owners with cottages in Nipissing and North Bay, Temagami, the Almaguin Highlands, and Huntsville and Lake of Bays.

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The facts

s. 33
The section of Ontario's Residential Tenancies Act that makes the tenant responsible for the ordinary cleanliness of a rental unit.
No damage deposit
Ontario landlords may hold only last month's rent and a refundable key deposit, so a move-out clean is about the standard, not a refund.
Flat rate
Each clean is quoted in writing, with what it covers, before we start.

Three kinds of clean

Move-out

For tenants, Ontario’s rule is short: section 33 of the Residential Tenancies Act makes the tenant responsible for the ordinary cleanliness of the unit, unless the lease puts cleaning on the landlord. There is no damage deposit to win back in this province, because an Ontario landlord may hold only last month’s rent and a refundable key deposit. A move-out clean is about meeting that standard and handing the keys back without a dispute.

For owners who are selling, the clean fits in the gap between the movers leaving and closing day, so the buyers walk into an empty, clean home.

Move-in

The easiest time to clean a home is before anything is in it. A move-in clean reaches inside every cabinet, drawer and closet before your things do, and takes the previous occupant’s dust and grime out of the kitchen and bathrooms. In a brand-new condo the job is mostly construction dust: fine drywall dust settles on every ledge, inside cabinets and along the window tracks.

After work in your home

Assembly leaves cardboard, foam and plastic wrap; mounting and repairs leave drilling and sanding dust. Post-construction cleanup takes away the dust, debris and leftover materials, so the room is ready to use again.

What a clean usually covers

Your quote lists what is in and what is out. A typical move clean covers:

  • Kitchen: cabinets and drawers inside and out, counters, the sink and taps, the outside of the appliances, and the inside of the fridge and oven when they are empty.
  • Bathrooms: the tub or shower, toilet, sink, mirror, cabinets and floor.
  • Every room: floors vacuumed and washed, baseboards, doors and frames, light switches, window sills and the inside of the glass.
  • Closets: shelves and rods wiped down and floors cleaned.

What helps us quote

  • The size of the home: bedrooms, bathrooms and roughly how many square feet.
  • Whether it will be empty or furnished on the day.
  • Photos of the kitchen, the bathrooms and anything that worries you.
  • Building access and parking, for condos.
  • For a house that is being sold, whether the water and power will still be on.

Not included, and who handles it

  • Mould remediation and biohazard cleanup, which need specialist contractors.
  • The outside of condo tower windows, which only the building's own contractors can reach.
  • Hauling away furniture or junk, which is junk removal.

Questions people ask

Will a move-out clean meet my lease?

Ontario's standard is ordinary cleanliness: section 33 of the Residential Tenancies Act makes the tenant responsible for it, unless the lease says the landlord cleans. Check your lease for any cleaning the landlord agreed to do, and send us anything specific you need covered.

Can you clean after the junk is gone?

Yes. Book the clear-out first and the clean second, so the clean covers empty floors and cupboards. Both can be on one written quote.

Do you clean after renovations?

Yes. Post-construction cleanup removes the dust, debris and leftover materials that renovations leave behind, so the space is ready to use.

How is a clean priced?

As a flat rate for your home and the list of what the clean covers, in writing before we start. Size, condition and whether the home is empty set the price. Our from-price is TBD; the pricing page shows what is published.

Sources

  1. Guide to Ontario's standard lease, Government of Ontario
  2. Residential Tenancies Act, 2006, section 33, Government of Ontario, e-Laws

See our prices All services

  • Junk removal

    Garage, basement, storage-locker and move-out clear-outs, quoted in writing by volume and time, with usable items donated where charities accept them.

  • Condo move-in setup

    Furniture assembly, TV and art mounting and the small fixes a new unit needs, planned as one visit around your building's rules.

  • Handyman repairs

    Drywall patches, sticky doors, loose cabinets, tired caulking and the rest of the list, batched into one visit and one written quote.

Where we work

We work in person across Toronto and the cities next to it.

See every area we serve

Get a written quote

Send the details and a photo or two. You get a written, flat-rate quote before any work starts.

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