Ultimate Airbnb Cleaning Schedule & Checklist for Efficient Turnovers

in today's video we're gonna help you nail down your Airbnb cleaning schedule and help you develop a checklist how

long does it take what do you need to do where do I start we're going to answer all those questions for you

[Music] once you open that door it is go time to get this place clean so the first two

things that you want to do immediately is you want to start getting the laundry going and getting the dishes going so

let's first start with laundry you want to strip those beds obviously check it for all the you know things and then get

it in that washer you want to get it going ASAP here's a hosting hot tip for you if you have the opportunity to

purchase that washer make sure you purchase one with a speed cycle next you want to head to the kitchen and get that

dishwasher loaded up again understand your dishwasher all of the Cycles how long each of them are you really want to

get acquainted with that but those are the first two things you want to get after and get that cleaning started ASAP

so that's a great way to figure out how long a turnover a clean should take you if your washing machine and drying Cycle

takes about an hour and a half half let's see if you can get your cleaning time to that time if you have a dryer

elsewhere washer and dryer elsewhere in your property if you don't have to do laundry onsite that's a whole different

situation and then next I've got two tips for you professional Cleaners clean top to bottom left to right it's is a

really good way so you don't miss any Services miss any walls if you have that system down top bottom left right you

are sure to see every surface nook and cranny of your property here's the really cool thing with shortterm rals

you are in there often so what I want to Annette and I believe wholeheartedly in super clean Super sanitized spaces but

you don't want to deep clean each and every time time is of the essence I'm sure you want to grow maybe do some

other things with your time you don't want to be turning over property for hours on end right so one thing that is

a non-negotiable for every single turnover is surfaces if a guest is touching a surface or touching a remote

control those are things you want to clean every single time I told you the tip of up down left right the way we do

that in our properties if you have multi-level properties everything you do on the top start there and then you go

to the middle then you go to the main floor that's top to bottom and then left to right you're going to use your your

your eye to look at the room first you a visual scan and then you're going to go for okay what needs dusted what surfaces

need cleaned and then you'll work on the floor so right now if I'm in this living room space it's open concept but I like

to treat it in different sections there's only one floor on this property it's all one floor so there's my top

bottom this is the left side of the room I'm going to use my eyes to scan from the top of this wall on my left to the

bottom and I'm going to go around the room and decide what I'm going to do the surfaces I see obviously are this

especially because of this brick and get Dusty so I'm definitely going to clean this I'm going to make sure that I clean

my coffee table here this coffee table can lift up so I'll make sure the guest didn't do anything inside the coffee

table I'll also dust in there we've got a table or a side table over there and we also by by surfaces especially with

the couches I'm probably going to run the vacuum over the couch to make sure that any we're pet friendly so any pet

hair human hair we get that off the couch as well so breaking it down like that visually and then starting with

surfaces and then working your way to the floors is a great way just to keep yourself on task all right and that's

going to take over all right top down left right let's do it in here so first obviously we do

have a mirror re just hot tip here mirrors are great double as artwork and place your guests can check themselves

out we're going to wipe that down if you have faux plants fake plants which we do you do want to look at this dust these

down these get super Dusty just because you bought plants you don't think you have to water them you do have to dust

them and that's why we go top bottom because the top if we're shaking these there's going to be a lot of dust going

down to our floor then we're going to want to do our c surface here again I'm going left to right do not forget in

your short-term rental you have got to move everything you've got to wipe underneath those surfaces and I'm in the

dining room right now listen you have got to wipe down your chairs you want to act like your guests were um you at a

restaurant with little kids you want to make sure that you're wiping down all of the chairs and underneath the floor all

right well not underneath the floor I don't know if you can actually do that but you want to go underneath the table

table to the floor okay the kitchen this is one of the this in the bedroom you want to make

sure these are on point you want to make sure your whole place is on point but now I told you beginning this video that

I don't want you deep cleaning every single time but here's a lesson I learned the hard way when you have

guests who you don't know who have different ideas of what clean is and they're in your space for a couple days

maybe they've run the dishwasher maybe they've washed the dishes by hand you don't know so I will give you this tip

you want to when you're coming into clean you want to check the silverware and the bowls and the glass wear and not

just the top Bowl I would do a quick visual scan again top bottom left right just to make sure all the silverware is

as clean as you would want it that as clean as would you would get in a restaurant right you just want to make

sure that stuff is topnotch other than that same uh things apply top bottom left right surfaces all surfaces that a

guest can touch get cleaned things like top of the refrigerator the top cabinets that aren't used um anything that that

is more of a deep clean schedule those out to like every two three four weeks you don't need to do that every single

time I would clean out the um microwave even if it looks clean just do a quick wipe same with the oven if you can keep

on these guys they won't get bad over time same with the refrigerator again a light clean if they got heavy use

obviously you'll need to adjust your clean levels for that and then um would also do a visual scan of your pots and

pants make sure they are actually clean things that you want to wait for like filters um don't need to be a very time

maybe like just use your hands to check the knobs and the handles here there's nothing more disgusting than your guest

checking in and this is like greasy and it's got crumbs so you do want to do this every single time and again I

consider this a surface that a guest touches once the surfaces are clean dishes are clean we talked at the

beginning the video make sure this gets started right away do the floors and the kitchen is

