Post-construction turnover cleaning is not the same as a move-out clean. The standard is higher, the surfaces are brand new, and the margin for error is zero because a prospect walking into a unit for the first time is making a leasing decision based on what they see in the next five minutes.
Grout haze on a backsplash reads as unfinished. Protective film left inside a refrigerator reads as careless. A streaky mirror in the bathroom is the last thing a prospect remembers before they leave. None of those are expensive to fix they’re just easy to miss without a systematic checklist.
This reference covers every room in the unit, every common area, every amenity space, and the 12 turnover cleaning failures that affect leasing outcomes most.
Built for: Property managers, leasing directors, and asset managers overseeing new construction multifamily, mixed-use, and commercial office lease-ups.
Every unit, every kitchen. The most detail-intensive room in a new construction turnover.
The full PDF adds complete room checklists for bathrooms, living areas, bedrooms, and closets — plus common areas, 5 amenity space sections, commercial suite turnover, the top 12 leasing failures, and a lease-up timing guide.
Unit-by-room tasks for every room type, common area and corridor checklists, amenity spaces from club room to fitness center to pool deck, commercial suite turnover scope, the 12 turnover failures that most affect leasing outcomes, documentation requirements, and a lease-up timing guide.
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Run it unit by unit — not building wide. The fastest way to miss something is to clean an entire floor and sign off on all the units at once. The checklist is structured for room-by-room, unit-by-unit verification. Clean a unit, walk it with this checklist, sign it off, move to the next.
Grout haze comes first. On every unit with new tile kitchen backsplash, bathroom walls, shower pan, bathroom floor grout haze removal is the first priority. Standard mopping does not remove it. It requires a dedicated tile haze remover and scrubbing before you do anything else in that room. If you standard-mop first and then try to remove haze, you’ve set the haze with water and made it harder to remove.
Protective film removal is a systematic pass, not an afterthought. The most common first-showing complaint on new construction lease-ups is film left inside appliances or on fixtures. Walk every unit specifically looking for film inside the refrigerator, inside the dishwasher, on toilet seats, on shower hardware, on window glass edges. The checklist has a dedicated line item for this in every applicable room.
Time common areas and amenities correctly. Clean units first, then common areas and amenities but only after all trade work in those spaces is complete. Cleaning the lobby before the elevator installation crew finishes means re-cleaning the lobby. The timing guide inside the PDF maps the correct sequence for a multifamily lease-up schedule from first unit complete through grand opening.
Our crews handle full lease-up cleaning programs unit by unit, common areas, amenities with a dedicated PM, unit-by-unit sign-off sheets, and photo documentation for every space. We serve multifamily and mixed-use projects across Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana, Tennessee, and the Carolinas.