Tenant turnover bid

Tenant Turnover Cleaning Bid Guide for Cleaning Business Owners

Bid tenant turnover cleaning with unit condition, landlord scope, keys, photos, appliance detail, trash, deadlines, and repeat property rules.

Tenant turnover bid

Turnover cleaning needs property rules, not one apartment price.

A tenant turnover can range from a light reset to a rough unit with trash, grease, stickers, pests, and tight leasing deadlines. Owners need a bid that separates standard turnover from damage, haul-away, and specialty work.

Owner shortcutUse the move-out calculator to price empty-unit reset work, appliances, cabinets, and heavy soil.Open move-out calculatorOpen Customers

Owner workflow

Quote the job in this order.

1

Name the exact scope

Define unit size, appliance interiors, cabinets, blinds, windows, trash left behind, key access, photos required, and landlord exclusions.

2

Price the real labor

Estimate labor by condition tier: standard reset, heavy grease, neglected bathroom, sticker removal, trash handling, and re-clean after maintenance.

3

Add job-level costs

Include supplies, degreaser, bags, parking, access delays, photo documentation time, overhead, margin, and any same-day deadline premium.

4

Save the next owner move

Save unit condition, photos, actual hours, and property rules so the next turnover bid uses the right tier.

Quote desk notes

Write the price from the owner side, not from the customer's wish list.

Good quoting starts with a clear owner decision: what is included, what labor will actually be used, what costs must be recovered, and what should be reviewed after the job. These notes keep the price useful after the customer conversation changes.

Scope boundaryWhat the owner is pricing

Define unit size, appliance interiors, cabinets, blinds, windows, trash left behind, key access, photos required, and landlord exclusions.

Labor driverWhere time usually moves

Estimate labor by condition tier: standard reset, heavy grease, neglected bathroom, sticker removal, trash handling, and re-clean after maintenance.

Cost floorWhat must be covered before profit

Include supplies, degreaser, bags, parking, access delays, photo documentation time, overhead, margin, and any same-day deadline premium.

Owner riskWhy this quote needs review

The owner risk is accepting a property-manager rate that only works for clean units while rough units consume the profit.

Margin leaks

What usually makes this quote go wrong?

One price for every unit

Turnover condition changes too much for one flat number without tiers.

No photo rule

Without photos, the owner may discover heavy work after arrival.

Cleaning before maintenance ends

Repairs can create dust, debris, and repeat trips.

Owner examples

Small quote moments that change the price.

Grease

Kitchen needs more than a standard turnover

The property manager expects normal unit pricing, but the range hood and cabinets need heavy degreasing.

Move the job to a heavy-turnover tier before confirming the price.
Maintenance

Painter finishes after cleaning starts

Dust and tape scraps appear after the crew already cleaned baseboards and floors.

Require maintenance completion or price a final touch-up separately.
Repeat account

Same manager sends three units a month

Volume is useful, but rough units destroy margin if all are priced the same.

Create standard, heavy, and re-clean rules in the customer profile.

Pre-send checklist

Check these before the quote leaves the business.

Photos requestedCondition is reviewed before price is final.
Tier selectedStandard, heavy, or damage-level turnover is named.
Maintenance doneRepairs are finished or rework is billable.
Manager rule savedRepeat property expectations are written in Customers.
Internal owner links

Turn the guide into a quote, a follow-up, and a report row.

These links keep the owner workflow connected: read the guide, price the job, save the quote, and review the result before copying the same assumptions next time.

Open move-out calculator

Use the move-out calculator to price empty-unit reset work, appliances, cabinets, and heavy soil.

Open Customers

Track property managers, repeat units, and next follow-up after each turnover bid.

Open Customers after sending

Save the follow-up date, script, and next owner move after the quote leaves.

Review the week in Reports

Check won value, open quote value, and follow-up work before quoting more jobs.

Turnovers and deadlines

Post-construction, rentals, property listings, rush work, and trash boundaries where timing changes the quote.

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Turnovers and deadlines

Post-construction, rentals, property listings, rush work, and trash boundaries where timing changes the quote.

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Customer scope language

Plain wording to keep the quote from growing after it is sent.

The customer does not need to see the whole pricing model. They do need clear scope, price assumptions, and a fair rule for changes. Save this wording in Templates when the job type repeats.

Scope lineDefine unit size, appliance interiors, cabinets, blinds, windows, trash left behind, key access, photos required, and landlord exclusions.
Price lineInclude supplies, degreaser, bags, parking, access delays, photo documentation time, overhead, margin, and any same-day deadline premium.
Boundary lineThe owner risk is accepting a property-manager rate that only works for clean units while rough units consume the profit.
Follow-up lineSave unit condition, photos, actual hours, and property rules so the next turnover bid uses the right tier.

Calculator desk

Go back to the pricing tool without scrolling through the whole site.

Open move-out calculator

Use the move-out calculator to price empty-unit reset work, appliances, cabinets, and heavy soil.

Open Customers

Track property managers, repeat units, and next follow-up after each turnover bid.

All calculators

Switch tools when the quote risk changes.

Owner FAQ

Questions cleaning business owners ask before quoting.

How should tenant turnover cleaning be priced?

Use tiers based on condition, not unit size alone. Appliances, cabinets, grease, trash, access, photos, and deadlines can change labor quickly.

Should property managers get one flat turnover rate?

Only if the rate includes condition limits and extra-work rules. A flat rate without tiers can underprice rough units.

What should be documented after a turnover clean?

Save actual hours, condition, photos, access delays, re-clean causes, and whether the property manager followed the agreed scope.