Post-Renovation Cleaning in Columbus, Ohio

Transit & Flow Group cleans up after remodels and renovations in occupied and partly occupied Columbus-area homes, from a single kitchen or bathroom remodel to a multi-room update. This is a lighter-scope service than a full new-construction cleanup: the mess is typically confined to the rooms that were worked on, and the rest of the home stayed livable during the project. Pricing reflects that narrower footprint. Enter your project’s square footage and photos in the Estimate Builder for a preliminary online estimate.

Is this the right service for you?

Post-Renovation Cleaning fits a remodel of a home that remained occupied or partly occupied during the work: a kitchen or bathroom remodel, flooring replacement in a few rooms, a basement finish, or similar project where construction dust and debris were generally contained to the work area rather than spread through an entire new structure.

If your project was a ground-up new build, a full addition, or a full-gut rebuild where every room in the structure was exposed to construction dust from the start, see our sibling page, Post-Construction Cleaning, which is scoped and priced for that heavier, whole-structure condition. The two services share techniques, dust removal, debris cleanup, and detailed surface cleaning, but Post-Construction Cleaning assumes a larger area affected and a higher dust load throughout. If your renovation generated a pile of construction debris that needs hauling before cleaning can start, that is typically a separate construction debris cleanup step, and we can help coordinate it alongside your cleaning.

How pricing works

Post-Renovation Cleaning is fixed-price, built from the square footage of the affected area, the number of rooms involved, and the type of work performed.

• Affected square footage, not whole-home square footage, is the primary driver. A single remodeled bathroom is priced differently than a kitchen-plus-two-bathroom renovation.
• Type of renovation matters: a flooring or paint refresh generally leaves less fine dust than a project that involved drywall cutting, tile demolition, or cabinet installation.
• Debris and protective film remaining on-site affects time: some contractors leave a rough clean behind, others leave dust and packaging for the final crew.
• Adjacent-room dust migration is common even in a contained renovation; if dust traveled into hallways or rooms outside the direct work area, that gets scoped in as well.

What changes the price: how much fine dust settled into vents and fixtures near the work area, whether protective floor covering or plastic sheeting needs removal, and time elapsed since the trades finished. As general market context, third-party cost guides covering construction-adjacent cleaning, such as HomeGuide, report rates in the $0.15 to $0.60 per square foot range for construction-related cleanup, and renovation projects confined to one or two rooms typically fall toward the lower end of that range given the smaller affected footprint. Starting at $299.. Enter your property’s details and photos in the Estimate Builder for a preliminary online estimate. Final scope and price subject to verification on site.

What’s included

• Fine dust removal from surfaces, vents, and fixtures in and near the renovated area
• Removal of protective floor covering, plastic sheeting, and painter’s tape residue where applicable
• Detailed cleaning of the renovated room itself: cabinets, countertops, fixtures, and floors
• Dust cleanup in adjacent rooms and hallways affected by the project
• Bagged removal of small leftover debris and packaging from the finish work
• All workmanship is backed by a 1-year labor warranty on labor, parts, and equipment covered per manufacturer terms.

What’s not included

• Hauling of larger construction debris such as removed cabinetry, flooring, or fixtures; ask about coordinating a separate construction debris cleanup if your project generated this
• Mold, asbestos, or lead-related remediation of any kind
• Repair or touch-up of renovation defects found during cleaning
• Whole-home cleaning beyond the renovated area and immediately adjacent rooms, unless added to the scope
• Exterior work related to the renovation, such as dumpster-area cleanup

Renovation cleanup across Central Ohio’s occupied homes

Central Ohio’s renovation activity spans both directions: older housing stock in neighborhoods like Clintonville, Bexley, and German Village frequently gets kitchen and bathroom updates, and newer homes in Dublin, Powell, and New Albany often get basement finishes or secondary remodels years after the original build. In both cases, the homeowner is usually still living in the house while the work happens, which is the key difference from a new-construction cleanup: the goal is to reset the renovated rooms and any adjacent areas that picked up dust, not to clear an entire structure.

Because homeowners are present during these projects, timing matters more than it does on a vacant new build. We generally schedule the cleaning visit immediately after the last trade leaves so the finished space is usable again as soon as possible, rather than leaving dust to settle further into an occupied home’s HVAC system and furnishings.

Our process

1. Describe your project online. Affected square footage, rooms involved, type of renovation, and photos go into the Estimate Builder for a preliminary online estimate.
2. Confirm scope. We identify the renovated rooms plus any adjacent areas that show dust migration before scheduling.
3. Detail cleaning of the work area. Cabinets, countertops, fixtures, floors, and vents in the renovated rooms are cleaned first.
4. Adjacent-area pass. Hallways and rooms near the work area are cleaned of any migrated dust.
5. Final walkthrough with you. We confirm the renovated space is ready to use again before the crew leaves.

Services completed by appropriately qualified professionals where required.