Professional cleaner reveals the areas of your home that must be spotless on moving day

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From oven knobs to window tracks: Professional cleaner reveals the areas of your home that must be spotless on moving day if you have any chance of getting your bond back

  • Professional cleaner reveals places you should always clean before moving out
  • Property managers ‘have hawk eyes for’ these five often forgotten about spots 
  • Kacie says to always clean the ceiling fan and exhaust fan and window tracks 
  • More hidden places to clean are the shower edges, oven interior and oven knobs 

By Amelia Roach For Daily Mail Australia

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A professional cleaner has revealed the top five places you should always leave spotless before moving out of your rental home. 

Kacie Stephens from the Big Clean Co in Melbourne, Victoria, has shared the hidden spots you may forget to clean but property managers ‘have hawk eyes for’.

The first place Kacie suggests cleaning is the ceiling fan and exhaust fan, as these areas are known to collect dust or cobwebs. 

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She says window tracks are a notoriously forgotten spot to clean but property managers will check them

Kacie from the Big Clean Co in Melbourne, Victoria, has shared the hidden spots you may forget to clean but property managers ‘have hawk eyes for’

The professional cleaner also revealed that window tracks are a notoriously forgotten spot to clean but says property managers often check them first. 

‘Property managers are obsessed with window tracks,’ Kacie said in her TikTok. 

Another place that you should never forget to clean is the outside edges of the shower screen, as the metal frame can attract a build-up of grime or rust. 

Kacie’s top five places to clean before moving out of a rental: 

  1. Ceiling fan and exhaust fan 
  2. Window tracks 
  3. Outside edges of the shower screen
  4. Oven knobs
  5. Interior of the oven 

Before moving out of a rental Kacie suggests cleaning the oven knobs to remove any traces of grease or grime from cooking.   

The final place renters should always clean before moving out is the inside of their oven, Kacie says to scrub the corners thoroughly with a toothbrush.

In another recent TikTok Kacie revealed the best way to clean an oven, that is both better for your health and uses no toxic or caustic chemicals. 

Another spot that is often forgotten to clean is the shower frame as grime and rust can attract here

Kacie also reminds us to clean the grease and grime from oven knobs

Before moving out of a rental Kacie suggests cleaning the oven knobs or dials to remove any traces of grease or grime from cooking

To do, she first poured one cup of boiling water and one cup of vinegar into a tray and placed it inside a hot oven for 20 minutes.  

She then scraped the ‘mushy’ grime and grease right off with a scraping tool and let the oven cool before she scrubbed it with scourer lathered in dishwashing liquid to increase the metal shine. 

Kacie also suggests using a scourer on the oven racks and to use a blade throughout the cleaning process if necessary. 

She poured one cup of boiling water and one cup of vinegar to a tray and placed the tray inside a hot oven

She let the tray sit inside the hot oven for 20 minutes while the steaming process occurs

In another recent TikTok Kacie revealed the best way to clean an oven, that’s better for your health and uses no toxic or caustic chemicals

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