Hi @Elisa ,
A really long time! We have over 6,000 sq ft, 5 outdoor spaces, 9 individual beds, garage and driveway/exterior that needs to be addressed. It is a herculean effort. Re-stocking alone takes awhile.
Our cleaning crew does an amazing job of keeping up with things. It is amazing that they can accomplish a same day turnover at all and in the summer season we have multiple back to back same day turnovers, which is probably very typical for many hosts on here.
Our core cleaning crew is just one person and she has been doing STR cleans for at least a decade, so she gets it. She gets our STR turned around same day (so 6 hours), does not include laundry as she takes it off site to deal with separately. When the clean can't be accomplished by just her, she runs out and grabs extra hands if available, in this case it's her own family/connections that come in and help make beds, run the vacuum or move stuff back.
Our last AIRBNB group she needed to go get two additional people as the group, while not bad, left just too much work in their wake. Some times we get groups that look like they weren't there at all and sometimes it's just crazy.
To help make all this possible I come and do a version of a clean after every third group, including:
- iron pillow cases, top sheets, our cleaner launders them but I do all the ironing and 'batch' it when possible, otherwise a guest gets a wrinkled sheet but we have a system to try and avoid that.
- re-fill all the refillable containers. We have curated enough containers of the bathroom products so that our cleaner can just put out freshly full bottles. For the kitchen I leave multiple FULL salt/pepper/sugar and oils so she just puts out a fresh "full" set when needed.
- check all the amenities: fix, clean or replace: ping pong paddles & balls, pool cues, darts (always need fixing), grill, firepit. I had no idea that ping pong balls deflate!
- clean or launder the things that don't get cleaned every time: shower curtains, exterior furniture cushions, window screens, slats on blinds (we have a million slats that take forever to clean), and more.
This takes me 2 full days of flat out effort. I don't stop, as I sleep on site and just keep going for hours. Depending on the weather and how I feel it could be 20 hours or more of just doing stuff.
Happy cleaning!
