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A flat can look clean and still fail the handover. What gets checked are the places nobody thinks about in normal cleaning: seals, blinds, ventilation grilles, the back of the appliances. That is exactly where a final cleaning starts.
We clean in Winterthur, Zurich and the neighbouring cantons — final cleaning before the flat handover, cleaning after a move, and maintenance cleaning for offices and properties. The final cleaning comes with a handover guarantee: if anything is criticised, we come back.
If you are new to Switzerland, this matters more than it sounds. Before your deposit is released, the managing agent inspects the flat room by room against a protocol. A cleaning that does not hold up at that inspection can cost far more than the cleaning itself.
This overview follows the route a handover inspection usually takes. The same points come up at almost every handover — and it is rarely the obvious surfaces that get criticised.
Blinds and the oven are not high on this list by accident. They are the two items most often criticised at handovers — and both are cleaned so rarely in everyday life that they are regularly forgotten when people prepare themselves.
Before the flat handover, in the empty flat. Including windows, blinds, kitchen appliances and additional rooms. If anything is criticised, we come back.
Cleaning the new flat before you move in — before the furniture arrives it is considerably easier and more thorough.
Regular cleaning for offices, stairwells and common areas, on a fixed rhythm and with a written service description.
After a flat clearance, when the rooms are swept clean but not yet ready for handover.
We look at size, condition and particularities — limescale, grease, pets, a smoker's flat. That is what determines the effort.
Items listed separately: basic cleaning, windows and blinds, additional rooms. So you can see what each service costs.
We plan backwards from the handover date, so there is still room between the cleaning and the inspection.
In the empty flat, in a fixed sequence: top to bottom, back to front.
We go through the points that typically get criticised at inspections before we report the job as finished.
If something is criticised at the handover after all, we come back. That is the core of the handover guarantee.
| Factor | Why it counts | What you can influence |
|---|---|---|
| Floor area and number of rooms | The base size of the job | Nothing — but it makes quotes comparable |
| Condition | Limescale, grease and smoke residue take more time | Do not scrub it yourself first — that rarely saves anything |
| Windows and blinds | Number and accessibility; blinds are done individually | Decide early whether they should be included |
| Additional rooms | Cellar, attic, balcony and garage come on top | Empty them beforehand so nothing is in the way |
| Combined with a move | One job, one contact person, coordinated dates | Ask for both together |
What experience shows is not worth it: half-cleaning the flat yourself beforehand. The work in a final cleaning arises exactly at the places normal cleaning skips anyway, so preparatory work changes the price very little.
Tell us when the handover is. We look at the flat, give you a fixed price and plan the date so there is still room before the inspection.
Request a free quote or call us: 044 240 41 42 · Mon–Sat 08:00–18:00