I'm just getting quotes from removalists, including the exit clean from our current rental. We'll need to have the carpets steam cleaned as we have to provide a receipt.
What do people do about the oven? The cleaning quote is $500 extra for the oven ($200) and the windows. I know I can get the windows cleaned inside and out for a lot cheaper. I'm sure I can get a total exit clean cheaper too. I'm just wondering if I clean the oven this weekend and then don't use it much, if I can get away with it. I loathe cleaning the oven, but how closely do property managers look? I'm certainly not spending $200 on it.
As it is, the move is expensive, simply because we choose to pay the extra and have them do the pack and unpack. I just forget how much it costs.
i have never paid to have my oven cleaned, and i (or dh before we moved in together) had plenty of places where the property managers definitely did not look at the ovens! i would get a can of the nasty oven cleaner or go bicarb and vinegar and clean it myself and save $190 plus.
I guess it depends on how much elbow grease you're prepared to put in, and the condition of the oven when you moved in. Cleaning an oven properly takes a good couple of hours but I doubt I'd pay an extra $200 for it. I'd maybe get a few more quotes from places that just do ovens rather than the whole exit clean to compare.
I think I'll just have to not be lazy and give it a go myself I'm pretty sure there was an oven cleaning thread not long ago.
The place isn't a pigsty so we could probably do most of it ourselves and just get the carpets cleaned. I don't think many property managers see what I can see, but every now and again there'll be one. I just hate hanging out in the old house once I move into the new place...
Thanks.
EYA - the banner ad that just came up was for cleaning ovens and BBQs. Clever.
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I'm pretty sure there was an oven cleaning thread not long ago. 
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