End of Tenancy Cleaning in Aston

The items that fail a B6 void inspection

A void clean in B6 is judged by somebody with a checklist and a date, and the same items fail it every time. Oven interiors and door glass first, then the extractor filter, then fridge and freezer seals, then mould in bathroom grout and sealant. In a terrace let for years, the kitchen carries all of that at once. The soft Elan Valley supply means scale barely enters into it, and it means the failures here are grease and mould, which no descaler touches. Rooms and yards need to be empty before we start, because clearance is not a service we offer.

• A fixed re-let date with an inspection in between, so the standard is somebody else’s sign-off rather than your own eye
• Long private lets handing back kitchens with years of grease on the hob surround, canopy and cooker gap
• Mould in bathroom grout and sealant, one of the first things an inspector checks after the oven
• Rooms and rear yards that must be cleared of rubbish and furniture by the owner or a licensed firm before the clean
• Housing providers turning several flats in one block at once, wanting them all done inside the same window

Your void checklist, or the standard inventory list

We clean to your own void checklist where you send one, and to the standard inventory list where you do not. Kitchens are first, since an Aston sign-off turns on that room: inside the oven, the racks, the door glass, hob, hood, filter, appliance seals, the cooker gap, and every cupboard front and interior. The bathroom is worked into the grout and along the sealant, never just passed over with a cloth. Rooms are detailed after that, down to skirtings, frames, switches, sills and drawer interiors. Every finished room is photographed and the set travels with the invoice, which is what an owner who is not attending actually needs.

• Your own void checklist followed wherever you send one, so the standard is the one your inspector uses
• Room by room photographs supplied with the invoice, so an owner or provider can sign off without attending
• Extractor filter, cooker gap and appliance seals included as standard items, never chargeable extras
• Photographs of any room still holding items checked before booking, since we do not offer clearance

More detail on the equipment and the order of work: how we do end of tenancy cleaning, step by step.

Void turnarounds across B6, all year

The work runs across the terraced streets off Witton Road, Aston Lane and Trinity Road, and through the flats and maisonettes on the estates behind them. There is no seasonal peak in Aston: a July week and a February week look much the same. Access is the recurring constraint. Few properties have off-street parking, and if the agent gives us a key or a lockbox code nobody needs to be there, and a Villa Park home fixture takes the surrounding streets out for the day, so we set void dates against the fixture list wherever the re-let allows it.

Why eight years of tenancy can add so much to the work

Size matters less than condition and the difference is stark: a two-bedroom terrace handed back after eight years can take far longer than an identical one after a single year. The oven is the biggest variable and always is, then the number of bathrooms and how deep the mould has gone into the sealant, then whether carpets need hot water extraction. The property needs to be empty of furniture and rubbish before we arrive, since we do not offer clearance. Photographs of the kitchen, the bathroom and any room left full are enough for a fixed price, and we invoice the landlord, the agent or the provider.

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Once per tenancy, and how far ahead to book

Once per tenancy, and in Aston that comes round often, because the stock turns quickly. What decides whether you get the date you want is how early you call, since there is no quiet season here. Booking a couple of weeks ahead normally secures the date, since B6 work is grouped on scheduled days. Where a provider is turning several flats in one block, a fortnight’s notice lets us plan them for the same visit.