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Auckland

House cleaning in Auckland

Humid summers, old timber villas, new apartments and plenty of flats.

Give us the clean you're after and your Auckland postcode, and a cleaning business near you rings to talk it through and quote.

Need a cleaner in Auckland?

What kind of clean?

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

  • One quick form, a few taps
  • A local cleaning business rings you
  • The price and the day are yours to agree

  • We find the cleaner

    We pass your clean to a local cleaning business. We don't clean ourselves.

  • They quote and clean

    The business goes through the job with you, quotes it and does the work.

  • The price is yours to agree

    You settle the price with the business, and the call is yours.

What happens next

A local cleaning business rings you.

Find a cleaner

  1. Tell us the clean

    What kind, how many bedrooms and your postcode.

  2. A local cleaning business takes it

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

  3. They ring you

    Go through it with them, get a quote and settle on a day. The call is yours.

What's different about house cleaning in Auckland

Humidity that hangs about

Auckland's average relative humidity at 9am is 81.8%, and NIWA calls the summers warm and humid. Moisture settles in wardrobes, behind the couch and on bathroom ceilings, so a regular clean here is often keeping condensation down as much as dust.

Damp and mould across the region

Stats NZ's 2023 Census put 20.1% of Auckland region homes in the damp at least some of the time, and found mould larger than an A4 sheet in 17.4% sometimes or always. If yours is one of them, say so in the note.

Four in ten households don't own

In the Auckland region, 40.5% of households don't own their home or hold it in a family trust, by the 2023 Census. Flats change hands all year round, and so the end of tenancy cleans keep coming.

Old timber next to new towers

The isthmus still has a lot of older timber villas, while places like Newmarket keep adding apartment buildings. A villa with high ceilings and sash windows is a different job from a compact apartment reached by a lift.

One council for the lot

Auckland Council has covered the whole region since 1 November 2010, through 21 local boards. Kerbside rubbish and recycling are the council's, so check your collection day before a big clear-out.

Which Auckland cleaning service fits your home?

Busy household? A weekly or fortnightly visit keeps benches, floors, the bathroom, the loo and the bins on track, with dusting as high as a cleaner can safely reach. The visit list and the day are settled with the business itself, and extras like the oven join the list when they're due.

Never had a cleaner, or coming out of a wet winter? Start with a deep clean, which gets to the skirting boards, the range hood filter and the shower grout that a weekly visit skips.

Handing back a rental? The end of tenancy clean works to the standard Tenancy Services sets for the final inspection. Moving into an empty house, or getting one ready for buyers, pick the move-in or pre-sale clean, and once a renovation is finished, an after-builders clean. Have a bach up the coast? The holiday home clean resets it between stays.

Getting Auckland house cleaners to the door

Parking can make or break a clean in the busier suburbs. Put in the note whether there's a driveway, a visitor park or only a busy street, and whether the building has stairs or a lift.

In an apartment, read the body corporate rules before the day. Tenancy Services says they often cover parking, common areas and rubbish disposal, so the business will want to know where to unload and which bin room to use.

Our advice: add sills and fans to Auckland house cleaning

Ask for the window sills and the extractor fan covers to be on the list every visit, rather than waiting for mould to show, and keep the fans running while the clean happens. Tenancy Services' own advice on damp is to air the home, use the extractor fans and wipe condensation, and in Auckland's humid air that routine earns its place.

By the kind of clean

Cleaning services in Auckland

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 in AucklandMoving out of an Auckland rental: the standard, body corporate rules, mould and the bond.End of tenancy clean
A gloved hand scrubbing the grout between white bathroom tiles with a brush.
Deep cleaning in AucklandA one-off deep or spring clean for an Auckland home, with the damp and mould in mind.Deep or spring clean
A hand holding up a set of house keys on a house-shaped key ring in a bright hallway.
Bond refund NZ: end of tenancy cleaning rulesReasonably clean and tidy, carpets, pets, Bond Hub and the Tenancy Tribunal, in one place.Bond and tenancy rules
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Your suburb

House cleaners in suburbs around Auckland

Questions

Questions about house cleaning in Auckland

Can I keep the same cleaner every week?

That's up to you and the business. Once they've rung and quoted, how often they come and which day is agreed between you directly.

Do you cover the whole of Auckland?

Yes, from the Hibiscus Coast down to Pukekohe and across to Waiheke. Enter the postcode of the home being cleaned and nearby businesses see the job.

What makes a regular clean quote bigger or smaller?

The number of bedrooms and bathrooms, how long since the last thorough clean, pets, and extras like the oven or inside windows. Stairs and tricky parking can add to it, so mention them.

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.

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Helpful next

End of tenancy cleaning in AucklandMoving out of an Auckland rental: the standard, body corporate rules, mould and the bond.End of tenancy clean
Deep cleaning in AucklandA one-off deep or spring clean for an Auckland home, with the damp and mould in mind.Deep or spring clean
House cleaning on the North ShoreCleans across Auckland's North Shore, from Takapuna apartments to homes in the bays.Auckland suburbs
House cleaning, weekly or fortnightlyWeekly or fortnightly visits: what's covered, what to agree and what to ask first.Regular clean
Cleaners in the Auckland regionThe city, the North Shore, the Hibiscus Coast, Pukekohe and the Gulf: cleans, damp and renting.Cities and suburbs

Where this comes from

Tenancy rules do change, so check with Tenancy Services before you lean on a date or a rule. How we write and check these pages.