Post-Renovation Cleaning Checklist: Room by Room for Singapore HDB and Condo

After a professional post-renovation clean is completed, walking through the unit with a checklist ensures nothing has been missed and gives you a record of the handover condition. This checklist is for homeowners inspecting after a professional clean — or self-checking before calling the cleaning complete.

How to use this checklist

Walk through each room systematically. Use a torch or bright light to check areas that look clean from a distance — fine cement dust and silicone haze are often invisible under normal lighting but obvious with a light angled across a surface. Check at different angles, particularly for tile surfaces and glass.

Kitchen

• Hob — no grease residue, burner heads clean, surrounding surfaces wiped
• Hood — filter clean or replaced, interior free of grease and construction dust, exterior wiped
• All cabinet interiors — run your hand along every shelf for dust or debris
• Cabinet fronts and handles — wipe with damp cloth and check for dust
• Backsplash — check for cement haze on tiles, check grout lines
• Countertop — wipe down accessible surfaces; flag excess sealant to the contractor
• Sink — no construction residue, taps clean and polished
• Floor — no cement smears, grout lines clean, edges clean
• Behind and sides of installed appliances — check if accessible

Bathrooms

• All tile surfaces — hold torch at 45 degrees to surface to detect grout haze
• Grout lines — uniformly clean, no cement residue or discolouration
• Sealant finishing — flag any excess or smears to the contractor; not part of the standard clean
• Toilet, basin and fittings — no construction residue, label stickers removed
• Shower screen or door — accessible glass clean and surface dust removed
• Floor — particularly corners and drain area
• Mirror — streak-free and clean

Bedrooms

• Wardrobe interiors — all shelves, rails and interior surfaces, including top shelf
• Ceiling fan — blades clean on top and bottom, housing wiped
• AC trunking — exterior wiped, grilles clear of dust
• Window tracks — run finger along tracks to check for debris
• Window sills and frames — check for paint splatters
• Floors — edges, corners and under any built-in furniture
• Skirting boards — run hand along top edge to check for settled dust

Living and dining areas

• All flooring — check for tile haze (angle torch across floor surface), cement spots, grout lines
• Any built-in carpentry — all interior surfaces, top of units, interior corners
• Windows — interior glass clean, frames and tracks clear
• Skirting boards — dust-free, no paint splatters
• Ceiling — check for dust and paint splatter around fixtures
• Light fittings — clean and free of construction dust

Throughout the home

• Light switches and power sockets — wiped clean
• All door frames — front and back of frames, handles, edges
• All mirrors and glass — streak-free
• Air — the home should not have a strong construction dust smell remaining

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