Why traditional turnover cleaning is not enough for holiday home maintenance on the Costa del Sol

In the daily routine of holiday rentals, many remote owners rely on traditional turnover cleaning. It is indeed the cornerstone of the operation: the tenant pays for the final cleaning, and the apartment is prepared for the next guest. However, a standard turnover cleaning usually only covers the basics – making beds, vacuuming and wiping floors and surfaces, and cleaning the bathroom.

The special conditions of the Costa del Sol, such as fine dust, scorching sun, and continuous, heavy use of the apartment, wear down the property beneath the surface. When you live far away yourself, monitoring and maintaining the small details of the apartment quickly becomes a heavy challenge.

Shortcomings are often revealed too late

When the owner lives in another country, the technical condition and deep cleanliness of the apartment easily fall into a blind spot. The situation typically progresses so that you receive a worrying call from your agent or, worst of all, you notice the shortcomings only after the next tenant has already left a bad review for your apartment on Booking or Airbnb.

Dead air conditioning remote batteries, a limescale-covered and slow coffee maker, or a shabby sofa surface are small things, but they ruin the holiday atmosphere instantly. This results in a continuous cycle where you fix problems after the fact. Every separate maintenance visit, light bulb replacement, or grill cleaning is invoiced separately, and the costs eat away at your rental income unnoticed. That is if you can even find someone to do each thing separately on a quick schedule so that it does not disrupt the rentals.

The solution: A hybrid of cleaning and property maintenance

What if, instead of fixing individual shortcomings and facing unexpected extra invoices, you packaged all the care into one clear monthly fee? You can pass this cost directly into your apartment's rental price, so it does not come out of your own pocket.

We have developed a new Sunnyhost PREMIUM maintenance service to help remote owners. With this service, the tenant still pays the normal turnover cleaning fee, but we take care of your property comprehensively in connection with every turnover cleaning.The PREMIUM service is specifically designed to prevent the problems that holiday renters usually complain about. We take care of the following things for you, among many others:

• Dusting of high surfaces and disinfection of touch surfaces.
• Wiping of terrace door tracks, water washing of terrace furniture, and rotating window washing.
• Internal disinfection of home appliances and regular limescale removal for coffee makers, kettles, and washing machines.
• Cleaning of air conditioning filters, monitoring of remote control batteries, and replacing gas bottles for the grill.
• Regular deep cleaning of sofas and textile furniture with a carpet extractor.
• Thorough cleaning of floor drains under the grate to prevent odor nuisances, and flushing water into drains.
• Maintenance of jacuzzis.

Prevention saves money and upgrades your apartment's brand

When the maintenance of the apartment is continuous and systematic, the general appearance of the property remains bright and clean throughout the year. Above all, you save your nerves: you do not have to worry from abroad whether the air conditioning works or if the grill is clean for the next customer. When you arrive at your own apartment on the Costa del Sol, your entire stay is not spent on various maintenance and cleaning tasks, but you can enjoy a well-maintained apartment yourself.

When you put your apartment under comprehensive maintenance, you ensure five-star reviews and take care of the value of your investment in the long term.Do you want to switch to stress-free remote ownership on the Costa del Sol? 

Read more from the link below about Sunnyhost PREMIUM maintenance and request a quote for your property.