Move-In Cleaning in Columbus, Ohio

Transit & Flow Group provides Move-In Cleaning for homeowners and tenants who want a home cleaned to a deep-clean-tier standard before belongings arrive, while access is easiest: an empty house, no furniture to work around, and every surface reachable. Price your new home in the Estimate Builder using bedrooms, bathrooms, and square footage, and time the visit for the days between closing or lease start and moving day.

Is this the right service for you?

Move-In Cleaning fits the window right before you start living somewhere, when the home is empty or nearly empty:

• A newly purchased home, cleaned to your standard rather than the previous owner’s, before your furniture arrives.
• A new rental unit, cleaned before your lease officially starts, so you have your own documentation of condition on day one.
• A newly built home, where construction dust settles into corners, vents, and window tracks that a quick walkthrough clean does not address.
• An inherited or long-vacant property, where a home has sat unused and needs a full reset before anyone moves in.

This is the same level of detail as our One-Time Deep Cleaning service, baseboards, inside appliances, window tracks, and similar detail work, but scoped and timed around a move rather than a general refresh of an occupied home. If you are the one leaving a home rather than arriving at one, see Move-Out Cleaning instead; it covers the same intensity of work but is built around vacating a property, often ahead of a walkthrough or deposit return. Many moves need both: a Move-Out visit at the old address and a Move-In visit at the new one, scheduled independently. Once you are settled in and want ongoing upkeep afterward, Recurring House Cleaning is the page for a weekly, biweekly, or monthly schedule.

How pricing works

Move-In Cleaning is priced from the home’s bedrooms, bathrooms, and approximate square footage, at the deep-clean tier of detail.

• Empty-house access generally speeds things up. No furniture to move around, no personal belongings to work near, which can offset some of the added time that detail work requires.
• Condition still matters. A newly built home with construction dust and a decades-old home with years of buildup both take longer than a home that was recently cleaned and vacated in good shape.
• Access logistics affect scheduling more than price: coordinating a window between closing, lease start, and your moving truck is part of booking this visit, and we work around that timeline.
• Add-ons, like inside cabinets throughout or garage and basement areas, are priced individually.

As general market context, not a Transit & Flow quote, HomeAdvisor cites move-in and move-out style cleaning nationally ranging from roughly $140 to $500 depending on home size and condition. Starting at $349, based on home size and condition.

Enter your new home’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

• Kitchen and bathrooms cleaned to the deep-clean standard, including inside cabinets and drawers on request
• Baseboards, door frames, and window tracks and sills throughout
• Inside the oven and inside the refrigerator, plus exterior surfaces of all appliances
• Light fixtures, ceiling fans, and vent covers, dusted and wiped
• Closets wiped down inside, shelving included
• Floors vacuumed and mopped throughout, with attention to construction dust in newly built homes

What’s not included

• Carpet shampooing or upholstery cleaning, quoted separately if requested
• Exterior windows, gutters, and outdoor areas
• Wall washing beyond spot-cleaning, and paint touch-up
• Trash or debris removal left behind by a previous occupant beyond what fits in standard trash receptacles
• Structural, electrical, or plumbing issues found during the visit; those are flagged, not repaired

Central Ohio context

New-construction activity in Dublin, New Albany, and Lewis Center means a steady stream of Move-In Cleaning requests for homes with drywall dust in vents and window tracks and adhesive residue on new flooring, none of which shows up in the builder’s own walkthrough clean. Around the Ohio State campus, in Short North, and in Clintonville, Move-In Cleaning more often applies to an apartment or rental unit turning over between leases, where the incoming tenant wants their own clean rather than relying on whatever the outgoing tenant left. Either setting benefits from the same approach: clean before the boxes arrive, while every surface is still reachable.

Our process

1. Describe the home online. Bedrooms, bathrooms, square footage, and your target move-in window, entered into the Estimate Builder for a preliminary online estimate.
2. Coordinate access. We confirm timing around closing, lease start, or builder walkthrough, and how we will get in if you are not present.
3. Deep-clean visit. Kitchen, bathrooms, baseboards, inside appliances, and window tracks, worked room by room while the home is empty.
4. Photo documentation on request, useful if you want a record of condition on the day you took possession.
5. Move in. Schedule Recurring House Cleaning afterward if you want the result maintained on an ongoing basis.

Our cleaners are background-checked, and our teams are Bonded & Insured Professionals. Services completed by appropriately qualified professionals where required.

Related services

Move-Out Cleaning | One-Time Deep Cleaning | Recurring House Cleaning

Clean while the home is still empty and every surface is reachable. Price it in the Estimate Builder, book online, or call Transit & Flow at (614) 382-0000.