01Oven, fridge, cabinets
Empty fridge — wipe shelves, under drawers, door seals. Oven: degreaser or soda paste, racks out. Wipe cabinet fronts and under sink.
Stove drip pans and microwave interior count. Landlords open everything.
Cleaning & Laundry
Get Your Deposit Back: Move-Out Clean
Landlord checklist order — oven, fridge, walls, floors — photo proof before keys
3h4 photographed stepsBeginner
The deposit-saving clean: work the lease checklist top to bottom, degrease oven and fridge, wipe baseboards, fill tiny nail holes, shampoo or steam carpets if required, photograph every room empty and clean, and hand keys with a dated checklist. One afternoon that can be worth $800–2000.
What you'll learn
- Follow their checklist — not your gut order
- Kitchen grease and bathroom scale lose deposits
- Photos empty + clean beat he-said she-said
- Normal wear ≠ damage — know the difference
Inside this course
- Kitchen and bathWhere deposits die.
- Rooms, floors, proofKeys with evidence.
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First steps from Kitchen and bath
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02Bathrooms end-to-end
Toilet in/out/base, shower glass and grout, sink chrome, exhaust fan dust. Floor last in each room.
Medicine cabinet and under-vanity — empty and wipe.
Pro tip. Hard water spots on chrome = 'dirty' to many managers — glass cleaner + dry cloth.
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