Move-Out Cleaning in Folsom

Folsom started out as Granite City during the Gold Rush and was renamed for Joseph Libbey Folsom, who laid out the town and died in 1855. Folsom Prison opened in 1880, the city incorporated in 1946, and Folsom Dam created Folsom Lake in 1956. About 80,000 people live here now (80,454 in the 2020 census), and Intel is by far the biggest employer, with 6,318 people on its Folsom payroll in the city’s 2020 report.

About a third of Folsom homes are rented. Our move-out clean covers inside the oven, fridge, cabinets and closets, and new owners south of Highway 50 can book the same checklist as a move-in clean.

Source: Wikipedia: Folsom, California

If everyone is out of the house all day, a crew every two weeks with a door code means nobody has to be home and the house never gets far behind.

Every move-out cleaning in Folsom follows the same written checklist, so you know exactly what gets done:

Most homes only need a standard clean. Book a deep clean if the home hasn’t been professionally cleaned in a few months, and a move-out clean when the home is empty and a landlord or buyer will inspect it.

• Renters who want their full deposit back
• Landlords and property managers turning over a unit
• Home sellers before closing
• Buyers and renters moving in who want a clean start

Our prices are published so you can compare before you call. These are the things that can move a price up or down:

• Home size and number of bathrooms
• Whether the home is fully empty
• Condition of the oven and bathrooms
• Add-ons like carpet cleaning and interior windows

You always see your price before booking, and anything unusual is confirmed with you before work starts. Text a photo to (916) 465-1850 if you’re not sure.

1. 1Move everything out first. We clean best when the home is empty
2. 2Keep water and power on
3. 3Ask your landlord for a pre-move-out inspection in your last two weeks
4. 4Leave a key or lockbox code if you won’t be there
5. 5Take your own photos of each room after we finish

Landlords in Folsom follow California Civil Code § 1950.5. These rules decide what a landlord can charge you for cleaning:

• Your landlord has 21 days after you move out to return your deposit or send an itemized statement of deductions.
• Deductions are limited to unpaid rent, damage beyond normal wear and tear, and reasonable cleaning costs.
• If more than $125 is deducted, the landlord must provide receipts for labor and materials.
• You can request a pre-move-out inspection during the last two weeks of your tenancy; the landlord then gives you an itemized list of what to fix to avoid deductions.
• Since April 1, 2025, landlords must photograph the unit after you return the keys and before making repairs, and include those photos with any deductions.
• If a landlord keeps a deposit in bad faith, a court can award up to twice the deposit amount on top of the deposit itself.

The standard is “reasonable cleaning”: the unit should be as clean as when you moved in. That’s why our move-out checklist goes inside the oven, fridge, cabinets and closets: those are the most common cleaning deductions.

Source: Sacramento County Public Law Library: Security Deposits (Cal. Civ. Code § 1950.5)

Source: San Francisco Rent Board: Security deposits (AB 2801 photo rules)

General information, not legal advice.

Items left in a rental are one of the most common reasons landlords keep part of a deposit. Your options:

Single-family homes in the City of Folsom can schedule up to three free bulky waste pickup appointments per year, up to five cubic yards each. There can be a wait for a pickup date, and apartments and businesses arrange pickups through the city office.

If you don't receive a confirmation email, the city did not receive your request.

Source: City of Folsom: Bulky Item Pickup

When the curbside program doesn’t fit your timeline (or the items are still inside) we haul them away on the same visit as your clean, priced by truck space from $75.

Much of our work in Folsom is helping people at the moments a home changes hands: tenants moving out, owners getting a rental ready for the next tenant, sellers preparing for listing photos, and new owners or renters moving in. We clean houses, apartments, condos and offices: empty or furnished.

One company for the clean-out and the clean means one appointment, one crew and one invoice. Move-out cleaning starts at $400; junk removal at $75.

Folsom sits in eastern Sacramento County along Lake Natoma and Folsom Lake. Historic Folsom and Sutter Street anchor the older part of town, while neighborhoods like Empire Ranch, Broadstone and the newer Folsom Ranch south of Highway 50 are mostly single-family homes.

Folsom provides its own residential solid waste service, including scheduled bulky item pickups for single-family homes.

We serve every part of Folsom, including Historic Folsom, Empire Ranch, Broadstone, Natoma Station, American River Canyon, Folsom Ranch, Prairie Oaks.