Move-In Cleaning in Houston, TX
Texas Nova Cleaning provides move-in cleaning across Houston — a fresh, thorough reset of your new home before the boxes and furniture arrive.
A move-in cleaning gives you a genuinely fresh start. Whether the previous owner’s clean was rushed, the builder’s clean was cosmetic, or the home simply sat empty collecting dust, this visit resets kitchens, bathrooms and living spaces before your family’s things arrive.
Empty is the magic word: an empty home cleans faster, cheaper and far more thoroughly than a furnished one. If you can schedule us between closing (or lease start) and the moving truck, you get the best result this service can deliver.
Who This Service Is For
- Buyers who just closed on a Houston home
- Renters starting a new lease
- New-construction owners after the builder’s cosmetic clean
- Anyone whose new home was left less clean than promised
What’s Included
- Kitchen counters and appliance exteriors
- Inside of the microwave
- Sinks scrubbed and sanitized
- Bathrooms: showers, tubs, toilets and mirrors
- Dusting of accessible surfaces, ledges and sills
- Vacuuming and mopping of all floors
- Trash removed
What’s Not Included
- Inside the oven and refrigerator unless added
- Inside cabinets and drawers unless arranged (easy to add while the home is empty)
- Post-construction debris removal beyond normal cleaning
Popular Add-Ons
- Inside oven
- Inside refrigerator
- Inside cabinets and drawers while empty
- Garage sweep-out
How It Works
Tell us the home size, whether it is empty, and your closing or lease date. We schedule between key handover and move-in day whenever possible, arrive with all supplies, and reset the home top to bottom so your first night is in a genuinely clean house.
Move-In Cleaning Prices in Houston
Move-in cleaning in Houston starts at $199 — the empty house before the furniture lands, inside every cabinet, drawer and closet. One complete price, tax and fee inside, no card and no deposit to book.
| Home size | Move-in cleaning |
|---|---|
| 1 bed / 1 bath, under 1,000 sq ft | starts at $199 |
| 2 bed / 2 bath, 1,000–1,499 sq ft | starts at $199 |
| 3 bed / 2 bath, 1,500–1,999 sq ft | starts at $229 |
| 3 bed / 2 bath, 2,000–2,499 sq ft | starts at $259 |
| 4 bed / 3 bath, 2,500–2,999 sq ft | starts at $289 |
| 5 bed / 3 bath, 3,000–3,499 sq ft | starts at $319 |
| 5 bed / 4 bath, 3,500–3,999 sq ft | starts at $349 |
| 4,000 sq ft and up, or 5+ bedrooms | Custom quote — we look the home up and send one complete price |
Apartments and condos start at $159, priced by bedrooms. See the full price list or read our Houston house cleaning cost guide.
Why our number looks higher, and usually isn’t. Most Houston cleaning companies quote before tax. Texas adds 8.25%, so a $179 quote is $194 at the door. Ours is the opposite — the number you see is the number you pay.
Move-In Cleaning Questions, Answered
The builder already cleaned. Do I still need this?
A builder clean is a cosmetic pass for a walkthrough. A move-in clean covers what it skips — inside the microwave, sanitized bathrooms, sills, ledges and real floor care. Construction dust also keeps settling for weeks.
When should I schedule?
Between getting keys and the moving truck. An empty home is the fastest, cheapest and most thorough version of this service.
Can you add inside cabinets and drawers?
Yes — and while the home is empty is the ideal time. Mention it in your quote request.
Do you clean before renters move in?
Yes, landlords and property managers use this service between tenants regularly.
Will I know the price first?
Always. You get one complete all-inclusive price before anything is booked.
Where We Offer Move-In Cleaning
We provide move-in cleaning across our full Houston service area, including Meridiana, Pomona, Sierra Vista, Manvel, Pearland and every neighborhood on our service areas page.
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Get Your Free Move-In Cleaning Quote
Texas Nova Cleaning is a local, family-run Houston company — insured and background-checked, with a 4.9 Google rating. No card, no deposit — you pay after the clean, once you have walked through it. Tell us about your home and we’ll send your exact all-inclusive price. No walkthrough, no obligation.