Before a Scottsdale rental's first guest, Scottsdale STR Cleaning runs a standalone, inside-and-out clean — cabinets, drawers, appliance interiors, baseboards and fixtures — deeper than any regular turnover. Carpet and window cleaning are common add-ons at this stage; locally those typically run $75–$350 and $100–$400. It's booked as its own visit, not squeezed into a turnover slot.
The gap between a launch clean and a standard turnover isn't cosmetic — it's inside cabinets and drawers, behind and under appliances, light fixtures, baseboards, and anywhere dust settles during construction, staging, or the months a property sat between owners. None of that gets touched on a regular between-guest reset, and skipping it means the first guest is the one who finds it.
Where does the extra time in a launch clean actually go?
Into the surfaces a regular turnover never touches — inside cabinets and drawers, appliance interiors, baseboards, light fixtures, window tracks. A turnover crew resetting a property between guests doesn't have the time or the mandate to open every drawer; a launch clean does, because there's no guest waiting on the other side of it.
Extras beyond that baseline — a full carpet clean, an exterior window pass — get scoped and quoted on top rather than assumed. Locally, those two typically run $75–$350 and $100–$400 depending on the provider and the property; Scottsdale STR Cleaning prices each one after seeing the space rather than working off a flat rate card.
How far ahead of the first guest should this get booked?
Early enough that anything it turns up — a fixture that needs replacing, a smell that wasn't obvious on a walkthrough — has time to get handled before a booking is confirmed on the calendar. Scheduled the day before check-in, there's no room left to fix what it finds.
What pushes one launch clean to take longer than another?
Mostly what the property was before it became a rental. One coming straight out of a full renovation carries construction dust in places a normal clean never reaches; one that's simply never been cleaned by this crew before is a more contained job. Scottsdale STR Cleaning scopes it after walking the property, not off a flat rate tied to square footage.
Does staging change when the launch clean should happen?
It should happen first. Cleaning around furniture and décor that's already in place is slower and less thorough than cleaning an empty room, and a launch clean scheduled after staging usually means something gets rushed or skipped entirely.
Are carpet and window cleaning part of the launch clean, or separate?
Separate — they're scoped to the property rather than bundled in automatically. Carpet cleaning and window cleaning both show up in the local market data, typically $75–$350 and $100–$400 respectively depending on the provider; Scottsdale STR Cleaning walks the property first and quotes from there instead of applying a flat number to every launch clean.
Is the launch-clean crew different from the one doing ongoing turnovers?
No — it's the same crew, which is why the launch clean gets treated as seriously as any other visit rather than handing a first impression to a separate one-time vendor. The business currently holds a 4.9-star rating across 9 Google reviews.