Move-In

Move-In Cleaning in New Jersey

Cleaned while it's empty — inside every cabinet, closet and appliance.

An empty living room with bare hardwood floors and a white front door, ready for a new occupant

About this service

What move-in cleaning actually involves

The clean a property gets at the end of a sale or lease is done to pass a walkthrough. It usually covers what you can see from standing height.

Move-in cleaning uses a window that only lasts a few days: the place is empty, so everything is reachable. Inside every cabinet and drawer. The back of every closet shelf. Behind the appliances.

Once the moving truck arrives, most of that disappears behind furniture for as long as you live there.

Who it is for

Who books one

  • Buyers taking possession

    Unpack into clean cabinets instead of around someone else's mess.

  • Renters starting a lease

    Turnover cleaning varies a lot. This gives you a known starting point.

  • Realtors and relocation agents

    A clean property on handover day is a closing gift that gets remembered.

  • Landlords and property managers

    A genuinely clean unit shows better and rents faster.

What's included

This assumes an empty or nearly empty property — that's what makes the full list possible. If furniture is already in, tell us and we'll quote what's realistic.

Kitchen

  • Inside every cabinet and drawer
  • Inside the refrigerator and freezer
  • Inside the oven, racks and door glass
  • Inside the dishwasher, filter and seal
  • Inside and around the microwave
  • Behind and under appliances
  • Counters, backsplash, sink and faucet
  • Range hood, filter and the wall behind the stove

Bathrooms

  • Tub, shower, tile and grout
  • Toilet inside and out, including behind
  • Inside vanity cabinets and drawers
  • Medicine cabinet, inside and out
  • Mirrors, glass and chrome
  • Showerhead and faucets descaled
  • Vent covers

Closets and storage

  • Inside all closets — shelves, rails and floors
  • Closet door tracks
  • Linen and pantry shelving
  • Window sills, frames and tracks
  • Baseboards and door frames

Throughout

  • All floors, including where furniture will go
  • Light fixtures and ceiling fan blades
  • Switch plates, outlets and thermostat
  • Interior windows and tracks
  • Doors, door tops and handles
  • Vents and radiator covers
  • Stairs and banisters
  • Cobwebs removed

Why Kamille's

What we bring to move-in work

  • Timed around your closing date

    The gap between getting keys and the truck arriving is often one day. Give us the date early and we'll hold it.

  • Inside everything, while that's still possible

    Cabinet interiors, closet shelves and appliance insides are the whole reason to clean before you move in.

  • We assume nothing was cleaned

    Rather than guessing what the last occupant did, we clean it all.

Next step

Get a move-in quote

Tell us the property type, roughly how big it is, and when you need it done. We’ll send you a price with a list of what’s included.

Where we work

Move-In Cleaning across our service area

Based in Northern New Jersey, with coverage confirmed against your address before we quote.

Questions

Move-In questions, answered

All questions
When should the clean happen?
After you have access and before the furniture arrives — ideally the day you get keys or the day after.
The sellers had it cleaned. Do I still need this?
That clean was done to pass a walkthrough, which usually means visible surfaces and floors. Cabinet interiors, closet shelves and appliance insides are where those cleans normally stop — and that's exactly where your things are about to go.
Can you clean after my furniture is in?
We can, and it's still worthwhile, but the list gets shorter. We can't clean inside a full cabinet or behind a loaded bookcase. Tell us the situation and we'll quote what we can actually do.
How is this different from a deep clean?
The work overlaps. A move-in clean is built for an empty property, so cabinet, closet and appliance interiors are standard. If the place is occupied, a deep clean is usually the better fit.
Do you clean apartments and condos?
Yes — they're among the most common move-in cleans we do. Just let us know about building access in advance.

Related

Move-Out Cleaning

End-of-lease and pre-closing cleaning for empty properties, built around what a landlord, buyer or inspector will check.

Deep Cleaning

A top-to-bottom clean that reaches inside appliances, behind furniture, and into grout, baseboards and vents.

Residential Cleaning

Regular or one-time cleaning for homes, covering kitchens, bathrooms, bedrooms and living areas.

One Call Cleans All

Ready to talk about move-in cleaning?

Tell us about the property and we’ll send you a quote for move-in cleaning, with a list of what’s included.