Vacate and turnover

What's included

Vacate work is a coordinated package, not a single trade. After a tenant moves out we handle whatever the property needs to be presentation-ready: paint touch-ups or full repaints, blind cleaning, oven and bathroom deep-clean, blind cord replacements, lock changes, gutter clears, garden tidies, and any reactive trade work the bond inspection surfaces.

We work from the vacate report you give us. If you'd rather we walk through the property and draft one, we'll do that too.

Everything goes onto a single itemised quote. You forward the relevant portion to the outgoing tenant or owner as the bond resolution requires.

How we sequence it

The trick with vacate work is sequencing — trades have to land in the right order so nothing gets undone by the next contractor. A repaint after wall repair, a clean after the repaint, lock change once the cleaner has finished, and so on.

We map the schedule against your vacate date and the new tenancy start date, then coordinate trades to land in that window. Most packages run two to five days end-to-end depending on scope.

If a trade slips, we move the next one without you needing to chase. The agent only hears from us when there's a decision to make.

Working to your vacate date

Most agencies have one or two days between vacate and the new tenancy. That isn't always realistic for a heavy vacate package, and we'll say so upfront if the window is too tight. Where it works, we schedule trades to overlap safely — two painters across two days while the kitchen contractor handles cabinetry on day three.

Where the timeline genuinely doesn't fit, we'll propose a compressed scope or a short extension and let you negotiate from there. Knowing in advance beats finding out on the day.

Common scenarios

• Tenant leaves the kitchen needing a repaint, cabinet doors realigned, and a deep clean before the new tenancy starts five days later.
• Bond inspection turns up a small drywall crack, a sticking sliding door, and three blinds that need new cords. None individually urgent, all needed before the next showing.
• Garden has been neglected for three months. Lawn, hedges, and a broken fence panel need attention before the listing photos go up.
• Carpet stains in two rooms — owner wants to know whether professional cleaning will save them or whether replacement is the better call. We arrange both quotes.
• Outgoing tenant has done some unauthorised painting. Repaint and prep to bring rooms back to neutral white before the new tenancy.