Vista Fox does end-of-lease window cleaning across Adelaide — inside and outside glass, frames, sills, tracks and fly screens — with a completion summary you can pass to your property manager. Typical prices are $220–$340 for a small rental, $300–$480 for a 3-bed home and $480–$750 for larger or double-storey homes. Book online or request a quote.
End of lease window cleaning in Adelaide isn’t just “the windows look clean.” It’s whether the inventory report, the property manager, and the incoming tenant all sign off on it — which means inside glass, outside glass, frames, sills, tracks, fly screens, and sliding-door tracks are all spotless. Vista Fox does vacate window cleaning across Adelaide with a checklist built around what real-estate inspections typically look for, and a completion summary you can pass straight to your property manager.
Book online or get the property manager to forward the inspection list and we’ll work straight off it.
What’s actually checked at the inspection
Most Adelaide property managers run their final inspection against a written checklist. The window line items are predictable, and they’re the bit most DIY vacate cleans miss:
- Glass — inside and outside, every pane — including high panes, fixed panels, and second-storey windows you couldn’t reach with a Karcher
- Window frames and architraves — wiped down, dust and cobwebs cleared
- Sills (internal and external) — debris and grime removed, not just wiped over
- Tracks (window and sliding door) — vacuumed, then wiped. Compacted dirt in tracks is one of the items most often flagged at vacate inspections
- Fly screens — washed and reinstalled
- Skylights — if accessible, cleaned to the same standard
- Sliding-door glass and runners — both faces of the glass plus the runner channel
Standard residential window cleaning covers the glass and the visible surfaces. End-of-lease cleaning covers everything an inspector ticks off. If you’re staying put and just want the glass done, our house window cleaning service is the better fit.
When you need a bond-clean window job
- You’re vacating — the obvious one. Most tenants book the vacate clean alongside their general bond clean
- The general bond cleaner has finished and the windows still look filmy — common; many bond cleaners do glass with a cloth-and-spray that leaves streaks. We come in after the bond clean for the windows specifically
- The property manager has flagged “windows not cleaned” on the inspection — re-clean to bond-back standard with a documented certificate
- You’re a real estate agent prepping a rental for re-let — same standard, different invoice path
- Pre-sale window cleaning — same scope, different paperwork; a streak-free pre-photo clean for listings is a regular booking type
- End-of-lease for a commercial tenancy — office or retail; see commercial window cleaning for the contract terms
What’s in our end-of-lease scope
Every vacate window job includes:
- All accessible glass — inside, outside, second-storey via water-fed pole
- Frames and architraves
- Internal and external sills
- Window tracks vacuumed and wiped
- Sliding-door glass and runners
- Fly screens washed and reinstalled
- Skylights where accessible
- Photo evidence of completed scope
- Completion summary emailed to you (and your property manager if you like)
The completion summary states what was cleaned and when. If your property manager wants something specific covered, send us the inspection sheet ahead of the visit and we’ll work from it.
Our process
- Book online or send an enquiry. Property type, single or double storey, fly screens included, vacate date. Optional: forward the property manager’s inspection sheet and we work directly off it.
- Schedule before the inspection. We aim for a day or two before final inspection; that gives you a buffer if anything needs another look.
- Clean to vacate standard. Full scope above, methodical pane-by-pane, track-by-track.
- Walk-through if you’re on site. Final pass with you (or with the property manager if you’ve already moved out and they’re inspecting in parallel).
- Summary emailed. Completion summary sent with the invoice — to you, and to your property manager if you ask.
End-of-lease window cleaning cost in Adelaide
Vacate window cleaning runs higher than a standard residential clean because the scope is wider — fly screens, tracks, frames, sills and the completion summary all add time. Indicative ranges:
- Small rental (1-2 bed unit, townhouse, compact villa): $220-$340
- Standard rental (3-bed single-storey, average pane count): $300-$480
- Large rental (4-bed plus, double-storey, large floorplate): $480-$750
What pushes the price:
- Pane count and storey — straight scope driver
- Track condition — if tracks are heavily impacted (a few years of grime), they take materially longer than a maintenance clean
- Fly screen count — every window with a screen is one more sub-task
- Skylights and high-fixed glass — extra access setup
- Inspection-list match-and-document — extra documentation time, normally bundled
The booking flow asks the right questions up front, so there are no “did you mean tracks too?” surprises.
If something’s flagged
If your property manager flags anything in the window scope we cleaned (glass, frames, sills, tracks, screens, sliders) at final inspection, tell us and we’ll come back to look at it. Items outside that scope — ceiling fans, ovens, carpets — are for your general bond cleaner.
Service area
End-of-lease window cleaning runs across the same metro-and-Hills coverage as our standard residential service. High-volume vacate suburbs in our route:
- Inner east — Norwood, Burnside, Unley, Prospect, Walkerville
- CBD + North Adelaide — apartment-stock turnover
- Coastal — Glenelg, Henley Beach, Brighton (heavy holiday-let / seasonal turnover)
- Mawson Lakes / Salisbury — student and family rental volume
- Marion / Mitcham — rental turnover around the Marion retail precinct
- Hills — Stirling, Mount Barker
See locations for the full list.
FAQs
Q: How much does end of lease window cleaning cost in Adelaide? A: Standard 3-bed rentals run $300-$480, smaller units $220-$340, and larger or double-storey rentals $480-$750. The price covers the full vacate scope (inside, outside, frames, sills, tracks, fly screens) and the completion summary. Send your details through the booking form for a price.
Q: Will I get my bond back? A: We can’t promise a bond outcome — that’s between you, your property manager and the landlord, and it depends on the whole property. What we can do is clean the windows, frames, sills, tracks and screens to the standard a final inspection looks for, and if anything in that scope is flagged, tell us and we’ll come back to look at it.
Q: Are tracks and fly screens included? A: Yes. Tracks vacuumed and wiped, fly screens washed and reinstalled, sliding-door runners cleared. These are items often flagged at vacate inspections and often missed by DIY cleans — they’re standard scope on every vacate clean we do.
Q: How soon before the final inspection should I book? A: A day or two before is the sweet spot. Book too early and the windows can re-spot from rain or dust; book too late and you’ve got no buffer if anything needs another look.
Q: Will you supply documentation for the property manager? A: Yes — a completion summary is emailed with the invoice, to you and to your property manager (or real estate agent) if you ask. It states what was cleaned and when. If your property manager wants something specific covered, send us the inspection sheet ahead of the visit.
Q: Can you do the bond clean too — not just the windows? A: We do windows and exterior-cleaning scope (gutter, exterior wash). Full bond cleaning (carpets, oven, bathroom detail) is a different trade — most customers book a separate bond cleaner for that and use us for the windows specifically.
Q: Do you cover real estate / pre-let cleans for landlords too? A: Yes — same scope, different invoice path. Property managers and landlords prepping a rental for re-let book us on the same vacate scope; we invoice the agency or landlord directly.