Cleaners in Hawthorn, flat by flat
More flats than houses
The Hawthorn North and Hawthorn South census areas were 59% flats and apartments, 25% separate houses, and 16% townhouses, terraces and semi-detached homes in 2021. Of all occupied homes, 45% were rented, and 81% of those rentals were flats or apartments.
Old houses, cut up and put back
Victorian Places says the larger houses here suited conversion to rental flats, and that later some walls came out and flats became homes again. If your flat is part of an old house, mention shared halls and narrow stairs.
Swinburne and Glenferrie Road
Swinburne University of Technology is here, and Glenferrie Road is the main shopping strip. If you share a flat near campus, agree who deals with the cleaner before anyone hands in a key.
Getting in
Hawthorn has two railway stations and trams 16, 48, 70, 72, 75 and 109. A cleaner with a vacuum and a caddy still needs a park, so say where one can stop close to your door.
Hard rubbish from a unit
In Boroondara, a block of 14 units or fewer with council bins can book hard rubbish for one unit. At 15 units or more, the body corporate makes the booking.
Moving out of a Hawthorn flat, one step at a time
Read your entry condition report
It's the record of how the flat looked when you moved in, and the end of your lease is judged against it.
Know the standard
Victorian law asks for the flat back reasonably clean and as you found it, allowing for fair wear and tear. You can do that yourself, or get a cleaner in if your week is full.
Check the two exceptions
A rental provider can only insist on a professional clean if one was done just before you moved in and you were told, or if it's needed to restore the start condition.
Empty it, then clean it
Furniture, food, bins and mail go first. The clean comes last, so nobody carries boxes across a finished floor.
Keep your proof
Take dated photos of each room before the keys go back.
Staying put? Domestic cleaners for a Hawthorn flat
For a flat you're keeping, a regular apartment clean every week or fortnight covers the kitchen, bathroom and floors. A one-off deep clean gets behind the fridge and into the shower grout first.
Our advice: keep Hawthorn end of lease cleaning to your flat
Keep the quote to your own flat. Shared halls and stairs usually belong to the block, so leave them out unless your agent has told you otherwise. Put the floor number and the stairs in the note, so the business isn't surprised on the day.
