House cleaning in Southport, where most people rent
Renters in the majority
In the 2021 Census, 58% of occupied homes in Southport were rented: 68% in the ABS's Southport North area and 48% in Southport South. Across the City of Gold Coast council area it was 34%, so plenty of cleans here start with a lease ending.
Flats in the north, a mix in the south
Flats and apartments made up 71% of occupied homes in Southport North. Southport South is more even, with 38% flats, 34% separate houses and 27% townhouses or semi-detached homes. Say which you've got, because the job changes.
The campus and the hospital
The Gold Coast's health and knowledge precinct is in Southport. Griffith University's Gold Coast campus has over 18,200 students, and Gold Coast University Hospital is an 800 bed teaching hospital. People aged 20 to 34 made up 34% of Southport North in the 2021 Census. If your house runs on lectures or shift work, tell the business which days the place is quiet.
Getting a cleaner to the door
There are seven light rail stations in the suburb and a bus station on Scarborough Street, but a cleaner with a vacuum usually drives. Southport has metered parking, and the signs set the hours and limits, so say where they can pull up.
Leaving a Southport share house: sort who does what
A share house has one more job before the clean: sorting out who does what. If you're leaving and the others are staying, the Residential Tenancies Authority (RTA) says to pay your share of any cleaning, damage or unpaid rent before you go. You then get your part of the bond from the person moving in or those staying, and lodge a Change of bond contributors form (Form 6) with the RTA.
If everyone's going, it's an ordinary bond clean, and the RTA says you can do the cleaning yourselves or engage a professional company. Co-tenants can be jointly or individually liable for all the rent, so settle what's owed before anyone hands back a key.
What Southport housemates should agree before cleaners come
- Whose names are on the lease and the bond
- Who's paying for which part of the clean
- Who clears the shared fridge, pantry and bathroom shelves
- Who lets the cleaner in and hands back the keys
- What happens to the room of anyone who's staying on
Cleaners in Southport for a unit you're staying in
Staying put? A regular clean every week or fortnight looks after a unit's kitchen, bathroom and floors, and you agree the list with the business. A one-off deep clean gets a place back on track after a few housemates have been through it. Moving into a new flat? A move-in clean happens while it's empty, before your furniture arrives.
Our advice for a Southport share house: one list, one name
Get the whole household to agree the list before anyone books. Put one person's name on the job, write down who's paying for what, and give that person the entry condition report (the record of the home's condition the day you moved in). The business then deals with one person, and nobody's arguing about the oven on the last day.
