What house cleaning in the Eastern Suburbs has in common
Three councils, mostly
The Eastern Suburbs take in Waverley, Woollahra and the City of Randwick, plus parts of Bayside. Parking permits and clean-up allowances are set council by council, so start with yours.
The trains stop at Bondi Junction
The railway ends at Bondi Junction, though it was first meant to reach Kingsford or Daceyville. Light rail branches end at Prince of Wales Hospital in Randwick and in Kingsford. Past those, it's buses and roads.
Terraces in the north-west
In the 2021 Census, terraces, semis and townhouses made up 53% of occupied homes in the census area covering Paddington and Moore Park. Next door, the Double Bay and Darling Point area was 81% flats.
Rubbish rules differ
Waverley Council lists one scheduled collection a year plus two booked ones, and says building managers can book for units. Randwick City Council lists one scheduled and five booked.
Eastern Suburbs homes by council area (2021 Census)
| Waverley | Woollahra | Randwick | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes rented | 49% | 37% | 46% |
| Flats and apartments | 64% | 56% | 55% |
| Terraces, semis and townhouses | 18% | 21% | 17% |
| Separate houses | 16% | 22% | 27% |
| Rentals through an agent | 80% | 80% | 73% |
Bondi, Coogee, Randwick or Maroubra: Eastern Suburbs cleaners
Bondi is walk-up flats, stairs and permit streets. Coogee has blocks from the 1930s onwards and plenty of end of lease cleans. Randwick is flats and share houses by the light rail, and Maroubra mixes family homes with units.
By the job: the end of lease clean in Sydney when you're moving out, a regular clean for an apartment when you're staying, and a deep clean when it's got away from you.
Council, parking, stairs: briefing Eastern Suburbs house cleaners
Work out your council before anything else. In the east, it decides which permit a cleaner can use, how many clean-ups you get and who books them in a block. Then put the parking and the stairs in your note.
