Maria unlocks a two-bed on Jamacha Road. Nothing left but a dead fridge and a curtain rod on the carpet.
Three of us come in behind her. Buckets, a shop vac, two boxes of microfiber, a step ladder, degreaser, a razor scraper. The power is still on. The water runs cold for forty seconds, then warm.
Maria walks each room with a phone and writes the list: crayon on the second bedroom wall, burner rings, hard water on the shower glass, blinds in the living room, one cracked switch plate we photograph and leave alone.
Everything comes off the walls that is meant to come off. Nail holes get filled only where the lease says so. Curtain rod down, brackets bagged and left on the counter for the landlord.
Ceilings and corners first, because dust falls. Extension duster across every ceiling, then vents, then fan blades, then the tops of doors and closet shelves.
Blinds get taken down, laid in the tub, washed and dried, and rehung. Twenty-two minutes for the living room set.
Walls. Melamine sponge on the crayon, a damp cloth everywhere else, baseboards by hand from the floor. Two switch plates come off and go back on clean.
Oven first, because it sits. Degreaser goes on the walls of the oven and the racks go into the tub. Burner rings soak in the sink.
Cabinets, inside and out, doors open, top shelf down. Hinges wiped. The grease line on the upper doors above the range takes two passes and a plastic scraper.
Fridge is pulled out. Coils vacuumed, floor under it mopped, gasket cleaned with a toothbrush, freezer shelves out and washed. It goes back in on the same marks.
Racks back in. Range hood filter washed. Counters, backsplash, sink and faucet last, then the inside of the dishwasher door.
Twenty minutes on the curb, then two of us take a bathroom each. Acid-free descaler on the shower glass, left to sit for ten.
Squeegee and a white pad take the hard water off the glass. Grout gets a brush along the bottom two rows where it holds soap.
Toilets: tank lid, hinges, the bolts at the base, behind the seat. Vanity drawers out and vacuumed. Mirror and light bar wiped dry, no streaks left standing.
Chrome polished dry with a separate cloth. Exhaust fan cover comes down and gets rinsed.
Windows inside, tracks vacuumed then wiped with a folded cloth. Sliding door track takes a screwdriver wrapped in microfiber.
Vacuum the whole flat back to front, edges first with the crevice tool. Then flat microfiber mop, two buckets, changing pads at each room.
Bedroom carpets get a second slow pass in one direction. Closet floors, then the entry, then the outside of the front door and the threshold.
Maria walks it alone with the morning list. Two items come back: a smudge on the second bedroom door frame, a drip mark under the kitchen sink faucet. Both fixed in four minutes.
Buckets to the van. Trash out. Lights off, windows latched, thermostat back where it was.
The landlord walks it. Full deposit.
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