Professional Move In & Pre-Occupancy Cleaning Services
Getting the keys to a new house or flat is exciting—until you open the kitchen cupboards and discover the previous occupant's grease, hair in the bathroom drawers, and years of dust behind the radiators. Once your removal lorry unloads heavy wardrobes, beds, and boxes, you will never have unobstructed access to those surfaces again. Spify's Move In Cleaning service deploys a rapid-response 2-person PAYE Strike Team to clinically sterilize your new property while it is still empty, giving your family a genuinely fresh start at a fixed flat rate.
Surgical pre-occupancy sanitization for new home buyers and incoming tenants. Decontaminate cupboards, ovens, bathrooms, and floors before your furniture arrives.
Don't Spend Your First Night in Your New Home Scrubbing a Stranger's Grime
Moving house is one of the most stressful days of your life. Arriving at your new property with a van full of boxes only to realize the oven is encrusted with grease, the bathroom smells stale, and the carpets are full of the previous owner's pet hair completely ruins the milestone.
Instead of exhausting yourself scrubbing at midnight before you can unpack a single kettle or bedsheet, let a Spify Strike Team take over the moment you collect the keys. Our uniformed PAYE operatives arrive with commercial HEPA vacuums, steam and descaling tools, and non-toxic sanitizers—handing you back a clinically clean, fresh-smelling home ready for immediate unpacking.
Our Comprehensive Move In Cleaning Checklist
Kitchen Cupboard & Appliance Sterilization
Internal Cupboard & Drawer Disinfection: Vacuuming out crumbs and disinfecting the interior shelves, cutlery drawers, and handles of every kitchen cabinet so you can unpack crockery immediately.
Oven, Hob & Hood Decontamination: Degreasing inside the oven, wire racks, glass door, stovetop, and extractor hood filters.
Fridge, Freezer & Dishwasher Reset: Sanitizing the internal shelves, drawers, and rubber door seals of integrated fridges, freezers, dishwashers, and washing machines.
Worktops, Sinks & Backsplashes: Descaling taps and sinks, scrubbing tiled grout lines, and sterilizing all food prep surfaces.
Clinical Bathroom & En-Suite Decontamination
Complete Toilet & Seat Sterilization: Hospital-grade disinfection and descaling of the entire toilet bowl, under-rim, seat hinges, flush buttons, and outer base.
Shower, Bath & Plughole Purge: Clearing previous occupants' hair and soap residue from drains, descaling showerheads and screens, and disinfecting tubs.
Vanity Cabinets & Mirrors: Sanitizing inside medicine cabinets and vanity drawers, and polishing mirrors and chrome to a streak-free shine.
Tiles, Grout & Extractor Vents: Scrubbing bathroom tiles and grout lines and vacuuming dust from ceiling extractor fans.
Empty Bedrooms, Wardrobes & Woodwork Reset
Built-In Wardrobe Sanitization: Vacuuming and wiping inside all fitted wardrobes, shelving, hanging rails, and loft/airing cupboards.
Hand-Washed Skirting & Doors: Wet-scrubbing all skirting boards, door frames, doors, and window sills while rooms are completely unobstructed.
High-Level Dust & Radiator Purge: Removing cobwebs from ceiling corners and light fittings, and clearing dust from behind radiators.
Tactile Switch & Handle Disinfection: Sanitizing every door handle, window latch, thermostat, light switch, and plug socket across the home.
Internal Glazing & Unobstructed Floor Extraction
Interior Windows, Sills & Tracks: Opening windows to vacuum out dead insects and dirt from UPVC tracks and polishing all interior glass.
Wall-to-Wall HEPA Carpet Purge: Extracting deeply embedded dust, grit, and previous owners' pet hair from all carpets before your beds and sofas go down.
Hard Floor Deep Scrub: Heavy-duty mopping and sanitization of all kitchen, hallway, and living room hard flooring.
The Spify Duo-Review: Final room-by-room sign-off by both operatives so your new home is 100% ready to unpack.
Our Comprehensive Move In Cleaning Checklist
Every move in cleaning deployment is executed by our two-person PAYE Strike Teams following a strict, cross-checked protocol.
Kitchen Cupboard & Appliance Sterilization
Internal Cupboard & Drawer Disinfection: Vacuuming out crumbs and disinfecting the interior shelves, cutlery drawers, and handles of every kitchen cabinet so you can unpack crockery immediately.
Oven, Hob & Hood Decontamination: Degreasing inside the oven, wire racks, glass door, stovetop, and extractor hood filters.
Fridge, Freezer & Dishwasher Reset: Sanitizing the internal shelves, drawers, and rubber door seals of integrated fridges, freezers, dishwashers, and washing machines.
Worktops, Sinks & Backsplashes: Descaling taps and sinks, scrubbing tiled grout lines, and sterilizing all food prep surfaces.
Clinical Bathroom & En-Suite Decontamination
Complete Toilet & Seat Sterilization: Hospital-grade disinfection and descaling of the entire toilet bowl, under-rim, seat hinges, flush buttons, and outer base.
