Holiday rental cleaning in Brisbane

Holiday homes and family stays, reset after longer bookings with the fridge, barbecue and outdoor areas done, not just the beds.

Holiday rentals

Holiday rental cleaning for longer, fuller stays

Holiday rental cleaning in Brisbane is a different job to a one-night city turnover. A family that books a house for a week over the school holidays uses all of it: every bed, both bathrooms, the full kitchen, the barbecue and the yard. By checkout the fridge holds a week of leftovers and the outdoor setting has been lived on.

So we plan holiday homes as heavier resets. The fridge and freezer are emptied and wiped out, the barbecue is cleaned down and the gas checked, outdoor furniture is wiped and the deck or patio swept. Where there is a pool, the surrounds are swept and hosed and the water skimmed. Water chemistry stays with your pool technician.

A lot of Brisbane holiday rentals are also somebody's home. Owners let the house while they travel, or for the weeks they are away over Christmas. We work with that. Locked owner cupboards stay locked, and the reset between guests is built from your listing photos, not from how the house looks when you are living in it.

Every clean ends with a photo report of each room, with notes on damage, breakages, missing items, low stock and anything that needs fixing before the next family arrives.

Holiday rental cleaning quote

Suburb, how many the house sleeps, outdoor areas, and your busy weeks.

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Holiday season

What a holiday home needs between guests

The things that make a family-stay turnover longer than a city one.

01

School holidays bunch the bookings

Lots of houses changing over on the same days.

Queensland school holidays and the Christmas break put many holiday homes on the same changeover days. Send your bookings for those weeks as soon as they are confirmed, so each clean is locked in against its checkout time instead of competing for a slot the week before.

02

Longer stays leave more behind

A week of cooking, outings and wet towels.

A seven-night stay is not seven times a one-night clean, but it is more than one. Allow for a full fridge clear, the cooktop and oven front, under every bed, and the outside bins as well as the kitchen ones. We quote the house on what it actually takes, and adjust once we have seen a few checkouts.

03

Outdoor areas are part of the listing

Barbecue, deck, yard and pool surrounds.

Holiday guests book the outdoor space as much as the bedrooms. Barbecue plates are cleaned and the gas checked, the outdoor setting wiped and the deck swept. Through storm season, from November to February, we clear leaf litter from outdoor drains so a summer downpour stays outside.

04

Kids' gear set up and checked

Cots, high chairs and cot linen where the listing offers them.

Families need the extras. If your listing offers a cot or high chair, we check it is clean and set up as the listing shows, and cot linen can come with your linen hire. Games and toys get a once-over, and anything broken goes in the report.

Timing

How long a holiday rental clean takes

Typical time on site for a standard turnover, from our own records. After a week-long family stay, allow extra for the fridge, barbecue and outdoor areas.

~2 hrs1 bed, 1 bath apartment
~2.5 hrs2 bed, 2 bath apartment
~3.5 hrs3 bed, 2 bath home
~4 hrs4 bed, 2 bath home

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The base clean is our full turnover checklist. Add linen hire so a house sleeping eight is not waiting on four loads of washing, and consumables restocking so the tea, coffee and toilet paper are there when the family walks in. For every suburb we cover, see Brisbane.

$5M public liability insured
Photo report on every turnover
Out at 10, ready by 3
Local crew based in New Farm
Answers

Holiday rental cleaning questions

Do you do holiday rental cleaning in Brisbane?

Yes. We clean holiday homes and family stays across 42 Brisbane suburbs, including houses that sleep larger groups. Each turnover covers the full checklist plus the fridge, barbecue and outdoor areas, and ends with a photo report so you can see the house is ready before the next guests arrive.

How do you handle school holiday peaks?

We book them early. Holiday weeks put many houses on the same changeover days, so send us your confirmed bookings as soon as you have them and each clean is locked in against its checkout time. If a late checkout or a same-day booking makes a window tight, we tell you that morning, not after check-in.

Can you clean my own home when I let it out?

Yes. Plenty of owners let their home part-time while they travel. Tell us which cupboards and rooms are private and they stay closed. We reset the house to your listing photos between guests, and after the last booking we can do a deep clean so you come home to your own place, ready to live in.

Do you clean the barbecue and outdoor areas?

Yes, where the property has them. We clean the barbecue plates and check the gas, wipe the outdoor furniture, sweep decks and patios, and sweep and hose pool surrounds. Pool water chemistry stays with your pool technician. Outdoor work is quoted per property, so you only pay for what your house actually has.

Something broken rather than dirty?

Comodo Maintenance is our sister business. Same team, same New Farm base, same turnover-window scheduling, but for repairs, licensed plumbing and electrical, and guest-in-house emergencies across South East Queensland.

Comodo Maintenance

Get a quote for your holiday home

Send the suburb, how many the house sleeps and your busy weeks. Written reply the same business day.

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