Around the University of South Alabama, most off campus leases end within days of each other. Residents leave, and a property manager has a short window to get every kitchen, bathroom and bedroom ready for the next lease. Your maintenance staff is already tied up with repairs, paint and flooring. Cleaning is the last trade in the unit and the one that gets squeezed.
Squeaky Clean Team is a commercial cleaning and janitorial company with 60+ vetted cleaners and a team lead based in Mobile. We take the cleaning side of the turn off your list.
Two mass turns a year, planned before the rush
Summer turn
The main turn of the year in West Mobile. Leases roll over from late July into mid August, most of the property empties at once, and we staff ahead so buildings are finished in the order your move in schedule calls for.
Winter turn
The semester break turn runs from December into early January. Unit counts are lower, but the window is short and holiday staffing is thin, so we cover it and your maintenance team does not have to.
Large scale turns, plus the common areas
Mass turns are the core of what we do for apartment owners, landlords, property management companies and universities. We bring the headcount to turn a whole property in one push. Once residents are back in, we can keep the shared spaces clean on a recurring basis: leasing office, clubhouse, laundry rooms, breezeways and stairwells.
Who we work with in Mobile
- Property management companies running student housing
- Purpose built student apartment communities
- Owners of conventional apartments that lease heavily to students
- Owners of rental houses, cottages and duplexes near campus
- College and university housing and facilities departments
- Builders finishing new student housing
Student housing areas we cover
Off campus housing for South Alabama clusters on the edges of the West Mobile campus. We turn units along Old Shell Road, on University Boulevard north and south of the school, and on the nearby side streets, including Foreman Road, East Drive and Long Street. We also serve apartment communities farther out that draw students, toward Airport Boulevard, Cottage Hill Road and Schillinger Road.
Mobile's other campuses are part of our service area as well: Spring Hill College in the Spring Hill neighborhood, the University of Mobile north of the city in the Prichard area, and Bishop State Community College, whose main campus is on North Broad Street. Many of their students live on campus or commute, so the work there is more often apartment turns in the surrounding neighborhoods and janitorial service for buildings.
What every unit turn includes
- Kitchen cleaned top to bottom, inside appliances, cabinets and drawers
- Bathrooms scrubbed, descaled and disinfected
- Each bedroom cleaned separately for leases signed by the bed
- Baseboards, doors, blinds and switch plates wiped
- Floors vacuumed and mopped, carpet spots treated
- Closets, shelving and window tracks
- Balcony, patio and entry
- A photo report of the finished unit sent to your office
Turns are priced per unit by floor plan. See the full service on our apartment and student housing turns page.
How a turn is run
1. Walk the property and count units
We walk your floor plans with you, confirm the unit and bed counts, and send a written scope with a price for each floor plan.
2. Build the schedule with your team and vendors
Buildings are sequenced around your move out dates, your maintenance crew, and your paint and carpet vendors. Cleaners enter a unit only when it is ready for a final clean.
3. Turn the units with a lead on site
Crews are scaled to the turn window and work the schedule building by building. Your Mobile team lead is assigned to the property and is your single point of contact.
4. Photo proof and punch list
Each finished unit gets a photo report. If a unit fails your inspection, we clean it again at no charge before the resident arrives.
Janitorial services for campus buildings
For college and university facilities teams in Mobile, the same crews provide recurring commercial cleaning and janitorial services on a nightly, weekly or custom schedule.
- Classrooms, lecture halls and labs
- Administrative and faculty offices
- Recreation and athletic facilities
- Residence hall turns between terms
- Event cleanup
- Post construction cleaning for new academic and housing buildings
Procurement gets a certificate of insurance, a W9 and references. We carry general liability and workers compensation.
More from Squeaky Clean Team in Mobile
Between turns we clean leasing offices, clubhouses, fitness rooms and model units on a recurring schedule, and we handle single move outs as they come up. For offices, clinics and other commercial buildings, see commercial cleaning in Mobile.
Send your unit count and turn dates through the quote form or call (985) 239-4684. We reply the same business day.
Student housing cleaning in Mobile: common questions
Can your crews turn a whole student property near South Alabama in one window?
Yes. We plan the turn with your staff ahead of time, scale the crew to your unit count and dates, and assign a team lead to your property for the length of the turn.
When should we book the summer turn in Mobile?
As early as you can. The summer turn typically runs from late July into mid August, and we want to walk the property and confirm floor plans well before move out week.
How is turn cleaning priced?
Per unit, by floor plan. Bedroom and bathroom count drive the number. After a free walkthrough you get a written scope and a price for each floor plan.
What proof do we get that a unit is finished?
A photo report for every unit, sent to your office. If a unit does not pass your inspection, we clean it again at no charge.
Will you work around our painters, flooring vendor and maintenance staff?
Yes. The cleaning schedule is built around your other trades. Our crews go into a building once it has been released for final clean.
Do you only clean near the University of South Alabama?
No. We also serve properties and campus buildings around Spring Hill College, the University of Mobile and Bishop State Community College, plus conventional apartment communities anywhere in the Mobile area.