Shower, Bath & Plughole Purge: Clearing previous occupants' hair and soap residue from drains, descaling showerheads and screens, and disinfecting tubs.
Vanity Cabinets & Mirrors: Sanitizing inside medicine cabinets and vanity drawers, and polishing mirrors and chrome to a streak-free shine.
Tiles, Grout & Extractor Vents: Scrubbing bathroom tiles and grout lines and vacuuming dust from ceiling extractor fans.
Empty Bedrooms, Wardrobes & Woodwork Reset
Built-In Wardrobe Sanitization: Vacuuming and wiping inside all fitted wardrobes, shelving, hanging rails, and loft/airing cupboards.
Hand-Washed Skirting & Doors: Wet-scrubbing all skirting boards, door frames, doors, and window sills while rooms are completely unobstructed.
High-Level Dust & Radiator Purge: Removing cobwebs from ceiling corners and light fittings, and clearing dust from behind radiators.
Tactile Switch & Handle Disinfection: Sanitizing every door handle, window latch, thermostat, light switch, and plug socket across the home.
Internal Glazing & Unobstructed Floor Extraction
Interior Windows, Sills & Tracks: Opening windows to vacuum out dead insects and dirt from UPVC tracks and polishing all interior glass.
Wall-to-Wall HEPA Carpet Purge: Extracting deeply embedded dust, grit, and previous owners' pet hair from all carpets before your beds and sofas go down.
Hard Floor Deep Scrub: Heavy-duty mopping and sanitization of all kitchen, hallway, and living room hard flooring.
The Spify Duo-Review: Final room-by-room sign-off by both operatives so your new home is 100% ready to unpack.
Complete Move-In Packages: Add Carpet Extraction or Move-Out Cover
If the previous owners had dogs, cats, or young children, vacuuming alone won't remove deep-seated odours and allergens from the carpets. While your new rooms are completely empty of furniture, it is the single best time to add our Hot-Water Carpet Cleaning service so every carpet is flushed and sanitized wall-to-wall.
Need Your Old Property Cleaned on the Same Day?
Because Spify operates multiple two-person Strike Teams, we can simultaneously deploy one team to execute the Move Out Cleaning at your old address while a second team sanitizes your new home.
Local Move In Cleaning Hubs: Completion-Day Rapid Deployment
When you get the call from your solicitor or estate agent that keys are released, timing is everything. Operating from our regional hubs in Beverley, Hull, Bridlington, Scarborough, Driffield, Filey, and Hornsea, our two-person Strike Teams mobilize rapidly so you can unpack straight into sanitized cupboards.
Active Service Areas:
Expanding To: Leeds, Manchester, and London (2026).
Frequently Asked Questions About Move In Cleaning
When is the best time to schedule a Move In Clean?
Ideally, schedule your Move In Clean for the window after you collect the keys and before your removal van unloads your furniture and boxes. When rooms and cupboards are completely empty, our 2-person Strike Team can sanitize every shelf, skirting board, and floor edge at maximum speed without having to work around packed boxes.
If your removal van is unloading on the same day, our team can prioritize the kitchen cupboards, bathrooms, and bedroom floor spaces first so your movers can load straight into clean zones.
Do you clean inside all the kitchen cupboards and built-in wardrobes?
Yes. Cleaning and disinfecting the interior shelves and drawers of all empty kitchen cabinets, pantries, bathroom vanities, and fitted wardrobes is a core priority of our Move In Checklist. This means the moment our team finishes, you can unpack your plates, glasses, food, and clothes directly into hygienically clean cupboards.
We also deep-clean inside the oven, fridge, freezer, and microwave.
What if my key release is delayed by solicitors on completion day?
We understand that UK property completions usually happen between 12:00 PM and 2:00 PM and can occasionally shift. Simply keep our central dispatch desk updated on the morning of your move, and our route coordinator will adjust your Strike Team's arrival window accordingly.
Our two-person deployment model ensures that even an afternoon start gets your new home sanitized before evening.
Should I add Carpet Cleaning to my Move In Clean?
We strongly recommend adding Hot-Water Carpet Extraction if the previous occupants had pets, smokers, or young children. Cleaning carpets while the rooms are 100% empty of beds, wardrobes, and sofas allows us to flush the entire wall-to-wall surface area, which will never be fully accessible again once your furniture is placed.
You can select Carpet Cleaning as an instant bolt-on in our online booking engine.
Why Home Buyers & Incoming Tenants Rely on Spify
100% Self-Contained Fleet Vehicles
Your cleaning supplies are packed away at the bottom of a moving box—and you don't need them. Our vans carry all commercial HEPA vacuums, ladders, microfiber systems, and eco-friendly sanitizers.
Child-Safe & Pet-Safe Disinfection
We eliminate the previous occupant's bacteria, cooking grease, and pet dander using non-toxic, biodegradable formulas that leave your new home safe for babies and pets from night one.
24-Hour Ironclad Strike Guarantee
Every pre-occupancy clean is cross-checked by our two-person team and backed by our 24-Hour Strike Guarantee.