Cleaning when you move into and out of a rental in Varna

Varna is a city of long lets: students, families, people who work here all year round. So the most common argument between tenant and owner is not about the rent but about the state of the place when the tenant leaves — and it almost always comes down to cleanliness and to the deposit. This article is about both sides of that moment.

When you move in

Taking the place on properly takes half an hour and saves months of argument.

• Photograph everything on the day you get the keys, before you bring your belongings in: every room, the bathroom, the inside of the kitchen units, the window frames, the appliances, the floors. Dated photos are the only evidence that works.
• Put your comments in writing — a stain on the sofa, a broken cupboard door, a cracked tile. Send them to the owner straight away, not when you leave.
• Check the appliances: water heater, air conditioning, washing machine, hob. If something does not work, it gets noted now.
• If the place is handed over dirty, say so immediately and agree who pays for the cleaning. Leaving it "for later" means paying for it yourself when you move out.

When you move out

The standard is a simple one: the place goes back in the condition it was received in, minus normal wear and tear. Faded paint and a worn floor are normal wear and tear. A greasy kitchen, limescale in the bathroom and stains on the mattress are not.

What the owner actually looks at:

• The kitchen — oven, hob, extractor, inside of the fridge.
• The bathroom — limescale on the taps and the glass, the grout, the toilet.
• The window frames and the windows — particularly in flats near the sea, where the glass gets coated in salt.
• The floors and the skirting — under the furniture, not just in the middle of the room.
• The balcony — the most frequently forgotten room in the place.
• Smells — cigarettes and pets are noticed immediately and are the most common reason for a deduction from the deposit.

Who pays

The contract is the first place to look — plenty of contracts say who cleans at the end of the tenancy. If it does not say, the practice is this: the tenant returns the place clean, and the owner covers the deep clean before the next tenant if they have decided to have one.

Many tenants choose to order the deep clean themselves — it usually works out cheaper than the sum that would otherwise come out of the deposit, and it ends the argument before it has started.

What to put in the request

For an end-of-tenancy clean it matters that you specify a "deep clean, for handing a property back" rather than a maintenance clean. Add:

• The floor area and the number of rooms and bathrooms.
• Whether the oven, the fridge and the windows are included.
• Whether there has been a pet or any smoking in the place.
• When the keys are handed over — the deadline is part of the job.

If the flat is let furnished, mention that too: upholstery cleaning is usually expected as well.

For owners

If you let long-term, the cheapest approach is a fixed routine: photos when you hand over, photos when you get it back, and one deep clean between tenants. That way the flat does not wear out invisibly, and the next tenant sees a place that is looked after and stays longer.

Varna also has a seasonal wave — the end of August and September, when the students move. If your flat is near the universities, in Chayka or in the centre, book the cleaning in advance: those are the weeks when providers are busiest.

If work is due after the tenant leaves

Then the order is reversed: the work first, the cleaning afterwards. Post-renovation cleaning is a separate service and heavier than the ordinary kind — building dust gets in everywhere.

How to book

Describe the property, the type of clean and the deadline — offers usually arrive within 5–15 minutes:

• Apartment cleaning in Varna
• Post-renovation cleaning in Varna
• All services in Varna

What it costs and what the price depends on is covered in the cost of cleaning a flat.