End of Lease Cleaning Newtown — Commercial Make-Good Done Once, Properly

Make-good is a clause, not a vibe

Most commercial leases in the inner west require the premises to be returned in the condition it was taken in, fair wear and tear excepted, and cleaned to a professional standard. That wording is why handover disputes happen — the tenant thinks the place looks fine and the landlord has a list. The way through it is to read the clause before you clean and scope to the clause, not to a generic checklist.

We ask for the make-good wording and, where available, the condition report from the start of the lease. Then the quote is written against those obligations, and anything outside a cleaning scope — a repair, a fit-out removal, a repaint — gets flagged in writing so you can book the right trade instead of discovering it at inspection.

What a commercial vacate clean covers

• All hard floors stripped of built-up soil, scrubbed and finished; carpets hot-water extracted with spot treatment
• Walls spot-cleaned, scuff marks removed, skirting boards, architraves and door faces washed
• Internal glass, mirrors, partitions, window tracks and sills cleaned; external entry glass polished
• Kitchens and tea points degreased inside and out — cupboards, drawers, benches, splashbacks, sinks and tapware
• Hospitality tenancies: full kitchen degrease plus canopy, filters, ductwork and fan cleaned to a documented standard
• Bathrooms fully detailed — pans, cisterns, basins, tiles, grout, mirrors, extraction vents and floor drains
• Light fittings, air-conditioning vents and ceiling diffusers wiped; cobwebs removed at height
• Storerooms, back-of-house and any rear yard swept and cleared of loose rubbish
• Final walkthrough with photographs so you have a dated record of the condition you handed back

Where Newtown handovers go wrong

Three things account for most disputes on this strip. The first is the kitchen exhaust in a food tenancy — landlords inspect it early because it is expensive and it is where a rushed clean shows. The second is timber and vinyl floors in heritage shopfronts, where years of a wet mop have left a film that a standard clean will not touch and only a proper machine scrub will lift. The third is the rear yard or bin area, which every outgoing tenant forgets and every landlord walks through on the way in.

We price all three explicitly rather than burying them, because a quote that omits them is not cheaper — it is just a quote you will pay twice.

Timing, notice and pricing

Give us five to seven working days where you can. Vacate cleans are labour-heavy and the end-of-month windows book out across the inner west. Quotes are a fixed project figure based on an estimated $45 to $60 per hour of labour, so a compact King Street shopfront usually falls between $700 and $1,400 and a fitted-out venue sits well above that. Our workmanship is guaranteed against the cleaning items in your make-good clause. For ongoing arrangements see the rates page and the Newtown cost guide.

Moving in as well as out

If you are taking on a Newtown tenancy rather than leaving one, we also run pre-occupancy and post-construction cleans — builders dust, adhesive residue, protective film and the fine debris that settles into every track and vent. From there it is straightforward to roll into an ongoing program: office cleaning, retail cleaning, cafe and restaurant cleaning or strata common areas. We cover St Peters and Tempe on the same rounds.

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