Post-renovation cleaning

Post-renovation cleaning: what it costs and what to book

Updated 30 October 2026

Post-renovation cleaning costs about A$250 to A$400 for a small apartment and A$600 to A$1,200 for a whole home in Australia, according to sellers' websites in October 2026. In NSW a single room runs from about A$300 to A$550. For a price for your own renovation, describe the job in a request on BlaBlaPrice, which is free for buyers.

By city, post-construction cleans run from A$350 to A$550 in Sydney, A$330 to A$520 in Melbourne, A$280 to A$470 in Brisbane and A$300 to A$490 in Perth. Commercial fit-outs start at A$5 per square metre for basic cleaning.

Licences and rules to check

The search results say most residential and commercial cleaning does not need a dedicated cleaning licence in NSW, and that cleaning businesses in Australia generally need no specific licence. One result says some minor maintenance and cleaning work does need a licence or certificate, so ask the cleaner whether that applies to your job.

When to book

October is spring, with summer from December to February. The search results show no seasonal price change, so the date matters more than the month. Book the clean after the last trade has finished, so that later dust does not undo the work.

How it is priced here

Homes are quoted per job, commercial fit-outs per square metre and builders' cleans per hour, at A$35 to A$50 an hour in the search results. Give the floor area in square metres and the premises type, and say whether the cleaner should remove waste.

What to write in your request

Give the floor area in m², the premises type, how dirty the site is, whether windows are included, the address or suburb, the date and your budget in A$. Add any extras, such as waste removal, so every seller quotes the same work.

BlaBlaPrice's AI reads your request, asks for missing details such as the floor area and the date, and looks through sellers' websites and price lists in Australia before it shows the prices and businesses it found. Sellers registered on BlaBlaPrice reply in the chat with their own offer, price and terms, and your contact details stay hidden until you choose to exchange them. See cleaning or home and house cleaning, or create a request.