Birmingham is not a one campus town, and its student housing is spread across the city. UAB sits on Southside next to downtown. Samford is on Lakeshore Drive in Homewood. Students rent in mid rise buildings, older walk ups, houses and duplexes across a dozen neighborhoods. When leases end, your site team has a few days to get every unit ready for the next resident. Squeaky Clean Team takes the cleaning off that list.
Two mass turns a year, planned before the rush
Summer turn
This is the heavy one in Birmingham. Leases around UAB and Samford roll from late July into mid August, so we plan staffing weeks ahead and work your buildings in the order your move in dates require.
Winter turn
The semester break turn runs from December into early January. The unit count is smaller, but the window is short and holiday schedules thin out most site teams, so we bring the crew and your staff keeps leasing.
Sized for full property turns
Our turn program is built around volume. A full building or an entire community turning at once is the job we plan for, with multiple crews working floors in parallel under one lead. Many clients keep us on between turns for recurring cleaning of lobbies, corridors, elevators, amenity rooms and leasing offices.
The turn problem for Birmingham property managers
Move out and move in land in the same week. Paint, carpet and maintenance all need the same units. Around UAB many buildings are multi story with elevators and structured parking, which slows every trip in and out. A cleaning vendor that shows up short on people puts the whole schedule behind. We scale the crew to your turn window and put a team lead based in Birmingham on your property for the whole turn.
How we run your turn
- 1. Walk the property and count units. We walk each floor plan with you, confirm unit counts, and send a written scope with a price per unit by floor plan.
- 2. Build the schedule with your team and vendors. We sequence buildings and floors around your move out dates, your maintenance staff, and your paint and carpet crews.
- 3. Turn the units with a lead on site. Crews work the schedule floor by floor. The lead assigned to your property is your single point of contact.
- 4. Photo proof and punch list. You get a photo report of every unit. If a unit fails your inspection, we clean it again at no charge.
What is cleaned in every unit
- Kitchen top to bottom, including inside the oven, microwave, refrigerator and cabinets
- Bathrooms scrubbed and disinfected, with soap scum and hard water removed
- Each bedroom, closet and shelf
- Doors, baseboards, blinds, switch plates and window tracks
- Hard floors mopped, carpet vacuumed and spot treated
- Balcony, patio and entry
- Photos of each room sent to your office
We clean only. Repairs, painting and demolition stay with your maintenance team and trades. Full details are on our apartment and student housing turns page.
Student housing areas we cover around Birmingham
Near UAB: Southside, Five Points South and Glen Iris, the three neighborhoods that wrap the campus. We also cover the Parkside district around Railroad Park and Regions Field, where many upperclass and graduate students rent, plus Highland Park and Lakeview.
Near Samford: Homewood, including the Lakeshore Drive corridor and Edgewood. Samford law and graduate students also rent in Southside, Lakeview, Cahaba Heights and the Mountain Brook villages, and we turn units there too.
Other campuses: we serve properties and facilities near Miles College in Fairfield, Lawson State Community College on Wilson Road in southwest Birmingham and in Bessemer, and Jefferson State Community College at its Jefferson Campus in Center Point and its Shelby-Hoover Campus on Valleydale Road.
Janitorial services for campus buildings
University facilities and procurement teams can use the same crews for recurring commercial cleaning and janitorial services on a nightly, weekly or custom schedule.
- Classrooms, lecture halls and labs
- Administrative and faculty offices
- Athletic and recreation buildings
- Residence hall turns and summer conference housing
- Event cleanup
- Post construction cleaning for new campus and housing builds
For vendor setup we provide a certificate of insurance, W9 and references. We carry general liability and workers compensation.
Who we work with
- Property management companies running student housing
- Purpose built student apartment communities
- Owners of rental houses, duplexes and small buildings near campus
- University housing and facilities departments
- Fraternity and sorority house corporations
- Builders finishing new student housing
Between turns
Outside the two mass turns we handle single move outs, vacant unit refreshes, model units, clubhouses, fitness rooms and other common areas on a recurring schedule. For offices and other commercial buildings, see commercial cleaning in Birmingham. We run turns in other Alabama college towns as well, listed under service areas.
Send your unit count and dates through the quote form or call (985) 239-4684. We reply the same business day.
Student housing cleaning in Birmingham: common questions
Do you turn student apartments near UAB?
Yes. We cover Southside, Five Points South, Glen Iris, Parkside, Highland Park and Lakeview. Crews are scaled to your unit count and a lead is assigned to your property for the full turn.
Can you work in mid rise buildings with elevators and parking decks?
Yes. During the walkthrough we look at elevator access, loading areas and parking, then build the floor by floor schedule around them with your team.
What does a student housing turn cost in Birmingham?
Turns are priced per unit by floor plan. After a free walkthrough you get a written scope and a price for each floor plan, so you can budget the whole property before move out week.
When should we book the summer turn?
As early as you can. The summer turn typically runs late July into mid August, and we want to walk the property and confirm floor plans well ahead of that so the crew is sized correctly.
What happens if a unit does not pass our inspection?
We come back and clean it again at no charge. Every unit also gets a photo report, so your staff can check most units from the office before walking them.
Can you get set up as a vendor with a university or a large management company?
Yes. We provide a certificate of insurance naming your organization, a W9 and references, and we carry general liability and workers compensation.