A family closing on a prewar co-op near Lexington Avenue called us the week before their move, with a board-approved move-in date, a mandatory certificate of insurance on file, and a two-hour service-elevator window the building would not budge on. The apartment they bought still carried the prior owner's dust on the herringbone floors and a greasy film over the kitchen. They wanted it spotless before a single box came up. We worked the empty unit room by room, cleaned inside the closets and cabinets, and finished the floors, all inside the elevator window. The family unpacked into a home that felt brand new. That kind of careful handover is everyday work for a move-in / move-out cleaning service on the Upper East Side, where building rules are strict and a clean turnover is expected.

Green Hands Cleaning Services has spent years turning over apartments across the Upper East Side, the day a lease ends and the day a new one starts. We are a local move-in / move-out cleaning service that knows what co-op boards and managing agents check, from a Park Avenue prewar to a Yorkville walk-up. Our cleaners arrive on schedule, carry their own gear and their certificate of insurance, and treat each handover like our own deposit is on the line. Whether you are emptying a studio or settling into a new home, we make the turnover painless. Lock a date on our booking page.

Apartment cleaning on the Upper East Side spans a wide range of homes, and a move makes that range obvious. We empty and clean compact Yorkville studios, grand prewar co-ops with herringbone floors and crown moldings, and modern condo units with floor-to-ceiling glass. Each one turns over differently, so our apartment cleaning service adjusts to the building, the layout, and the surfaces in front of us, from original parquet to new marble, always working top to bottom so nothing gets missed on a handover.

Moving on the Upper East Side has no shortage of cleaning outfits to call, so what keeps movers with us? Trust, plainly. The people we hire are careful and friendly, we arrive when promised, and we handle each handover the way we would handle our own. You are not getting a faceless app that rotates a new stranger through your door each time. You get a local crew that takes the work seriously and stands behind it. If anything falls short, we come back and set it right, no hassle. Get to know us on our about page or meet our cleaners.

Our name is not just decoration. Green Hands leans on cleaning methods and products that stay kind to the people and pets moving in. The Upper East Side is full of young families and pet owners, and a great many of them get nervous about harsh chemical odors hanging around a freshly cleaned apartment on day one. We hear that concern constantly, so we use safer products that cut grime without leaving heavy fumes behind. Curious what gentler cleaning means? Look for the EPA Safer Choice label, or see how we put it to work in our eco-friendly cleaning.

Setting up a move cleaning with us is easy. Call, tell us the apartment size and your move date, and we slot in a time that fits your closing or board-approved window. No drawn-out forms, no runaround. The price comes to you up front, so nothing catches you off guard. Then the crew lands ready to dig in, and your move-out list gets shorter fast. Most folks on the Upper East Side are surprised at how smoothly it goes from that first call to a clean, empty apartment. Begin on the booking page, or look over the FAQ first.

Letting a crew into an apartment during a move asks for trust, and we never treat that lightly. Each person on the team is carefully chosen and screened through a background check, so you feel at ease with us in the space. Our insurance covers both you and our team, and we readily supply a certificate of insurance for your building's managing agent. Plenty of Upper East Side clients leave a key with the doorman or arrange building access because they have counted on us through more than one move. We earn that confidence handover by handover, never taking it for granted. Look up our record with the Better Business Bureau and read our satisfaction guarantee.

We do more than clean addresses on the Upper East Side. We move with the daily beat of the neighborhood. The crew knows the buildings, the 4, 5, 6, and Q lines, and the rhythm of moving day, from the box trucks lining the side streets off Park to the service elevators booked solid at month-end and the doormen checking every crew in. Hiring us puts your money behind a local team set on treating its neighbors right. We intend to go on turning over apartments here for many years ahead. Find where we work on our locations page.