A written checklist is the cheapest professionalism a cleaning business can buy: it sets expectations with the client, keeps every visit consistent, and settles "you didn't do X" disputes in seconds. Build the list once per property type, print it, and initial it on site.
The preset above is a deep clean organized by room — the format that works, because dust and grime don't spread evenly: kitchens and baths carry most of the work, and a room-by-room list stops the crew from "finishing" the easy rooms first. A standard maintenance clean is a shorter list — delete the inside-appliance and descale lines and you have it.
A move-out checklist swaps the occupant for the next one: everything in the deep list, plus the things tenants get charged for at inspection — inside every cabinet and closet, appliance interiors, walls spot-cleaned, and the spaces furniture hid for years. If you clean for tenants, price it from the checklist, not from the square footage: the list is the scope, and the scope is the price.
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Twenty-five or more, organized by room. The printable list starts at twelve deep-clean tasks — add the property-specific lines (pets, appliances, high dusting) until it matches the job you actually quoted.
Move-out adds the inspection items: inside cabinets and closets, appliance interiors, wall spot-cleaning and everything furniture concealed. Deep clean is about grime; move-out is about the next occupant and the security deposit.
Yes — and they should initial it. A printed, signed checklist shows exactly what the price covers, prevents scope creep in both directions, and ends most "you missed a spot" conversations before they start.