Vacation rental turnovers
The fifteen minutes that decide the review.
Airbnb, VRBO, cabins, lake houses, second homes and short-term rentals across Bass Lake and the surrounding mountain communities.
What a turnover actually is.
It is not a clean with a clock on it. It is the reset that happens between one guest and the next: stripping and remaking beds, laundering or swapping the linens, disinfecting every bathroom, cleaning the kitchen through the appliance fronts, wiping the high-touch surfaces, running and putting away the dishes, resetting each room to match the last visit, and then walking the whole property before locking up.
Anything that looks off gets reported to you that day, with photos, before the next guest walks in and finds it themselves.
Inside a standard turnover
- Full kitchen clean, including the inside of the microwave and the appliance fronts
- Every bathroom cleaned, disinfected and dried
- Beds stripped and remade with fresh linens
- Towels folded and staged where guests actually look for them
- Floors vacuumed and mopped, including under the furniture edges
- High-touch surfaces wiped: handles, switches, remotes, railings
- Dishes run, dried and put away
- Trash and recycling removed
- Rooms reset so each one matches the last visit
- Supply levels checked and replenished
- Damage, wear or missing items reported to you
- A final walkthrough of every room before we lock up
Consistency does more for a review than speed.
Guests forgive a cabin that is a little older. They do not forgive a bed that was not changed or a bathroom that was wiped instead of cleaned. The point of a turnover is that the property feels identical every single time, which is exactly what an owner cannot check from three hours away.
We work from the checklist, staging standard and photo guide you already use, or we build one with you on the first visit. Either way, the same person is accountable for the same rooms.
What a turnover costs to start.
Transparent starting prices, so you can budget before you call. The firm number comes from your property, not from this table.
Vacation rental turnover
$129 startingMinimum starting price for qualifying smaller properties. Final pricing depends on bedrooms, bathrooms, condition, linen and laundry needs, and add-ons.
Deep cleaning
$249 startingFor properties that need substantially more detail than a standard recurring turnover.
Commercial cleaning
$249 startingOffices, retail, studios, salons and small commercial spaces. Recurring plans are quoted individually by size, frequency and scope.
Post-construction cleaning
$349 startingRemodels, renovations and detailed final cleaning. Larger construction projects require a custom quote.
Property check or local visit
$59 startingA local visual check with a report on obvious concerns. Not a professional home inspection.
Emergency turnover
$199 startingSame-day minimum. Within three hours starts at $329, within one hour at $399. Availability is confirmed on the call.
Worth adding to a turnover
- Hot tub drained, refilled and balanced, quoted with the property
- Additional linen sets changed in the same visit
- Linen and towel reset, starting at $49
- Restocking, starting at $49 plus the cost of the supplies purchased
- Welcome package setup, starting at $49 plus the cost of the contents
- Guest support visit, starting at $69
- Unusually time-intensive requests may receive a custom quote before work begins
Every figure on this site is a starting price, not a fixed quote. Final pricing depends on property size, condition, location, service frequency, cleaning requirements, laundry and linen needs, and requested add-ons. We confirm your service scope and pricing before work begins.
When the turnover falls apart.
A cleaner cancels, a guest books for tonight, a stay runs long. Because Golden Hour is based in Bass Lake rather than driving in from the valley, rapid-response cleaning may be available with as little as two hours' notice.
Availability depends on the day, the property and the scope of work. Call and you will know within minutes.
Turnover questions, answered.
What is included in a vacation rental turnover?
A turnover is more than a clean. We strip and remake the beds, launder or swap the linens, clean and disinfect every bathroom, clean the kitchen including the appliance fronts and the inside of the microwave, vacuum and mop, wipe the high-touch surfaces, run and put away the dishes, remove the trash, reset each room to match the last visit, and check the supply levels. Then we walk the property before locking up and tell you anything we found. Turnovers start at $129 for qualifying smaller properties.
How quickly can you respond to an emergency turnover?
Because we are based in Bass Lake, rapid response is often possible with as little as two hours' notice. Availability depends on the day, the size and condition of the property, its location and the scope of work, so the honest answer is that we cannot promise it until we have talked. Emergency pricing is based on the response window: same day starts at $199, within six hours at $249, within three hours at $329 and within one hour at $399. Call 559-676-1016 and you will know within minutes whether we can make it work.
Do you serve Airbnb and VRBO properties?
Yes. Short-term rentals of every size are the core of what we do, whether you self-manage, work with a co-host, or use a property manager. We work from whatever checklist, cleaning standard or photo guide you already use, and we are happy to follow a platform-specific staging routine.
Can you restock supplies between guests?
Yes, and it is worth setting up. Restocking starts at $49 as a service charge, and the cost of the supplies purchased is billed on top of it. We track what each property uses and keep the essentials on the shelf. Owners who set this up stop getting the message that there was no toilet paper in the guest bathroom.
Ready for a turnover you do not have to think about?
Tell us about the property, the schedule and what you want handled. You will get a plan and a firm number, usually the same day.
Bass Lake, California. Serving Bass Lake, Oakhurst, Coarsegold, North Fork and the surrounding mountain communities.