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For homes across New Zealand

House cleaners near you

Pick the clean, add your postcode, and a local cleaning business rings you.

What kind of clean?

Step 1 of 4
What kind of clean?
How many bedrooms?
Anything extra? (optional)
So a cleaning business near you sees the clean.
The cleaning business calls this number to talk the clean through.

Cleaner Scout collects these details to pass on your job, and holds them. Businesses near you see the clean and the suburb, and the one that takes it gets your contact details. Without them we can't pass the job on. You can ask to see or correct what we hold under the Privacy Act 2020. Our privacy policy explains how.

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A local cleaning business will call you from a mobile number you might not know, so please pick up.

  • Note the bedrooms, the bathrooms and any extras you're after.
  • Moving out? Find your property inspection report and the day the keys go back.
  • Think about how they'll get in: keys, parking, stairs, any pets at home.

We find the cleaner. The cleaning business quotes, cleans and invoices you directly.

  • Weekly and fortnightly cleans
  • End of tenancy cleans
  • Deep and after-builders cleans
  • Bach and holiday home cleans
See how it works

Cleaning services for New Zealand homes

A fortnightly clean and an end of tenancy clean are different jobs, and often different businesses. Pick the closest, then add any extras as you go.

Find a cleaner
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House cleaning

Weekly or fortnightly, so the place never gets away on you.

Weekly or fortnightly
Empty, freshly cleaned open-plan living area with grey floor tiles, a ceiling fan and a sliding door to the backyard.

End of tenancy cleaning

For a flat or rental you are leaving, ready for the final inspection.

Also called a move out clean
A gloved hand scrubbing the grout between white bathroom tiles with a brush.

Deep cleaning

One thorough go at the corners, cupboards and grout that get left.

Deep and spring cleans
Taped moving boxes and a sheet-covered armchair in a bright room with big windows.

Move-in cleaning

For an empty house before you unpack, or before a sale.

Move-in and pre-sale cleans
A paint-flecked stepladder, drop sheets and a roller tray in a freshly painted white room.

After-builders cleaning

For the fine dust left behind once the renovation is finished.

After a renovation or build
A freshly made bed with folded white towels and a breakfast tray in a bright, simple bedroom.

Holiday home cleaning

For the bach, crib or holiday home, between one stay and the next.

Baches, cribs and Airbnbs
A hand holding up a set of house keys on a house-shaped key ring in a bright hallway.

Moving out of a rental

End of tenancy and move out cleaning

The standard is reasonably clean and tidy. That is what Tenancy Services asks of a tenant leaving a rental, with your belongings and rubbish gone. Doing it yourself or getting someone in is your call: Tenancy Services lists a requirement to use a cleaning company as a condition that could breach the law.

End of tenancy cleaning checklist

Every room, the rubbish, the keys and the last inspection, in the order that works.

Moving out cleaning

Tenant or seller: what you leave behind, who checks it, and when to book the clean.

Bond refund rules

Reasonably clean and tidy, carpets, pets, Bond Hub and the Tenancy Tribunal, in one place.

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How to find a local cleaner

We find the cleaner. The cleaning business does the clean.

  1. Step 1

    Tell us the clean

    The kind of clean, the bedrooms, any extras and your postcode. Then a first name and a mobile.

  2. Step 2

    A local cleaning business takes it

    Businesses near you see the clean, the size of the place and the suburb.

  3. Step 3

    They ring you

    You go through the job, get a quote and settle on a day. The business invoices you directly.

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House cleaners across New Zealand

Send us a clean from anywhere in New Zealand, from a Whangārei flat to a crib near Invercargill. It works by postcode, so cleaning businesses near you see the job.

Auckland city, the Sky Tower and the Harbour Bridge seen from the green grass slopes of Maungawhau Mount Eden on a sunny day.Auckland region

House cleaning Auckland

Regular, deep and end of tenancy cleans across Auckland, from villas to apartments.

Auckland cleans
Rows of classic Wellington weatherboard villas and bungalows with coloured iron roofs stepping up a sunny hillside.Wellington region

House cleaning Wellington

Regular, end of tenancy and deep cleans across Wellington, from flats to hillside houses.

