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What does end-of-lease cleaning actually cost in Sydney in 2026?

A no-nonsense price breakdown by property size, plus the four hidden costs most quotes leave out.

By

Saima Imtiyaz

Published

22 April 2026

Read time

7 min

What does end-of-lease cleaning actually cost in Sydney in 2026?

*Full article — published in week 2 of the redev.* Sydney end-of-lease pricing in 2026 sits roughly 18% higher than Melbourne and 25% higher than Brisbane for the same property size...

We're publishing the full long-form version of this article in week 2 of the redev. In the meantime, the key data points are summarised below and the fully-cited piece will go live shortly.

What this article will cover

The piece is being written by Saima Imtiyaz, who has seven years of operations behind it. It will run through:

  • The current AU market data on this topic, sourced from public datasets
  • A clear, plain-English explainer free of marketing jargon
  • What Cleaning Ninja's own internal numbers show
  • The specific decisions you can make on the back of it

Why we wrote it

Most of what's online for pricing-related questions is either thin SEO bait or generic franchise copy from the early 2010s. We get asked these things every week and we wanted a clear, honest, currently-AU source we could send people to. That's what this is.

Got a specific question?

The team responds to enquiries within one business day on /contact. If your question is bookable (i.e. "can you do an end-of-lease in Carlton next Thursday?"), the booking flow is faster.