Wondering about how to make your Airbnb rental apartment “guest-ready” and perfect to meet your renters’ cleaning requirements? Don’t worry, it’s now simple and easier than ever.
A more positive review from guests about your Airbnb rental property means more opportunity to receiving more quest, more extra income and a higher ranking on the Airbnb platform. However, nothing less than a perfectly cleaned, properly stuffed and a well-organized apartment is a most assured way to achieve this. No matter the category that your area or rental facility falls to on Airbnb housing platform, your guest will usually desire and expect a welcoming and hygienic environment. They will want you to provide where they can enjoy their privacy, have access to all in-house facilities and free Wi-Fi to stay connected online. This then requires you to make sure the apartment is well-cleaned and reorganized after every guest’s departure in expectation for a new booking.
Keeping an Airbnb rental facility clean is different and requires more special cleaning skills than keeping your personal house clean. You don’t require anyone to score you and give you ratings or write reviews about your home which makes you more relaxed with cleaning.
Here are some important Airbnb cleaning tips you should consciously put into consideration to in cleaning your Airbnb rental property.
1. Keep the outside of your rental apartment clean
Your prospective guests will first get excited about what the outside of your vacation rental apartment looks like before they will start the negotiation and inquiry processes. Therefore, keeping the outside of your rental apartment clean is just the first thing you should do. Make sure that the entry is clean and beautiful, the flowers are neatly trimmed if you have a row of it at the front of your rental apartment. You should also keep a waste bin behind the flower pot just along the entryway as your guest might want to dispose of the empty paper foods and bottles they’ve used up from their trip. If you have a flower garden or a swimming pool at the back of the apartment make sure it’s well cleaned up. Most guests will love apartments with natural facilities where they can enjoy a cool evening. Keeping the outside of your rental apartment clean and appealing to the guest will score you your first automatic three-star rating.
2. Keep the rental apartment well ventilated.
You can be sure that your last guest might have used some perfumes and air fresheners that might make the house smell differently from natural. Sometimes, the waste bin, dirty toilet and piled up used plates could also stink and make the air smell unpleasant. Therefore, after the departure of a guest, open every window in the house and if it’s saved to open the doors too you can, but make sure you are within eyes reach or got some security around. You can also keep an open bowl of vinegar to absorb the odor if the air is really unpleasant inside. However, opening the windows will allow a fresh breeze to blow in, then when you are sure all the odor is gone, keep the windows slightly open and spray a mild air freshener for fresh breath.
3. Do your Airbnb Cleaning task with the high expectation of your renters in view
Whether you are doing your Airbnb rental apartment cleaning task yourself or not, you must do it with the mind that your guests want nothing but the best. Make sure that you work according to your guests’ requirements and especially with the Airbnb housing requirement. Your guest will expect nothing about the best so you must make the best apartment available for them.
4. Practice seasonal deep cleaning
Make sure your Airbnb apartment is well cleaned up after every season as you transit into the next season. This can be done when transiting from winter to spring, from spring to summer and from summer to fall. Make sure that there are deep cleaning tasks to remove all dirt, stains, foodstuffs and home appliances from the last season and replace them with the one your guests will need for the new season. Doing this will make your general routine and in-between guest cleaning task easy.
5. Have a routine cleaning after the departure of every guest
To make your Airbnb rental facility ready for your next guest, you must clean it up immediately after the departure of every guest. Here are some of the cleaning tips you should consider for a perfect and guest ready Airbnb cleaning task.
1. Keep the bedroom, bathroom and the kitchen clean
The bedroom, bathroom and the kitchen are the areas of the house that will be messed the most because your guests will use them more frequently. Firstly, Make sure that the bedroom is perfectly cleaned and vacuumed after a guest departure, change the beddings and do the laundry. Also, make sure that the wardrobe is properly arranged, the dresser tops and countertops should be well cleaned and organized. Then you should move to the bathroom, make sure the water closet is clean and check for any damages. Also, Fill up bottles of liquid soaps, conditioners, air fresheners and replace the paper towels, soaps, and toilet tissues. Wash up the bathroom wall and floor to remove all stains and also make sure the water heater is working properly and the shower head is in good condition. Then lastly, move into the kitchen, to clean up the used plates, reorganized the refrigerator and fill up empty spaces with the necessary food items or groceries. You should also clean up all kitchen appliances until they have a sparkling appearance that will entice your guests. Dust and clean up the countertops and worktops.
2. Empty all the waste bins in the house
Make sure your guest does not have to look around the whole apartment before locating a waste bin. You can have a waste bin in the bedroom, kitchen, the sitting room (if your apartment has one), and also at every corner of the house outside. I will personally advise that you also put a small waste bin in the bathroom just under the hand-washing basin. It will unconsciously make your guest drop all used tissues, soap covers inside instead of getting your bathroom cluttered. Then after the departure of a guest, empty out every waste bin but if you are employing someone to do the cleaning task for you, let them know every spot where you have a waste bin so that they can empty it. If your guest finds a filled up waste bin in your apartment, you sure to have some low rating and possible a negative review.
3. Vacuum the entire house to remove dirt, dust, and hair
When you use a vacuum cleaner to clean up every rooms and part of the house you will be sure that there are no dirt or dust remain. Using a sweeper or mop can also be good but be sure that you will be leaving some dirt behind and stains and hair might go unnoticed. Don’t get your guest disgusted at the sight of another guest’ hair strand or the touch of dust on the furniture.
4. Check every equipment, facilities and every part of the apartment for damages.
Not all your guests will be careful enough to make sure that they keep the apartment and prevent damages. After the departure of a guest, let a technical service company help you check for any form of damages that might have occurred. You can also do this yourself since you are sure of how your apartment should be. Check let the technical company check the electrical appliances, smoke and fire alarms, the pipes if anyone is leaking, the sinks etc. once they report any damage or use notice any, make plans for immediate repair or replacement. Don’t let your guest suffer the consequences of a damaged appliance, it can affect your rating on the Airbnb housing platform.
5. Don’t go for a quick-quick cleaning service, let a professional cleaning team help you to handle it.
Do you think you have the luxury of time, skill and strength to clean up your Airbnb hosting apartment? If yes, that’s fine cleaning it yourself is good but I assure you that you cannot achieve anything close to perfect. Well, some other people feel they can’t do the cleaning themselves and yet they don’t want to spend so much money professional cleaning companies. The next available option this kind of people opt-in for is a quick-quick cleaning service. They will prefer someone who will clean the rental apartment quickly, less perfectly and with less dollar.
However, if you really want to improve your Airbnb cleaning, then you should let a professional cleaning company help you out. Am sure you will be asking yourself right now,
Why do I need a professional Airbnb cleaning company since they might charge me more?
You need a professional Airbnb cleaning company because:
- You’ll have a professional cleaning service that will meet your guest Airbnb hosting platform requirements.
- You’re sure of a perfect output
- You have the same team cleaning your rental property, you wouldn’t have to train a new set of a team over again.
- You would have to worry about any mistakes or damage since the company is insured
- You can have an entire apartment perfectly cleansed within a few hours.
- You’ll enjoy the quick response.
- Excellent customer services and benefits.
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