Vacating apartment in Geneva: reco for deep cleaning service. And what does it cost?

Accomodation, House and Garden
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Hi all,

I am vacating my 2 bedroom apartment in Geneva and looking for a deep cleaning service.

Will be grateful if someone can recommend a service/agency.

Will the automatically cover painting over a couple of scratches on the walls or does one have to specify that? Does that cost a lot extra?

Please let me know how much should I be prepared to pay for such deep cleaning?

Thanks very much!

Sandeep

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400 Fr would be a good ballpark price. [https://www.ofri.ch/kosten/2-zimmer-wohnung-reinigen ]

Call a few companies and ask for a quote. No specific recomendation as I'm not Geneva based. Hint: don't mention that you want it "deep" if you don't want to get overcharged, just a normal move-out cleaning with guarantee .

You'd probably have to specifically ask for that, because this sounds more like repairs than cleaning per se. If it's just a bit of dirt and no deep scratches, IMHO the cleaning guys should just handle it.

Doesn't cost much per se if you do it yourself, filler and a can of paint would put you off maybe 10-20 Fr, but matching up to the old aged paint could be tricky if you don't want to repaint the whole area.

How long ago was the last repaint? If more than 10 years ago it's 100% on landlord. Liability insurance, if you have any, should otherwise cover this, minus their deductable, should the landlord complain.

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400? Wow!

I'm Zurich and for the past two house changes I paid about 150 each time and both times the cleaning was handled by the agency that managed the property that I rented.

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150 for the whole house, that's a good deal indeed. What company does that?

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Some agencies offer a moving out cleaning service but that's normally in the region of 600 plus.

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They are contracted by the agency that manages the property I was renting. I suppose they have a corporate contract. Also I feel silly not mentioning this previously but my experiences were with studios (30 SQM), nothing too large.

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Cleaning and repairs could be two separate things, so double-check with each company what their price includes. Most companies I've read about only clean - which means they do not fill holes or paint the walls.

As for your cost responsibilities, here's a thread about wear and tear in a flat and what you might have to cover: Normal wear and tear in apartment

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Packimpex has a cleaning service that has a good reputation. Price range for a 2 bedroom apartment is in line with other estimates - 500-800. Anecdotally, best to make sure there is a guarantee upon move out

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Thats double of the going rates. I paid 400 for 2.5 room apartment a while ago, and that's also what's being quoted on ofri

You'd be crazy not to have it! The company could otherwise just take your money and not do anything in the apartment, or maybe just lightly vacuum it, and you'd have a hard time proving that and enforcing the contract