Why it matters
A turnover has a hard deadline that no other kind of cleaning has. A house clean that runs an hour over is an inconvenience. A turnover that runs an hour over is a guest standing in the driveway with their bags, and a review that mentions it.
Most hosts run an 11am checkout and a 4pm check-in. That looks like five comfortable hours. In practice it shrinks fast.
Take a three-bedroom cabin at Cultus Lake on a summer Sunday. Checkout is 11am, but the guests leave at 11:40. Four beds need stripping, and the single washer takes two loads of sheets and one of towels. That is roughly three hours of washing and drying before a bed can be made, if nothing needs a second cycle. Meanwhile there is a barbecue to scrape, sand in the entry, a full dishwasher that was never run, and recycling to take out. The new guests message at 2:30 asking if they can come early.
The time goes to four things, in this order:
Laundry. One washer and dryer is the bottleneck on any rental with more than two beds. A second set of linens for every bed fixes it, because the crew makes the beds with the clean set right away and the wash happens afterward.
The kitchen. Guests cook. Dishes left in the sink, a used oven and a fridge full of leftovers can add half an hour.
Resetting, not just cleaning. Beds made to the photos, towels folded, soap, toilet paper and coffee restocked, remotes back where they belong, hot tub checked. None of it is cleaning, and all of it is noticed.
Checking for damage and lost items. Someone has to look, take photos and tell you before the next guest arrives, while you can still do something about it.
Add those together and a five-hour window has very little slack, which is why the order of the work matters as much as the speed.
How Honourable Cleaning helps
We plan turnovers around the window between your checkout and check-in rather than around a fixed start time, and we serve hosts across Chilliwack, Cultus Lake, Abbotsford and the rest of the Fraser Valley. Turnovers are a flat rate from $150 plus GST, shown before you book, and our crews normally work in pairs, so the kitchen and bathrooms are being cleaned while the beds are stripped and the first load goes in.
Tell us in the booking notes how your place works: where the spare linens are, what gets restocked, and how you want the beds made. If the crew finds something broken or left behind, they let you know that day so you can sort it out with the guest.
For back-to-back bookings, the two things that help us most are a second set of linens for each bed and a checkout time your guests are held to.
Key takeaways
- Budget 1.5 to 2.5 hours for a one-bedroom and 3 to 5 hours for a three-bedroom, including laundry and restocking.
- Buy a second full set of linens and towels for every bed. It is the cheapest way to cut turnover time.
- Keep at least four hours between checkout and check-in, and do not offer early check-in on a same-day turnover.
- Give your cleaner a written reset list with photos, so every guest walks into the same listing they booked.
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How long does an Airbnb turnover clean take?
A turnover clean for a one-bedroom Airbnb usually takes one and a half to two and a half hours, and a three-bedroom home takes three to five hours once laundry and restocking are counted. The cleaning itself is rarely the slow part. Laundry is. If linens are washed on site, the dryer sets the finish time, not the crew.
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