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Checklist for cleaning student housing when moving out

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Cleaning your room and apartment isn't the most fun thing in the world, but it does help to have a small check list, at least!

Checklist for cleaning private room and common areas when moving out

  • Clean ceilings and walls, windows inside and outside, window frames, door and door frames
  • Clean blinds, curtains, curtain suspension / rail
  • Clean panel oven front and rear
  • Clean all lamps and light fixtures, switches, sockets
  • Furniture, wardrobe, bed (checked extra for traces of bedbugs)
  • Clean all valves - leave open after cleaning
  • Clean all floors and baseboards
  • Clean storage room
  • Remove all belongings and all rubbish in the home, common area and storage room
  • Clean your own kitchen cabinet and drawer inside and outside
  • Clean your own shelf/cabinet in the bathroom
  • Clean a part of the common area that you have agreed on with your roommates.
    Everyone in the shared apartment are responsible for keeping common areas clean and tidy.

Checklist for cleaning separate apartment, when moving out

  • Clean the kitchen fan over the stove - also wash the filter
  • Clean the inside and outside of the stove, including the baking tray and rack
  • Clean the inside and outside of the dishwasher, the sides and the edge along the inside of the dishwasher door and the filter at the bottom of the dishwasher
  • Clean the inside and outside of the refrigerator, clean the back of the fridge and empty / clean the container behind the fridge
  • Clean all kitchen cabinets and drawers inside and out, as well as light fixtures on the underside of kitchen cabinets
  • Clean worktops, wall behind worktops, kitchen sink and kitchen faucet
  • Clean all tables and chairs
  • Clean / scrub shower enclosure
  • Clean shower mixer, faucet, washbasin and mirror
  • Clean the toilet, inside and out
  • Clean mirrors and possibly washbasin with equipment
  • Clean the ceiling and all the walls in the bathroom
  • Clean ceilings and walls, windows inside and outside, window frames, door and door frames
  • Clean blinds, curtains, curtain suspension / rail
  • Clean panel oven front and rear
  • Clean all lamps and light fixtures, switches, sockets
  • Furniture, wardrobe, bed (checked extra for traces of bedbugs)
  • Clean all valves - leave open after cleaning
  • Clean all floors and baseboards
  • Clean storage room
  • Remove all belongings and all rubbish in the home, common area and storage room