Post-Renovation Clean — SS15 Condo Handover

A freshly renovated SS15 condominium looked finished but was still coated in fine construction dust. Here is how a three-person team turned it into a move-in-ready home in a single day.

The brief

The owners of an SS15 condominium had just finished a full renovation — new flooring, repainted walls, a reworked kitchen — and were days away from moving in. The contractors had done a basic sweep, but the unit was still coated in the fine dust a renovation always leaves behind. The owners needed it genuinely move-in ready, not just superficially tidy.

What we found on arrival

It was a typical post-renovation picture. Fine grey dust had settled on every ledge, skirting board and ceiling corner, and it had worked its way into the window tracks and the grooves of the new kitchen cabinets. There were paint specks on the window glass and a few adhesive marks on the new tiles. None of it was unusual — but all of it would have kept resurfacing if it was not cleaned out systematically.

How the team approached it

Three specialists worked the unit top to bottom, in that order deliberately — dust falls, so cleaning downward stops you re-soiling finished surfaces. Ceilings, fans and high ledges first, then walls, cabinetry and surfaces, then glass and finally floors.

• Fine dust removed from ceilings, fan blades, ledges and skirting throughout.
• Paint specks and adhesive marks lifted from window glass and floor tiles.
• Window tracks and cabinet grooves cleared — the spots that trap dust and release it later.
• Kitchen cabinet interiors wiped before the owners loaded them.
• All hard floors scrubbed and finished so the unit was ready to walk through clean.

The result

The unit was handed back the same day, genuinely move-in ready. The owners were able to start moving furniture in the next morning without the fine-dust haze that usually reappears for weeks after a renovation. The difference with a systematic post-renovation clean is not just that it looks clean on the day — it is that the dust does not keep coming back.

The takeaway for renovated homes

Renovation dust is finer and more pervasive than ordinary household dust, and a quick contractor sweep rarely deals with it properly. Booking a dedicated post-renovation clean once all work is finished is what turns a finished renovation into a home you can actually move into.