What a turnover covers between guests
Every host runs the turnover a particular way, and the first thing we do on a new place is learn it. The three steps below are the working frame; the host's own list is what we follow on the day, so a turnover can read quite different between two units a block apart.
1. The host's list, agreed on the call
Before any visit, we read through the host's cleaning list and agree on it. What is counted as a reset, what gets watched between visits, how linens come and go, where the supplies live, and what the host wants told after the guest leaves. If anything on the list is a job for another trade (a laundry service, maintenance, a locksmith), we flag it on the call and leave it where it belongs.
2. The reset: beds, kitchen, bathrooms, floors
Every bed stripped, including the pillowcases and the mattress protector where one is on. Fresh sheets from the host's linen set go on, duvet covers on if the host uses them, pillow count matched to the house photos, throw blankets folded and pillows plumped. Laundry is not part of the service.
In the kitchen, dishes are washed and dried, or run through a cycle on the dishwasher if the host prefers, then put back where the inventory photos show. Counters wiped clear, the sink and the faucet gone over, the stovetop cleaned, the microwave wiped inside and out, and the fronts of the fridge, the microwave and the dishwasher wiped. The coffee maker rinsed and set, the kettle emptied, and anything the guest left in the fridge removed by the host's rule.
In the bathroom, toilet cleaned inside and out, shower glass and tile wiped with the hard water spots off the glass and the chrome, the vanity, the mirror and the sink cleared and gone over. Fresh towels set out to the host's count and placement. Toiletries from the host's supply topped up where the host restocks them.
Floors last. Vacuumed in each room, the entry mats shaken out or vacuumed in place, hard floors mopped. Baseboards and corners get a glance; any mark that will show in a guest photo gets wiped.
3. A last look, and the hand-off report
A walk through the rooms with a short list in hand: anything a guest left behind, anything broken, anything missing from the inventory. Nothing is thrown out that is not already in the host's rule for lost items. Whatever we found goes in the hand-off report.
| Every turnover | Every few turnovers | Tell us on the call |
|---|---|---|
| Beds stripped, remade with host's linens | Pillows checked, protectors checked | How often the deeper pass runs |
| Kitchen reset, dishes and counters | Inside the fridge, the oven glass, the range hood | Dishwasher or hand wash preference |
| Bathrooms reset, glass and chrome wiped | Grout lines, the base of the toilet, inside the vanity | Where towels and toiletries come from |
| Floors vacuumed and mopped | Baseboards, blinds and window tracks | Mats and whether to shake them outdoors |
| Look for left items and damage | High dusting from the floor | How you want damage and left items reported |
Every turnover, and every few turnovers
The reset between guests, with a deeper pass for the spots that only need it now and then.
Every turnover
- Beds stripped and remade with the host's linens
- Kitchen reset and appliance fronts wiped
- Bathroom reset, glass and chrome wiped
- Floors last, and a look for anything left behind
Every few turnovers
- Inside the fridge and the oven glass
- Baseboards, blinds and window tracks
- Soap film off the shower tile and grout
- High dusting from the floor
When a turnover fits, and when a deeper pass is the call
When this is the right page
You rent a place to short-term guests through a platform or on your own, and you need a reset between stays that follows a host checklist. We follow your list, with the host's supplies and linens, and we tell you what we found.
When another service fits
Between seasons or after a long run of guests, a deeper clean catches the spots that a turnover does not reach: inside the fridge and the oven glass, the baseboards, high dusting from the floor, soap film off tile and grout. For a one-off between stays, a single visit with no schedule is the frame. For a long-term unit with the same tenant in it, a regular maid service is the recurring page.
Supplies, linens and the host checklist
The host supplies the cleaning list, the cleaning products, the linen set and the toiletries. Restocking is from that supply where the host tells us the supply sits. As of May 1, 2023, the City of San Diego requires a short-term residential occupancy license for any home or part of a home rented for less than a month.
From the call to the handover
- You call with the address, the host checklist, the linen set, the inventory, and the way you want left items and damage reported.
- We go over the list, the pet rule where there is one, and how we get in and lock up.
- You get a price for the turnover and decide.
- The clean runs between guests on the schedule you set, and we tell you what we found on the way out.