Apartment Cleaning Business – Fun & Easy Home Based Business

Apartment Cleaning is an excellent, extremely low cost, and fun business to get started.

If you’re interest in getting started in your own business but don’t have a lot of money to get started. The apartment clean up business has a low start up cost and if you’re willing to work hard that’s about all you need to be successful.

What do you need to get started? Not too too much in fact you could almost start with items you already have in your own home that you already use to keep your place nice and tidy.

Cost to get started: Minimal: 300.00 or less.
Look into your specific areas licensing, laws and regulations.

List of supplies:

Rubber gloves
Face-dust Mask
Vacuum
Shop Vac
Dust Mop
Bucket & Mop
Brooms
Sponges, scrubbers, brushes, paint scrapers, and other useful utilities.

Oven and Stove Cleaner
Windex (or home made vinegar water cleaning agent.)
Tile and Grout Cleaner.
Other misc cleaning agents that you may prefer, such as Pledge, Pine Sal
Carpet Spot removal products
Rags & paper towels, etc.

When it comes to apartment complexes people are always moving in and out. Leases expire, better deals come along, etc. Regardless of whether tenets cleaned up or not the apartment will still need to be professionally cleaned. Almost all apartments complexes hire out cleaning services.

What’s involved is a bit of hard work & elbow grease and if you already enjoy cleaning then it can be fun at the same time.  You get to turn on the radio and go to work detailing the apartment.

The Cleaning Process
The cleaning process involves, a deep clean where the stove, refrigerator, dish washer, etc. are pulled forward cleaned inside and out, the tile or linoleum is scrubbed and polished. Removable windows are removed and cleaned , all tile surfaces are scrubbed and polished. Basically a deep detailed cleaning.

Usually you will not be responsible for painting the apartment as it’s often hired out to a painting company. Cleaning the carpets is also hired out separately but, if you have the equipment and know how you can certainly add that to your services as well as painting. However, You will probably be too busy with your cleaning services to keep up with these additional services.

Payment, Fee’s & Partners
This business is either paid per unit or per hour. Usually between 20-30 dollars per hour. It better if you have a partner to work with not only to help with the chore of cleaning but it also make the job more interesting having someone to talk to during the process. My mom and sister use to work together and it most certainly made the job much more fun and enjoyable. Not to mention if you have someone to work with you can spur each other on to get the job done faster.

Getting Started
In order to get started simply get in contact with apartment managers, apartment owners, apartment rental agencies, and anyone else that has the ability to provide you work. Network with carpet cleaning businesses and painting businesses to exchange leads. Create business cards and flyers to pass out.

Once you proficient have all of your supplies and if needed, like I said you’ll probably already be too busy, but you could consider branching off into business office cleaning, maid services, as well as a number of other cleaning opportunities.