done all right this space to know it is to love it and hate it listen again you're going to do the top the bottom

left to right in here you need to spend a lot of time in the the bathroom area it's going to get a lot of use let's

face it um so the shower you really want to make sure you're cleaning this I know a lot of people that maybe just like

spray the floor you know you want to make sure that you're cleaning this there's a lot of tools out there that

can help you uh clean clean the glass clean the tile hot tip it is great if you have black grout it really helps you

keep the place looking a lot cleaner when you get white grout it's just very very difficult to continue to keep top

top notch clean same with the floor here you can tell it's white but we also have some uh black grout there again wanting

to toilet let's talk about this you want to a place that a lot of people miss you want to get back behind the toilet and

every single time okay this has got to be Super Fresh super clean always check under the cabinet and the drawers

in the bathroom these can get really dirty with you know people uh doing their hair in here makeup you want to

check these and wipe these down every single time your guest will look under your cabinets and they will open your

drawers and then the surfaces you're going to want to W wipe these down excellently one thing I want to let you

know if I don't know a host that hasn't been called because their drains have backed up so you want to keep something

like um a drain weasel or just like a simple drain cleaner that you can have this this you will get a call on this

and the second thing we're going to talk about probably want to leave a plunger for your guests you definitely do let

them help themselves but this is something you want to make sure that is super clean you know I don't need to

explain that I don't think all right in this property we're in our final room it is the bedroom top

bottom left right visual scan and here's why I say visual scan CU I'm going to look up at either the chandelier or the

fan there is nothing more gross than when you're checking in you're snuggling down for your first night's sleep and

you see either a vent in the ceiling or the chandelier or fan is dripping with spiderwebs and dust you don't have to

dust it every time but you do want to look every time and make sure you've got a schedule going of things like that

where like dust and dirt can accumulate so top bottom left right we're going to do surfaces so surfaces in here would

include the full length mirror the side tables the top of the um the bed frame uh there's really not a lot of other

surfaces in here the back door you might want to just like wipe off the handles things like that and then of course

right now our bedding is getting washed and dried once that is done you can either put that bedding back on your bed

maybe you want to like rotate more often so you're going to use your your backup stock to make the bed while that is dry

you can fold it and put it in the back stock whatever your preference is there and um then you want to finally check

under the bed I always like to run a Swiffer under the bed both dry and wet I like to keep on top of that because that

separates you from all of your competition if under your bed is sparkling clean one time I went to a

hotel and it even had a little card that said yep we clean under here too and then signed the name of the hotel and I

thought that was such a cute idea cuz I totally looked to see what's under the bed how clean is it it so think about

what you do when you're inspecting a property and you make sure that your property is just as up to Snuff as you'd

want it to be we want to touch on the floors really really quick CU we're going top to bottom here's the thing

you're obviously going to want a vacuum make sure you're cleaning your vacuum out so it is clean the second thing

there's something called black foot syndrome I know you've seen it before it's where you w wear white socks around

someone's house you lift your foot up and you're like oh my gosh this place is filthy but you look around you're like

it looks super clean the cleaning products can build up so you want to make sure that you are using just hot

water sometimes to get all of that cleaning solution up because that is not a good feeling if your guest is walking

around in a fresh pair of socks and they see that they've turned Black by the end so you really want to watch out for that

happening if you're using too many Cleaning Solutions on your floor to keep your deep clean sessions to a minimum I

also recommend every turnover I'm a baseboard lady like if your baseboards are clean I know that you are like on

top of your stuff so I would take the the attachment yep of the vacuum put it on the hose and just really quickly go

over the top of the baseboards and along the insides because that way you don't have to do like a major dust or you

don't have to scrub them so often um so dusting and or and or you know just taking the wand across your baseboard is

another great way is to keep your floors clean oh and then check in so you want to make sure your exterior is also tidy

yeah that that's that's the first experience that your guest is going to have we always think it's after they

open the door it's not it's when they're walking up to your property so check around like is there any mail maybe junk

mail newspaper just any debris like door lighting covered in cobwebs right we know it's outside if you can keep on top

of that stuff again your deep clean isn't so deep so the checkin begins when they Park their car so check Che all

those areas out if you keep up on them it'll be just super easy for you to keep them clean final hot tip of this video

is we've been in the short-term rental game for a long time and you better believe I still use a checklist for

every time either I clean or I inspect or I inspect inspection like right like I'm always just holding myself

accountable so if you want a checklist we love and use Breezeway here's why we like them you not only have the

reminders they and you can organize however you want you can also put photos so this is how you want it to look after

it's cleaned to those references and if you get one property two property three property who knows someday you're a

super co-host you're managing tons of properties you can start building out these like brand standards but start

with your very first one get in the habit and always hold yourself accountable by a checklist last but not

least once you think you're done take a two minute three minute break Brak

decompress you want to walk back through your entire property and inspect when you're in the thick of it when you're

like really getting after it making sure the clean is done there's some detail work that you just OB you just have

cleaning lenses on so you need to take take a deep breath decompress then put your inspector glasses on you want to go

back through one more time into every room this is where you're going to like make sure the remote control is exactly

lined up fluff the pillows and just look at all that detail work maybe the chairs need to be tucked in the table

underneath the table a little closer you just want to go room by room and do that secondary check that's a higher level

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