Running a short-stay property in Auckland is a hospitality business with a five-star rating hanging over every stay — and cleanliness is the review category guests punish hardest. Whether you host an apartment in the CBD, a villa in Ponsonby or a family home in Remuera, Grime Busters keeps short-stay properties at the standard your listing photos promise: deep cleaning between longer bookings, and the specialist jobs — carpets, pests, heat pumps, exteriors — that turnover cleaners don’t touch.
What We Do for Airbnb & Short-Stay Hosts
| Service | Why hosts book it | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Carpet deep clean | Resets carpets between guest cycles; removes stains before they become review material | from $199 |
| Pest control | One cockroach in a guest photo is a refund plus a one-star review — preventive treatment is cheap by comparison | from $299 |
| Flea treatment | Essential after pet-friendly bookings | from $299 |
| Heat pump service | Musty air on arrival is a first-impression killer; a serviced unit heats and cools like the listing promises | from $129 |
| House wash & gutters | Street appeal is the first photo and the first impression at check-in | from $249 |
| Scheduled deep cleans | A recurring deep-clean cycle (monthly or between long bookings) quoted per property | quoted individually |
Deep Cleans vs Turnover Cleans — What We Cover
Turnover cleaning (linen, bathrooms, reset between every guest) is usually handled by a housekeeper on a per-stay basis. What that routine never covers is the slow accumulation: carpets that have absorbed fifty stays, the heat pump recirculating dust, insects establishing over summer, and an exterior going grey. That’s the layer we handle — the difference between a property that photographs well in year one and one that still photographs well in year five.
If you need a regular deep-clean schedule alongside your turnover routine, tell us the property size and cadence and we’ll quote a fixed per-visit rate. Multi-property hosts and property managers get one quote across the portfolio.
Built Around Booking Calendars
- Between-guest scheduling — we work inside your vacancy windows, including same-week bookings
- Lockbox and smart-lock access — no need to meet us on site; we send completion photos when done
- Fast drying — carpet cleans dry in 2–6 hours, bookable so the property is guest-ready the same day
- Invoices per property — clean paperwork for your accountant and for GST records
- All-inclusive fixed prices — no surprises that eat a night’s revenue
Where We Work
We service short-stay properties across all Auckland suburbs — the inner-city apartment zones around the CBD, the villa belts of Ponsonby and Remuera, beach suburbs like Takapuna and Devonport, and popular listing pockets in Grey Lynn, Epsom, Newmarket and Ellerslie. See all areas we serve.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can you clean between check-out and check-in on the same day?
For carpet cleaning, yes with planning — a morning clean is dry before a 3pm check-in for most properties. Pest treatments need the property empty until dry (2–3 hours), so a vacancy day is ideal. Tell us your calendar and we’ll fit it.
Do you offer regular turnover (per-stay) cleaning?
Our focus is the deep-clean and specialist layer rather than per-stay housekeeping — but for hosts who want a recurring deep-clean schedule, we quote fixed per-visit rates by property size and frequency.
A guest’s pet left fleas — how fast can you treat?
Usually within a couple of days. Our flea treatment covers the whole property, and pairing it with a carpet clean in the same visit is the standard fix after a pet stay goes wrong.
Can you invoice a property management company?
Yes — many of our short-stay jobs come through managers. One account, per-property invoices, photos on completion.
Managing an end-of-tenancy changeover instead of short stays? See our end of lease carpet cleaning and the full end-of-tenancy checklist.