House cleaning in Maroochydore: renters and every kind of home
A rental town
In the 2021 Census, 40% of occupied homes in the ABS's Maroochydore and Kuluin area were rented, against 27% across the Sunshine Coast council area. Of those rentals, 66% went through a real estate agent.
Every kind of home
The same area was 42% separate houses, 33% flats and apartments and 23% townhouses, terraces or semi-detached homes. Maroochy Waters adds a waterfront estate beside the river.
A new city centre
The old golf course is now the Maroochydore City Centre, declared a priority development area in July 2013 to create a new central business district for the coast. The first residents moved into Market Lane in July 2022, The Corso tower is finished, and Sol by Walker is still under construction.
Getting here
Sunshine Plaza is the coast's major bus interchange. By train, you come through Nambour, Woombye or Landsborough and finish by bus. A cleaner will most likely drive, so say where they can park near the Plaza, the river or the new centre.
Cleaners in Maroochydore: new apartment or older unit?
In a new building, the first job is the building itself. Find out who manages it, how a contractor gets a fob and if the lift needs booking. A move-in clean happens while the place is empty, before your furniture arrives.
An older unit is about what's built up over the years: the range hood, the grout, the window tracks. A one-off deep clean gets to those, and a regular clean keeps up afterwards. Around Cotton Tree, where the parkland runs along the river, say if sand and wet feet come through the door.
Leaving a Maroochydore rental: the bond clean
That's a bond clean, and the Residential Tenancies Authority says you can do it yourself or engage a professional company. Were you the first tenant in a new apartment? Your entry condition report starts from brand new, so read it closely. Queensland asks you to leave the place, as far as possible, in the same condition as at the start, fair wear and tear excepted.
Before a clean in a new Maroochydore building
- The building manager's name
- How a contractor signs in and gets a fob
- If the lift or loading area needs booking
- Where a car with cleaning gear can stop
- Any marks or defects you've already photographed
Our take on a new Maroochydore apartment: photos first
In a new apartment, do your walk-through before the clean. Photograph any marks or defects and send them to the builder or your property manager first, because a cleaner can't fix a scratched benchtop and you'll want it on record. Then send the job with the building's access details in the note.
