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Raghwat Al Janoub Maintenance and Cleaning

Move-in and move-out cleaning in Al Malaz, Riyadh

Al Malaz is one of Riyadh's oldest planned neighbourhoods, built under King Saud as a housing project. Older apartment blocks with shops below and flats above line Salah Al Din Al Ayyubi Street and Al Jamiah Street. Heavy traffic and aging tiled stairwells show hard water scale and worn grout. A home you leave or enter here needs cleaning that respects its age and removes layers of accumulated grime without damaging old grout or surfaces.

Why an empty home is cleaned differently

  • Pass the handover inspection

    A landlord or agent checks the property before returning a deposit or handing over keys, and the first places they open are cupboards and bathroom corners.

  • Move in without cleaning first

    Moving is tiring enough without starting in a kitchen someone else lived in.

  • Reach places only bare rooms allow

    Behind the washing machine, under the units and inside the drawers are spots you cannot reach while a home is furnished.

  • An order that prevents rework

    We clean top to bottom and dry to wet, so dust falling from a shelf never lands on a floor already washed.

Why the job is different in Al Malaz

Residents here are often settled families, and moves are less frequent. When someone does move, the home carries the marks of decades of occupancy. The whole method is set out in our full account of move-in and move-out cleaning.

  • Aged and deteriorating tiled stairwells and passages

    Al Malaz is one of the oldest districts, and its tiled stairs and passages have aged over decades. Hard water scale is visible on them and grout has worn. Cleaning demands respect for their age so aggressive scrubbing or power tools do not compound the deterioration.

  • Grey layer of exhaust film on glass and facades

    Traffic on Salah Al Din Al Ayyubi Street and Al Jamiah Street is very heavy. Glass and building fronts are coated in grey layers of oil and soot from vehicle exhaust. This layer makes flats look older than they are.

  • Mixed use with shops below and flats above, constant footfall

    The district is mixed use: shops at street level and homes above them. Entrances and passages see constant traffic from customers and residents. A vacated home here needs cleaning that removes accumulated grime from this wear.

What's Included

Al Malaz is an older district in central Riyadh, built during the reign of King Saud. Tiled stairwells and passages have aged over decades and now show hard water deposits and grout deterioration.

  • Worked on an empty property

    The empty home in Al Malaz reveals old stairs coated in scale deposits and fatty grime from decades of use.

  • Inside every cupboard and drawer

    Every drawer and cupboard holds accumulated dust and marks that may be deep and old. Cleaning needs careful scrubbing without damage.

  • Inside any appliances left behind

    Old appliances left behind may be coated in an oily layer and grime from outdoor air and traffic.

  • Furniture marks off the walls

    Furniture marks may be hidden under layers of old grime and only show after deep cleaning removes the top coat.

  • Bathrooms back to handover condition

    Old bathrooms show heavy limescale deposits and material wear, requiring careful cleaning technique.

  • Floors last, before handover

    Floors are cleaned last, and grout lines are checked carefully to ensure aggressive scrubbing has not caused further damage.

Al Malaz on the map

Al Malaz sits about 2 km from Al Zahraa and about 2 km from Al Safa.

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How we work

Book and assess the state

Work top to bottom

Bathrooms, then floors

Final walkthrough and handover

Some of our work

Photos from our team's work.

  • A tower elevation with clean reflective panels beside panels carrying dark streaks
  • Two technicians on ropes washing a faceted metal facade at night with a pressure lance
  • A crew on ropes midway down a blue glass tower topped by two masts
  • Three technicians on ropes above a curved glass roof over a building atrium
  • Five technicians on ropes cleaning the yellow and grey elevation of a medical building
  • Seven technicians in yellow helmets descending parallel ropes on aluminium cladding

What is different about Central Riyadh

Central Riyadh is the oldest and busiest part of the city. Olaya and Sulaimaniyah carry the office towers along King Fahd Road and Tahlia Street, including Kingdom Centre and Al Faisaliah, while Al Malaz, Al Murabba, Al Batha and Al Dirah are older apartment blocks with shops on the ground floor, the Masmak quarter and the markets around Qasr Al Hukm. Heavy traffic on the main roads coats glass and shopfronts in a grey exhaust film, older stairwells and tiled corridors show worn grout and scale from the hard water, and the commercial buildings never stop taking footfall.

Nearby districts we cover

Questions before booking

Is it safe to clean old tiled stairs without damaging them further?

Yes, we use careful technique that removes grime and deposits without damaging old grout or accelerating wear.

How do you remove the oily exhaust layer from glass and facades?

Oily grime bonds to surfaces, but we use graduated solutions that lift the layer without leaving streaks or dry spots.

Will odours from ground floor shops linger in the flat above?

Traces may remain. Deep cleaning, good ventilation and attention to gaps and cracks help neutralise shop odours.

How many times must a shared entrance be washed before handover?

A shared entrance may need more than one wash, especially if it is old and heavily soiled.

Do tile grout lines need replacement?

Deep cleaning removes accumulated grime. Replacement would need separate work and may not be necessary.

What about the smell of old oil-based paint in the flat?

Ventilation and deep cleaning help. Some aged paint odours may linger and take time to fade completely after move-in.

How much does move-in and move-out cleaning in Al Malaz cost?

It is set after we have seen the job, because the price follows the size of the place, its condition and the time the work takes. Send a photo and a description on WhatsApp and we will give you an estimate before we reach Al Malaz.

Need move-in and move-out cleaning in Al Malaz? Tell us about the place and we will tell you what it needs

We reach Al Malaz at a time we agree, and you get the full cost before we start.

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