Get Your Listing Spotless, Show-Ready and Set to “WOW” Buyers
According to the Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA), 88% of real estate agents consider cleanliness a key factor in helping a home sell quickly.
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Custom Maids can provide the detailed, top-to-bottom cleaning needed to make your property look its absolute best for photography, showings and open houses.
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If you’re a professional home stager, we can take care of the cleaning for you. If you’re a real estate agent or a seller handling the cleaning yourself, we can help you too.
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Established in 1978, Custom Maids is the GTA’s first and original home cleaning service. We have spent nearly five decades perfecting our cleaning standards, and we bring that experience to every real estate cleaning service we provide.
Home Staging Cleaning Services
Once a home has been organized and decluttered, it’s time to give it a top-to-bottom Deep Cleaning sure to impress even the most discerning potential buyer.
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We’ll tackle the details buyers notice. Older kitchen appliances will be cleaned until they shine. Tired bathroom fixtures will be scrubbed and polished. Floors, baseboards, doors, cupboards and other high-visibility areas will all receive the extra attention needed to make the entire property feel fresh, clean and well maintained.
🗹 Entire Space
ENSURE THAT SPACE IS SET UP
FOR SHOWINGS AND OPEN HOUSES
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Clutter stowed away out-of-sight
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All Furniture set squarely in appropriate places
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Lamps and Ornaments placed to display nicely.
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Pillows and Throw Cushions attractively positioned
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All Garbage removed from premises
Windows
Upon request, inside windows can be added to this Home Staging Cleaning Checklist
🗹 Living Areas and Bedrooms
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Tidy Up
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Make or Change Beds
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Clean Pictures and Mirrors on Walls
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Dust /Polish Furniture
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Vacuum Upholstered Furniture
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Vacuum Carpets and Floors
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Damp Mop Exposed Floors
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Wipe Down Door Frames and Door Knobs
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Wipe Light Switches
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Wash Baseboards and Window Sills
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Remove Spots from Walls
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Remove Spots from Windows
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Remove all Garbage
🗹 Bathroom(s)
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Clean Sink(s), Vanity and Mirrors
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Clean Outside Cabinet Doors and Drawers
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Clean Toilet
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Clean Bathtub and Tiles
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Clean Shower Stall and Shower Doors
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Wipe Down Door Frames, Door Knobs
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Wipe Light Switches
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Wash Baseboards and Window Sills
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Remove Spots from Walls
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Remove Spots from Windows
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Wash Floor
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Empty Garbage
🗹 Kitchen
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Wash and Put Away Dishes
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Clean Inside/Outside Stove and Hood
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Clean Inside/Outside Fridge
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Clean Inside/Outside Dishwasher
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Clean Inside/Outside Microwave
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Clean Outside Cupboard and Drawers
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Clean Countertops, Backsplash and Sink(s)
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Wipe Down Door Frames, Door Knobs
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Wipe Light Switches
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Wash Baseboards and Window Sills
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Remove Spots from Walls
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Remove Spots from Windows
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Wash Floor
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Empty Garbage
Unless otherwise specified, Custom Maids will complete the following
Home Staging Cleaning Checklist
This Home Staging Cleaning Checklist is a Guideline.
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Every home is different, and our Cleaning Services can be customised around the particular needs of the listing.
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Home Organizing and Decluttering Services
Before a home can be thoroughly cleaned, it usually needs to be decluttered and organized.
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Too much clutter can make rooms feel smaller and distract buyers from the home itself. Custom Maids can assist with sorting, decluttering and organizing before the cleaning process begins.
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The homeowner can work alongside our cleaner or have us take care of the job independently.
Learn more about our Decluttering & Home Organization Services
Preparing a Home to Show
Recurring Home Cleaning Services
(on a regular, ongoing basis)
If you want the home to remain consistently show-ready, cleaning can be scheduled twice weekly, weekly, bi-weekly or monthly.
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Regular cleaning helps keep kitchens sparkling, bathrooms fresh, floors clean and the entire home ready when prospective buyers arrive.
Occasional Home Cleaning Services
(on an “as-needed” basis)
Schedule a one-time cleaning any time you have an important showing, open house or photography appointment. We can come the day before, or whenever scheduling allows, to give the property the touch-ups it needs to look fresh, clean and inviting.
Learn more about our occasional and recurring House Cleaning Services and Condo & Apartment Cleaning Services
Keeping a Home Show-Ready While Listed
Once showings start, the home needs to remain clean, tidy and presentable throughout the listing period.
We can help with that. Custom Maids offers . . .
