Key points
- Guests rate cleanliness as its own category in their review, so it is worth checking on its own terms.
- Start with four places: the bathroom, the bed, the kitchen surfaces and the floors.
- One visible miss, such as a hair on a pillowcase, reads worse than a plain room that is fully done.
- A written checklist keeps every turnover checked the same way, whoever does it.
Good Airbnb host cleaning tips start with looking at your property the way a guest does when they walk in. Guests rate cleanliness as its own category in their review, so it is worth checking on its own terms.
This post covers four places to get right, the one miss that undoes the rest, and a short checklist you can paste into your briefing. It makes no promises about reviews or bookings, because no cleaning checklist can.
Airbnb bathroom cleaning: what should you check?
A miss in the bathroom is easy to see. Check the room from the doorway first, then up close.
- Shower or bath: hair and residue in the tray or plughole, and soap film on the screen or tiles.
- Toilet: the seat, the hinges and the base, not only the bowl.
- Taps and mirror: limescale around the base of the taps, and smears on the glass.
- Towels: fresh, folded, and enough for the guests booked.
- Bin: emptied, with a fresh liner.
Airbnb bed making: how do you get it right?
A bed looks ready when the linen is clean, fitted and straight. Clean linen that is creased or loose looks rushed.
- Fitted sheet pulled tight, with no loose corners.
- Duvet square in its cover, with the corners filled.
- Pillowcases checked for hair and marks, one by one.
- Stained or worn linen swapped out, not remade.
- Spare blankets and pillows back where a guest will look for them.
What do kitchen surfaces and floors need?
In the kitchen, run a hand along the worktops, the hob and the sink. Wipe the taps, the kettle and the handles on doors and drawers. Empty the bin and put in a fresh liner.
A guest may open the fridge or the microwave, so look inside both yourself for food left behind. With Ivory, cleaning inside the fridge is a paid extra on request, and so are the oven and the cupboards. If you want any of them done at changeover, say so on the form.
For the floors, vacuum and mop, then look at the corners and along the skirting boards, where dust collects. Check the floor by the front door too.
Which miss reads worse than a plain room?
The single visible miss. A hair on a pillowcase, dust on a lampshade or a used cup left in a cupboard can make a guest wonder what else was missed. A plain room that is fully done reads better than a mostly clean one with one obvious miss.
The fix is a last look, not more cleaning. Stand in the doorway and look at the bed, the bathroom and the kitchen as a guest would. Then open the cupboards and drawers a guest is likely to open.
Set the property to match your listing photos, so what a guest sees on arrival is what they were shown.
How do you turn these Airbnb host cleaning tips into a checklist?
A written list keeps every turnover checked the same way. Paste this into your briefing and change it to suit your property.
- Bathroom: shower or bath clear of hair and residue; taps and mirror clear of limescale and smears; toilet cleaned at the seat, hinges and base; fresh towels folded; bin emptied and relined.
- Bed: linen changed, pulled tight and straight; pillowcases checked for hair and marks; stained or worn linen flagged to me.
- Kitchen: worktops, hob and sink wiped; taps and handles wiped; bin emptied and relined.
- Floors: vacuumed and mopped, including corners and skirting boards.
- Surfaces: handles, switches and surfaces wiped.
- Restock: loo roll, soap, hand towels, tea and coffee topped up from the stock on site; low items flagged to me.
- Last look: set to match the listing photos; walk through for damage or lost items, with a photo of anything found.
- Final check: stand at the door and look at the bed, the bathroom and the kitchen once more.
Where does Ivory fit in?
Send your checklist with your request for our Airbnb clean in Manchester, along with the bedrooms, the bathrooms and the gap between check-out and check-in. Your price comes back within 30 minutes, then you pick the day.
If something is missed, tell us and we come back. The timing side of a turnover is in how to plan an Airbnb cleaning turnaround in Manchester. The cost side is in how to work out your Airbnb cleaning fee.
Questions people ask
A single visible miss, such as a hair on a pillowcase, dust on a lampshade or a used cup in a cupboard. A plain room that is fully done reads better than a mostly clean one with one obvious miss. Finish with a walk-through from the doorway to catch it.
Yes. Guests rate cleanliness as its own category in their review, which is why it is worth checking on its own terms rather than folding it into a general tidy.
Yes, and make it specific. A written list of the exact spots, the bathroom, the bed, the kitchen surfaces and the floors, means every turnover is checked the same way. You can paste the checklist in this post into your briefing and edit it.
Yes, because a guest sees the whole room at once. Set the property to match your listing photos, with clear surfaces and straight cushions, so what a guest finds on arrival is what they were shown.
Only as a paid extra on request. Cleaning inside the fridge is a paid extra, and so are the oven and the cupboards, on every service. Tell us on the form what you want added and it goes into your price.
Written by M.A. Published .
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