When a flat is handed over empty, the question that usually stalls the plan is not what to clean but who opens the door. If your address is in Toptaş, a neighbourhood of Kumluca in Antalya, it helps to settle three things before describing the work: how the team enters the building, whether water and electricity are on, and who receives the key at the end. At CGS Temizlik the scope is discussed according to the address and access conditions, so access details can matter more than the number of rooms.
The work offered, briefly: home cleaning, office and workplace cleaning, post-construction cleaning, empty flat cleaning, apartment and residential common area cleaning, villa cleaning, upholstery washing, and window cleaning. Each has its own page; here the aim is to help you tell which one fits your situation.
Keys and access: settle this before scope
If nobody will be at home during the work, agree in advance who hands over the key, where, and when. Three situations are common: the owner opens up, leaves, and returns at the end; the key sits with a neighbour or an estate office; or entry passes through a shared door that a building manager must open. All are workable, but each changes the schedule.
Note also that with the electricity or water shut off, most tasks needing a vacuum, hot water or rinsing cannot be done. This matters most before a move; the details are on the empty flat cleaning page. If a fuse is out, a socket is dead or a tap is broken, these are reported, not repaired — repairs are not part of cleaning.
Setting the order in a multi-storey home
There is no single correct sequence in a house with stairs, but the decision can rest on concrete criteria. If dust-raising work is planned upstairs — emptying cabinets, taking down curtains, ceilings and skirting — the fine cleaning downstairs is left until later, because dust travels down. If instead the house is in use and will be occupied that evening, one living area and one bathroom are finished and released first, then the upper floor is started.
The stairwell deserves to be counted as its own item: handrail, step edges and any stair window. For larger buildings where floors, rooms and stairs are sequenced by how the house is used, see villa cleaning. Pool maintenance is outside that scope.
Cabinet interiors or surfaces? Two different jobs
In a kitchen, "clean the cabinets too" can mean two things. Interiors: shelves wiped once emptied, drawer bases and residue from jars and pans; this requires the contents to be taken out beforehand. Exterior surfaces: doors, handles, the underside of the extractor hood and the worktop finish. Saying which one you want sets both the preparation and the time needed.
Door finishes differ; lacquer, laminate and wood do not tolerate the same products. Where the manufacturer's care instructions are unknown, the method is assessed on site. Glass has a similar limit: a mark may come from soiling, a stain or a coating, and separating these calls for expert assessment rather than a quick test at home. Accessible glass, frames and surface conditions are discussed under window cleaning; risky façade or height work is not included.
Checks before and after
- Is entry agreed, and is it clear who takes the key at the end?
- Are water and electricity on, and is there hot water?
- Will cabinet interiors be emptied, or is it exterior surfaces only?
- Have fragile items, electronics and personal documents been put away?
- Is the floor order decided, and which area is needed first?
- At the end: walk each floor to check wet floors, closed windows and waste removal.
What if a third person holds the key?
Share that person's name and phone number in advance, and pick a start time that suits them. Otherwise the team waits at the address and the plan slips.
Do I need to empty the cabinets myself?
If shelves are already empty, the work can start straight away. If contents stay, agree beforehand where items will be placed and who puts them back — that is part of the scope.