Our work
Every room, before and after.
Every room we photograph, on every job, shown the way it happened: the same room, the same visit, before on the left and after on the right. Where a room was only shot once it is marked Job done. Nothing staged, nothing swapped, nothing shot in a different house.
23 before-and-after pairs and 27 finished rooms, from 4 jobs.
One-bedroom apartment, end of tenancy
Twenty-nine photographs, one visit. Kitchen, bathroom, floors and the refrigerator, taken as we went rather than at the end.
Before and after · 10
Move-out
The kitchen, cleared
Counters cleared, the trash out, the range degreased, cabinet fronts wiped, floor done last so nothing lands on it twice.
Move-out
Range and oven
Everything that was left on the cooktop went out. Burner caps and grates came off, the oven door glass was done on both sides.
Deep clean
Refrigerator, shelf by shelf
Shelves and drawers came out and were washed in the sink, not wiped in place. Door seals last, with a dry cloth.
Deep clean
The same refrigerator, closer
The second angle on the same unit. The stain under the crisper is the one that gets skipped, and it is the one that smells a week later.
Move-out
Shower pan and drain
Grit out of the pan first, then the drain, then the pan itself. Wetting it before clearing it turns the grit into paste.
Move-out
Shower wall and fittings
Hard-water film off the tile and the grab bar. Grout lines get treated and left to work, not scrubbed dry.
Move-out
Shower, from the door
Same stall, third angle. What comes out of a shower pan lands on the floor outside it, so that strip gets done after the stall and not before.
Move-out
Vanity and basin
Everything off the counter and the litter off the floor first, then the basin, the tap and the overflow, then the seam where the counter meets the wall.
Move-out
Counter and shelving
What was stacked on the counter went up onto the shelf. Then the stone was wiped down and dried by hand, so it does not haze as it dries on its own.
Move-out
Plank floor, hallway through
Dry residue lifted before anything wet touched it, then a damp pass with the grain and no standing water at the seams.
Finished rooms · 9
Job done
Kitchen, finished
Cabinet fronts, backsplash, the top edge of the range hood.
Job done
Refrigerator, outside
Stainless done with the grain and buffed dry. Handles get their own pass.
Job done
Living area
Baseboards and the floor edge, which is where dust settles once the room is empty.
Job done
By the window
Sun across a floor is an honest test. Anything left behind shows up in that stripe.
Job done
Bedroom
Sill, radiator cover and the floor under it.
Job done
Closet
Rail, shelf and the floor inside. Closets are where a move-out clean gets skipped.
Job done
Mirror and counter
The same vanity from the other side. Glass done last so nothing gets splashed back onto it.
Job done
Toilet and the floor behind it
Bowl, seat hinges, the base, and the strip of floor behind the pan that a mop cannot reach. That strip is done by hand.
Job done
Second toilet
Including the hinges and the underside of the seat.
Studio, floor-to-ceiling glass
A unit where the windows do the talking, so the floor and the glass line had to be right before anything else counted.
Before and after · 3
Move-out
Kitchen, floor to peninsula
What was on the floor came out first. Then appliance fronts, then the peninsula, then the floor again.
Move-out
The range in that kitchen
The cooktop in the photo above, close up before and clear after. Left-behind packaging off, grates up, spill line under the burners done.
Move-out
Bathroom, tub to baseboard
Tub, dark tile, vanity, mirror, and the floor last. Dark tile shows every drip, so it gets dried rather than left.
Finished rooms · 6
Job done
Living area, glass line
The track at the base of the glass is done by hand. A vacuum does not get the corner of it.
Job done
The same room, other end
Sills, the radiator cover and the floor underneath it.
Job done
Whole room
Counter, floor and glass in one frame, which is the frame a landlord takes.
Job done
Window wall
Sill and frame. The glass itself is the window cleaner's job and we say so rather than pretend.
Job done
Bedroom
Closet doors, the track they run on, and the floor.
Job done
Washer and dryer
Lint trap, the drum, the rubber seal, and the top of the machine where the dust sits.
Kitchen deep clean, heavy degrease
The hardest of the four. A kitchen that had been cooked in properly for years, where the oven and the cooktop were the whole job.
Before and after · 5
Deep clean
Oven, burnt-on
Carbon this thick does not wipe. It gets a dwell, then it comes off in sheets. The door glass was split and cleaned between the panes.
Deep clean
Inside that oven
Racks out and soaked separately. The floor of the cavity and the back wall are two different problems and get two different passes.
Deep clean
Gas cooktop and grates
Grates and burner caps came off and were soaked while the rest was done. Nothing abrasive near the burner ports.
Deep clean
Refrigerator, stained
Dried spill on the shelf and down the drawer front. Shelves out, washed, dried and put back — not wiped where they sat.
Deep clean
The drawers in that refrigerator
The run of staining under the crisper is the one nobody sees until the drawer is out. It is also the one that smells.
Finished rooms · 7
Job done
Range, finished
Front panel, knobs off and washed, the gap between the range and the cabinet.
Job done
The kitchen after
Same room as the oven above, once the degrease was finished.
Job done
Counter and bar sink
Stone dried by hand, tap polished, and the seal around the sink cut in.
Job done
Sink and drain
Stainless taken back with the grain, then the drain and the ring around it.
Job done
Freezer compartment
Defrosted, emptied, washed and dried before the door went shut.
Job done
Freezer, second view
Including the shelf runners, where old ice and packaging collect.
Job done
Washer and dryer
Drum, seal, lint trap and the detergent drawer, which is usually the worst of the four.
Garden-level apartment, cherry hardwood
Construction dust across every board, and a laundry corner that had not been pulled out in years.
Before and after · 5
Deep clean
Hardwood, edge to edge
Dry residue lifted first. Wet-mopping dust into hardwood is how you get a haze that never comes out.
Deep clean
The same floor, other room
Second room, same treatment. With the grain, and the edges by hand where a mop head cannot sit flat.
Deep clean
Into the corners
Where the boards meet the skirting is where dust settles and where it shows. Done by hand, not by machine.
Deep clean
Laundry floor
The machines come out. This is the floor that was under them, and it is the reason we move them.
Deep clean
Under the dryer
Nobody checks here, which is exactly why it looks like that. Lint under a dryer is also the part that catches fire.
Finished rooms · 5
Job done
By the patio door
Threshold, the track, and the floor right at the door, which takes the most traffic in the place.
Job done
Refrigerator and freezer
Both compartments, shelves out, seals wiped and left dry.
Job done
Door shelves
The door is where the sticky rings live. Every shelf came out.
Job done
Tub and surround
Tile, grout, the shower head and the tub itself, then dried so nothing spots.
Job done
Toilet and vanity
Behind the pan and along the skirting, done on hands and knees because that is the only way it gets done.
Your room is next.
Every room we clean is photographed the same way, whether you were home or not. You get the set the same day.