Wellington cleans
The stone Bridge of Remembrance arch over the Avon River in central Christchurch under a blue sky.Canterbury

House cleaning Christchurch

Regular, end of tenancy, deep and after-builders cleans across Christchurch.

Christchurch cleans
The arched Fairfield Bridge over the calm Waikato River in Hamilton, with autumn trees and riverside homes reflected in the water.Waikato

House cleaning Hamilton

Hamilton cleans
Looking down from Mauao over the long white beach and the homes of Mount Maunganui, Tauranga, on a clear blue day.Bay of Plenty

House cleaning Tauranga

Tauranga cleans
Dunedin Railway Station with its red tiled roof, dark stone and white trim, and the clock tower, behind clipped gardens.Otago

House cleaning Dunedin

Dunedin cleans
The tall white clock tower in The Square, Palmerston North, against a clear blue sky, framed by leaves.Manawatū

House cleaning Palmerston North

Palmerston North cleans
Queenstown town centre and homes beside the bright blue water of Lake Wakatipu, with the Remarkables and autumn hills behind.Otago

House cleaning Queenstown

Queenstown cleans

What people search for

Moving out is the big one. End of tenancy cleaning has its own page in six cities, with what's different in each.

All locations

Also: Rotorua New Plymouth Whangārei Nelson Hastings Invercargill Ashburton

By region: Northland Auckland Waikato Bay of Plenty Hawke's Bay Taranaki Manawatū-Whanganui Wellington Nelson Tasman Canterbury Otago Southland

Cleaning guides for New Zealand homes

Checklists for moving out and the weekly clean, how-tos for the jobs people put off, and how to choose a cleaner well.

All guides
A gloved hand wiping the inside of an oven with a soapy cloth.

How to clean an oven

The baking soda method, oven cleaner safety and self-cleaning ovens, step by step.
A yellow-gloved hand washing a glass shower screen with a soapy sponge.

How to clean shower glass

Soap scum, water marks and mouldy seals, plus the habit that keeps the glass clear.
A handwritten to-do list on a clipboard with a pen, with tasks like decluttering and organising.

End of tenancy cleaning checklist

Room by room before the final inspection, with the rubbish and the keys on the list too.

What people ask first

Straight answers before you book anything.

Is Cleaner Scout a cleaning company?

No. We pass your clean to a local cleaning business. They quote, do the work and invoice you, and the price and the day are between you and them.

Who will ring me, and from what number?

The cleaning business that takes your job, usually from their own mobile. You might not know the number, so please pick up.

What does an end of tenancy clean cover?

It varies, so ask for it in writing. The kitchen and oven, bathrooms, floors, inside windows, walls and carpets are the usual questions, and your property inspection report shows how the place looked at the start.

Is a move out clean the same thing?

Yes. Some people say move out clean and others say end of tenancy clean. Both mean the clean before you hand back the keys.

Do I have to get a cleaner in when I move out of a rental?

No. Tenancy Services asks for the place to be reasonably clean and tidy, with your belongings and rubbish gone, and how you get there is up to you. A cleaner is for when you'd rather spend that time on boxes and keys. The bond and tenancy rules page has the detail.

Do you cover baches and cribs?

Yes. Pick Holiday home clean, whichever word you use for the place, and give us the postcode.

How do I check a cleaning business?

Ask for their NZBN and look it up on the NZBN Register, ask to see their public liability certificate, and get the clean and any re-clean terms in writing.

When the cleaning business rings

  • Know how many bedrooms and bathrooms there are, and any extras you want done.
  • Moving out? Have your property inspection report and the day the keys go back.
  • Think about getting in: keys, parking, stairs, and any pets home on the day.

Cleaner Scout passes your clean to a local cleaning business. They quote, clean and invoice you themselves. We don't clean, and we don't employ cleaners.

Find a cleaner

Tell us the clean.

Choose the clean and add your postcode. The next step asks who the business should ring.