There's a moment on possession day when you walk through your new front door, look at the inside of the kitchen cabinets, and realize the home is yours — including several years of someone else's crumbs. A move-in clean fixes that before your life moves in on top of it. But what should it cost in Edmonton? Here's the honest breakdown, with real numbers.
The Numbers: What Move-In Cleaning Costs in Edmonton
At Ezee, move-in and move-out cleaning starts from $224 plus GST for the smallest homes and runs to $814 plus GST for the largest sizes we list — the full range is published on our pricing page, and you can see your exact price online for your home's size before you book. No estimate games, no 'we'll see when we get there.' You pay a 10% deposit to hold your day, and the balance only after the clean is finished. Where a home lands in that range comes down to size first, then condition: a well-kept resale is a different job from a home that was vacuumed once for the photos, and a brand-new build is a different job again (more on that below).
What's Included in a Move-In Clean
A move-in clean is a deep clean of an empty home, and empty is the magic word — with no furniture in the way, everything is reachable. Kitchens get the full treatment: inside every cabinet and drawer, inside the oven and fridge, counters, backsplash, and the sink and taps descaled (Edmonton's hard water leaves its mark here too). Bathrooms are scrubbed and sanitized top to bottom, including grout, glass, and the base of the toilet. Then the details that make a place feel like yours instead of inherited: window sills and tracks, baseboards, closet interiors, light switches and door handles, and floors vacuumed and mopped last, in that order. Our move-in checklist walks the room-by-room version if you're comparing quotes — any company you hire should be able to match that list out loud.
Move-In vs. Move-Out: Same Price Family, Different Job
People ask why the two are priced together. The scope is a close cousin — both are empty-home deep cleans — but the pressure is different. A move-out clean answers to a landlord, a buyer, or a possession inspection, so the standard is 'passes someone else's checklist.' A move-in clean answers to you: it's about hygiene and a genuine fresh start, the inside of the fridge your food is about to live in. If you're on both ends of a move in Edmonton, booking the pair together keeps one crew, one standard, and one less thing on the moving-week list. The new homeowner checklist covers what to check yourself on day one, clean or no clean.
The New-Build Caveat
Buying brand new in Keswick, Chappelle, or any of Edmonton's growing edges? 'New' does not mean clean. Construction dust is ultra-fine — it settles inside cabinets, on top of doors, in window tracks and vents, and a standard wipe-down mostly relocates it. If the home has never been lived in, ask about a post-construction clean instead; it's built for that dust, and doing it before move-in is dramatically easier than after the furniture lands. We'll tell you honestly which one your home needs — plenty of new builds only need the move-in clean, and we'd rather sell you the smaller job that fits.
When to Book It
The ideal slot is the gap between possession and the moving truck: keys in hand, house empty, clean done, then furniture arrives onto finished floors. A week ahead is comfortable booking; possession dates do shift, and we flex with them — just keep us posted. Winter moves add one Edmonton wrinkle: book the clean for after any trades or deliveries, not before, so boot traffic and cardboard dust don't undo it the same afternoon. Ready to price yours? Get a free quote — most are back within 2 hours during opening hours (Mon–Sat 7 AM–9 PM, Sun 9 AM–6 PM) — or see your exact price on the booking page and hold your day with the 10% deposit.