Why Southport bond cleans are different
Southport is the Gold Coast's civic centre, and its rental market reflects that. The Gold Coast University Hospital and Griffith University's Gold Coast campus sit on its edge, which means a steady population of nurses, students and hospital staff moving in and out on twelve-month leases. Add the high-rise towers along the Broadwater and the older walk-up blocks around Nerang Street, Queen Street and Chirn Park, and you get one of the highest rates of tenant turnover anywhere on the coast.
In practice that means most of our Southport work is units rather than houses, and units bring their own considerations:
- Lift bookings. Plenty of Southport towers require you to book the lift for a move. Tell us the window and we will work to it.
- Loading zones and parking. Some buildings have a loading dock, some have nothing but metered street parking. It affects how long we spend carrying gear rather than cleaning.
- Older walk-ups. A lot of the 1970s and 80s blocks have no lift at all. Three flights of stairs with equipment is part of the job here.
- Body corporate rules. Common areas, bin rooms and what can be left where. Worth checking your building's rules before your final inspection.
- Flooring. Many Southport units are tiled or timber-look throughout, which means no carpet steam clean is needed — and that saves you money.
Check your flooring before you book carpet cleaning. It is the most common thing people pay for unnecessarily in Southport. If there is no carpet in the property, you do not need it. If there is, most Queensland leases require professional steam cleaning and your agent will likely ask for the receipt.
What a Southport bond clean costs
These are our actual prices, not a starting point that changes when we arrive. All include GST.
Highrise and apartment properties add $60, which covers the extra time that access, lifts and parking take. Larger properties run to $1,250 for a four-bedroom, three-bathroom home. The full price list is here, including every optional extra.
- Carpet steam cleaning, where needed from $120
- External windows, flyscreens and tracks $175
- Garage or car space clean from $90
- Flea treatment, where pets have been kept $200
What we clean
The same room-by-room standard your property manager inspects against — oven, rangehood and filters, bathrooms sanitised, wardrobes inside and out, window tracks, skirting boards, light fittings, ceiling fans and air conditioning filters, doors and architraves, and every hard floor vacuumed and mopped.
You can read the full checklist here, or print it if you would rather attempt it yourself. We would rather you had it either way.
Where bonds get held back in Southport units
After years of end-of-lease work, the same items come up again and again — and in units a few of them are worse than in houses:
- The oven. The most common deduction anywhere, and rental ovens in older blocks are rarely in good shape.
- Shower screens and grout. Coastal humidity means mould in the silicone builds up faster here than inland.
- Sliding door and window tracks. Salt, sand and dust off the Broadwater. Agents run a finger along them.
- Balcony and railings. Easy to forget, and very visible at inspection.
- Rangehood filters. Greasy, fiddly, and almost always overlooked.
Questions we get asked
- Do you clean high-rise apartments?
- Yes — most of our Southport work is units and towers. Let us know if your building needs a lift booking or a loading dock time and we will work around it.
- How long will it take?
- About four and a half hours for a one-bedroom unit, five for a two-bedroom. A property that has not been well looked after takes longer, and we will tell you before we start rather than after.
- Do I need to be there?
- No. Most people leave a key, a lockbox code or arrange building access. We just need power and water still connected — we cannot finish without them.
- What if the agent isn't happy?
- Tell us within 72 hours of their report and send us a copy, and we return within 72 hours to fix anything within our scope, at no charge. Full details are in our terms.
- How far ahead should I book?
- Three to five days is usually enough, though the end of the month is our busiest period across the whole coast. Last-minute work is often possible — call and ask.
Moving out of a Southport rental?
Pick your date, see your price, and pay a $100 deposit to lock it in. The balance is due on the day.
We also clean right across the northern and central Gold Coast, including Labrador, Chirn Park, Biggera Waters, Runaway Bay, Ashmore, Molendinar, Parkwood, Pimpama, Arundel, Benowa and Main Beach. See all bond cleaning services.