Unpacking Services
(at the new home)
As an add-on to Move-In Cleaning, Custom Maids provides Unpacking and Organizing Assistance to help new homeowners get settled sooner.
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We can send an experienced housekeeper to help unpack boxes, put belongings away and organize each room, so the new home feels comfortable, functional and organized from the very beginning.
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Whether you’re arranging the service for yourself or on behalf of a client, it’s a practical, hands-on way to help turn a home full of boxes into a comfortable, well-organized space.
Learn more about our Unpacking Services
Move-In Cleaning Services
(at the new home)
Custom Maids’ Move-In Cleaning Service makes the transition to a new home easier and less stressful.
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We make sure cupboards are cleaned out and ready for dishes, the refrigerator is cleaned out and ready for groceries, the oven is ready for that first meal, and the bathrooms are fresh and spotless.
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We leave little for a new homeowner to do but move in and start enjoying their new space.
Learn more about our Move-In Cleaning Services
Move-Out Cleaning Services
(at the former home)
Regardless of how well a home has been maintained, it usually needs one final cleaning once the furniture is removed and the movers have left.
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Custom Maids’ Move-Out Cleaning Services help ensure the home is left clean, fresh, and ready for the new owners to take possession.
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For real estate professionals, arranging a final cleaning can also be a thoughtful finishing touch for both seller and buyer.
Learn more about our Move-Out Cleaning Services
After a Home Has Sold
To help your clients ease the transition from their former home to their new home, we offer three services which they may find helpful . . .
Custom Maids Gift Cards
A Thoughtful Closing Gift for Your Clients
Looking for a memorable way to thank a buyer or seller for trusting you with such an important milestone?
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A CUSTOM MAIDS Gift Card makes a thoughtful closing gift and a wonderful way to help your clients begin the next chapter of their lives with one less thing to worry about.
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Whether they use it for cleaning their new home, getting settled after the move, or simply enjoying a well-earned break from housework, it’s a practical gift they can genuinely appreciate.
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Choose the amount you’d like to give, add a personal message, and have the Gift Card emailed directly to your client or sent to you to present personally.
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It’s a simple way to say “Thank You” while helping your clients get life in their new home off to a clean, comfortable start.
Learn more about Custom Maids Gift Cards
A Special Message for Real Estate Agents and Home Stagers
Where We Clean
Our Home Staging Cleaning Services in the GTA
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Toronto: Central Toronto, North York, Scarborough and Etobicoke
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Vaughan: Woodbridge, Maple, Kleinburg, Thornhill and Concord
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Richmond Hill: Oak Ridges & Lake Wilcox, Jefferson, Elgin Mills, Bayview Hill, Mill Pond, Richvale and Langstaff
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Markham: Unionville, Thornhill, Markham Village, Cornell, Milliken, Angus Glen, Berczy Village, Wismer, Buttonville and Box Grove
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Wherever you live within our service area, you’ll receive the same Custom Maids care, the same high cleaning standards and the same rates.
Frequently Asked Questions About
Home Staging Cleaning Services
Home staging cleaning is a detailed pre-listing clean designed to help a property look its best for photography, showings and open houses. The focus is on making the home appear bright, tidy, well maintained and ready for prospective buyers.
Ideally, schedule the main cleaning after decluttering and before listing photographs are taken. This gives the photographer and home stager a clean, uncluttered property to work with.
Yes. Custom Maids also offers decluttering and organizing help. A housekeeper can assist in sorting and organizing the home before the detailed cleaning begins.
Yes. You can book a pre-listing clean, a touch-up before an open house or additional cleaning while the property is on the market.
Yes. Once the home is sold and emptied, you can arrange move-out cleaning before the new owner takes possession.
Yes. Move-in cleaning can be arranged at the new property before belongings are unpacked, and unpacking help is also available if needed.
Yes. Agents and home stagers can arrange cleaning on behalf of a homeowner. We can coordinate access, timing and priorities around photography, showings and closing dates.
Yes. Every property presents differently. We can focus the booked time on the rooms, surfaces and details that will have the greatest impact on how the home shows.
Ready for the Best
Home Staging Cleaning Services?
Whether you’re a home stager, real estate agent or homeowner,
Custom Maids brings nearly five decades of cleaning experience
to help you make a powerful first impression on prospective buyers.
Call us to talk it through, or send us a message.
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We’re always in the office and ready to assist you
Monday through Friday, 8am to 5pm.
Whether you’re a home stager, real estate agent or homeowner, Custom Maids brings nearly five decades of cleaning experience to help you make a powerful first impression on prospective buyers.
Born in the GTA. Canadian-Owned. Trusted Since 1978.