Lincoln house cleaning: Selwyn's growing university town
Selwyn, not the city
Lincoln is governed by Selwyn District Council, with Environment Canterbury as the regional council, not by Christchurch City Council. It's Selwyn's kerbside service that applies when you clear a house out.
Growing fast
Lincoln had 10,611 people at the 2023 Census, up 62.7% from 6,522 in 2018. On census night, 192 dwellings were under construction, and 256 were consented in the year to March 2026. The Carter Group subdivision on 186 hectares south of town will add more.
Big houses
48.6% of Lincoln dwellings had four bedrooms and 6.9% five or more, against 24% and 7.7% nationally. Only 7.3% had two. Most cleans here are whole family houses, so give every bedroom and bathroom.
Very little damp
Just 0.2% of Lincoln homes were always damp and 4% sometimes, with mould over A4 size always in 0.3%. A heat pump was a main heater in 91.7%. Dust, glass and floors are the work here more than mould.
A university town
Lincoln University, the oldest agricultural tertiary institution in the Southern Hemisphere, had 3,123 equivalent full-time students in 2023 and runs six halls of residence.
Lincoln home cleaning, from new four-bedroom houses to flats
Moving into a new four-bedroom home? A move-in clean, or an after-builders clean if the dust from the build is still there. Living in one? A regular fortnightly clean, with the oven and inside windows added now and then.
Leaving a flat at the end of the year? The end of tenancy clean works to Tenancy Services' reasonably clean and tidy standard. In its wording, flatmates aren't part of the tenancy agreement, so it's the tenants named on it who hand the place back. Only 17.6% of Lincoln households didn't own their home in 2023, half the Christchurch City rate of 35.2%.
Flat or family home: what we'd ask of Lincoln house cleaners
For a student flat, agree before exams start who books the clean and who's there on the day, and leave the property inspection report on the bench. For a family home, ask for the kitchen and bathrooms every visit and let the bedrooms take turns.
