The printable end of tenancy cleaning checklist.
Every point a Birmingham checkout inspection turns on, set out one room at a time and ready to tick off as you go. Print it, pin it up somewhere handy, and give the keys back leaving nothing a clerk can charge you for. Yours to use and pass on for nothing.
Checklist reviewed July 2026.
0 of 0 done
Before you start
A short spell of prep now pays for itself twice over. Most of what wins a deposit argument gets captured here, before a cloth touches a single surface.
Kitchen
This is the room where most Birmingham deductions are won or lost. The oven draws the closest look on nearly every checkout.
Bathrooms
Birmingham runs on soft Elan Valley water, so limescale is a light touch-up around taps and screens rather than the headline job. Mould in the grout still gets a hard look.
Bedrooms
Wardrobe interiors and the gap beneath the bed frame get skipped more than anywhere else, which is exactly why a clerk makes a beeline for them.
Living room
How this room looks sets the tone. A clerk treats it as a preview of the care taken everywhere else in the property.
Hallway, stairs and storage
These are the spaces an agent walks through first, so any grime shows early. If the inventory lists it, it is fair game, cupboards nobody bothers with included.
Appliances
Anything the move-in report recorded as spotless is owed back to the landlord in the same state.
Student and HMO house shares
Around Selly Oak and the wider student patch, a changeover is usually the whole house cleaned as one job, not a single room. Sort the shared spaces together before anyone books their own checkout.
The repeating details
Clerks are trained to run the same small checks in every room they walk into.
Final walk-through
No sixty minutes protect your money like the final ones. When an argument comes, hard proof outweighs what anyone remembers.
Printed from birminghamendoftenancycleaning.co.uk/end-of-tenancy-checklist. Birmingham End of Tenancy Cleaning, 07347 938521.
When a deduction is challenged
Money you put down on an assured shorthold tenancy is ringfenced by law inside one of three approved custodians, whichever your landlord chose to lodge it with, and any dispute is resolved by an adjudicator weighing what each side can prove. Present a completed list like this alongside dated photographs from the day you arrived and the day you left, plus a cleaner's invoice, and you hand that adjudicator the strongest case they can be given. Nationally no single deduction is argued over more than cleaning, and none is easier to head off with an ordered set of records.
Free for anyone to reuse
If you write about renting in Birmingham, let a property, or run a page tenants read, help yourself: print copies, forward it around, or point a link at this page. All we ask in return is a mention of Birmingham End of Tenancy Cleaning beside it wherever it appears online. Think a line is missing? Tell us at [email protected] and we will fold it in.
Would sooner not lift a finger?
Every line above is the standard our Birmingham crews clean to, and each booking comes with a 48-hour re-clean promise, a photo record of the finished work, and an itemised receipt for your file. Have a look at what we charge, size up the cost for your own place, or ask for a quote in roughly a minute.
Keys due back this afternoon? Phone us before midday about a same-day slot. Emptying a shared student let? Look at our house-share and HMO cleans. Already staring at a withheld sum? Our guide on clawing your deposit back walks you through it.
Get a free quote
See your fixed price in 60 seconds. Photos lock it in.
1 / 6
How big is the property?
Your fixed price
From £149
Pick your property size to see your fixed price.
Anything bigger or unusual? Tick what applies.
Our fixed price covers a standard 3-bed. Tick anything bigger or unusual and we'll confirm the final price on a quick call.
How's the property?
Honest answer, no penalty either way. We just need to know what we're walking into.
Where and when?
Pick the area and the rough timing. We'll confirm exact dates after the photos.
Area
Timing
Any paid add-ons?
Standard end of tenancy clean is below. Tick add-ons to build your total. Photos in the next step lock everything in, including close-ups of any add-ons you pick.
Running total
£149
Base price for your property
Send photos to lock your price.
One clear photo per room being cleaned, taken from a corner of the room. Kitchen, bathroom, and each bedroom at minimum. If you ticked add-ons like oven or fridge, add a close-up of each. This locks your fixed price.
Your details.
Quote summary
£149
Heads up: that postcode is outside our usual Birmingham coverage areas. We will still come back to you, no penalty for trying.
0 / 500
Mon to Fri 9 to 5 we'll call within the hour. Outside those hours, by 9am the next working day. Weekends by arrangement, 11am to 3pm.
By submitting, you agree your details and photos are sent to us and our email provider Web3Forms. See our Privacy Policy.
Prefer to call? 07347 938521 · Mon to Fri 9am to 5pm · Weekends by arrangement, 11am to 3pm.
Quote request received.
Thanks. Your details are with us.
What happens next
- Mon to Fri 9 to 5 we'll call within the hour. Outside those hours, by 9am the next working day. Weekends by arrangement, 11am to 3pm.
- We email your fixed quote once we've confirmed the details on the call.
- Once you're happy with the price, we book your move-out date by text.
Your request
Can't wait?
While you wait, read the checklist Birmingham letting agents actually use.