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Cleaning best practice
The short answer
Check the edges and the hidden faces — cupboard interiors, behind appliances, window tracks, grille louvres — and ask for photographs of them.
Judging a clean by how the middle of the room looks rewards speed. The reliable test is a short list of places that only get done deliberately.
How it is done
- Run a finger along the top of a door frame and a skirting board.
- Open the cupboard under the sink and the one above the hob.
- Look into a window track and along a shower screen seal.
- Check the AC return grille louvres, not just its face.
Why it matters
These are the same points a letting agent inspects, which is why they are worth checking after any clean rather than only at handover.
questions
Asked about this
Ideally yes. Anything missed is a five-minute fix on the day and a scheduling problem a week later.
Say so. Any serious contractor would rather return and correct it than have it noticed by an inspector later.
references
Background reading
- Quality control — Wikipedia
- Inspection — Wikipedia
External encyclopaedia entries for the underlying concepts. They explain the science; the practice above is how we apply it in UAE properties.
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