Very dirty apartment cleaning in Paris 2nd
A flat can be in a very dirty state without that saying anything at all about the person who lived in it. A tenancy handed back without a clean, a studio shut up for months, a house share vacated in a hurry: these are simply facts about a property, not situations to be read into.
Défi Clean takes on this kind of deep clean across the 2nd arrondissement, with no circumstances to justify and no questions about how things got there. We work only from what can be seen in the flat: a kitchen thick with grease, a bathroom that needs stripping back, marked floors, settled smells, a few bulky items to take away.
- Studios, flats and shared lets across the 75002
- End of tenancy, empty property, return after an absence
- Kitchen, bathroom, floors, glazing, cupboards
- No judgement, no unnecessary questions
Three situations we come across regularly
A tenancy handed back in poor condition
The lease ends, the check-out inventory goes badly and the property has to be let again. The kitchen and the shower room account for most of the work, and there are usually belongings left behind that have to go before anything can be cleaned properly.
- Private landlords and letting agents
- End of tenancy, re-letting, putting a flat on the market
A flat left shut up
A studio empty for several months, a flat left behind after a move abroad or a long hospital stay. Thick dust, a stale smell, a fridge left full, damp settling into a room that has had no air.
- Coming back after a long absence
- A property managed remotely or by a relative
A house share or a student studio
Several occupants, upkeep that slipped, a rushed departure at the end of the academic year. The state of the place comes down to everyday build-up: washing-up, textiles, household rubbish, floors and surfaces never taken back properly.
- Shared lets and small floor areas
- Bringing a flat back up before the next occupant
Small flats, high floors: the reality of the 75002
Housing stock in the 2nd arrondissement is made up overwhelmingly of small units, a great many studios and one-bedroom flats, often on the upper floors of period buildings — former servants’ rooms knocked together, top storeys tucked under the roof. In those flats the kitchen is sometimes no more than a fitted corner, the shower room fits into a few square metres, and ventilation depends on a single window giving onto a light well. That layout is why a place goes downhill quickly as soon as upkeep becomes irregular, and why a deep clean there calls for patience and detail rather than sheer floor area.
Access weighs just as heavily. Narrow staircases, tight turns, no lift above a certain floor, difficult parking and pedestrianised streets around Montorgueil: getting a mattress, a sofa or a washing machine down from the fifth floor is never a small matter. In the Gaillon, Vivienne, Mail and Bonne-Nouvelle quarters, homes also sit alongside offices and commercial units in the same building, which means paying attention to when the communal areas are busy and keeping things quiet on the landing.
A deep clean, room by room
Describing the state
You tell us what you can see, room by room. A few photographs are usually enough to frame the job; no explanation of the background is expected.
A quote broken down by item
The quote separates clearing out what is left behind, cleaning the rooms, and any additional treatments. You approve it before anything starts.
Clearing first
Household waste, textiles beyond saving, furniture past use: whatever has to go is taken out first, because a flat still full of things cannot be cleaned properly.
Kitchen and bathroom
These are the longest rooms: degreasing the worktop, the oven and the extractor, taking back the sealant, descaling the shower and sanitary ware, cleaning inside the cupboards.
Living areas and finishing
Floors, skirtings, doors and handles, switches, reachable glazing, airing the flat through. Smells are dealt with after cleaning, once the sources have been removed.
Walk-through at the end
The flat is looked over with you or your representative. Anything that needs a trade — paintwork, flooring, plumbing — is pointed out to you rather than dealt with.
What shapes the way the job is organised
A deep clean is not costed by the square metre: two studios of identical size can call for very different resources. The assessment rests on the condition actually found, on the volume to be taken out and on the constraints of the building.
- Floor area and the number of rooms genuinely affected
- How heavily soiled the kitchen and the shower room are
- Volume of belongings, textiles and rubbish to clear beforehand
- Furniture or appliances to take out, and whether they must be dismantled
- Settled smells, and whether the flat can be aired properly
- Floor level, width of the staircase, lift, distance to the vehicle
- The deadline to meet: check-out inventory, handover of keys, a booked viewing
One note that helps you land on the right page: where the build-up is massive and long-standing, where the flat is no longer usable, or where the situation involves supporting the occupant, this is no longer a deep clean and the work is handled differently. We make no diagnosis and put no interpretation on the state of a home; we simply point you towards the service that matches what you have described.
Related pages for Paris 2nd
This page covers a heavy level of soiling, whether the home is still furnished or partly cluttered; once it has been emptied, a restoration clean takes over. If the condition goes beyond what is described here, or if the clean has to lead to a full handover standard before re-letting, these pages sit closer to what you need.
Frequently asked questions — very dirty apartment in Paris 2nd
Do I have to explain why the flat is in this state?
No. We need to know what is in the flat and what has to be done there, not how it came to be that way. Describe the condition of the rooms, what has been left behind and how the building is accessed: that is enough to prepare the work.
How is this different from a domestic cleaning company?
Ordinary domestic cleaning works on a home that is already maintained. Here we often have to start by clearing what is in the way, then take back surfaces that have been soiled for a long time, using equipment and an approach suited to carrying everything down a Parisian staircase.
Do you also remove furniture and belongings left behind?
Yes, when it is included in the quote. Clearance is a separate item from cleaning, because it depends on volume, on whether things need dismantling and on how far they have to be carried. Tell us what has to go and what must be kept.
Can the smells really be got rid of?
They are dealt with once the source has been removed and the surfaces cleaned, never by masking them first. In a small flat with poor ventilation, airing the place and taking back the textiles and floors matter as much as the treatment itself. Some saturated materials occasionally have to be taken out.
Do you work for private landlords or letting agents?
Yes, and it is a common request in the 2nd, usually between two tenancies and with a date to meet. The quote and the written follow-up are set up for that use, and the work can go ahead in your absence if we are given access.
Will the flat be made like new?
No: this is a clean, not building work. Tired paintwork, sealant that needs redoing, damaged flooring or faulty joinery will stay as they are. These points are flagged to you at the end so that you can have them put right.
How do I get a quote?
Through the contact form, giving the floor area, the rooms involved, what has been left behind and the access constraints of the building. Photographs, even quick ones, make it far easier to judge the scale of the job accurately.
A flat in the 2nd that needs bringing back up?
Describe the condition you have found and how the building is accessed: you will be offered a quote broken down item by item, with no questions about the background.