The Optus Glean promise: predictability
Three pillars. Three commitments. No exceptions.
Predictable cost. A fixed per-unit changeover fee inside a retained monthly minimum, paid by SEPA Direct Debit, with an annual indexed review. No variable hours, no surprise invoices, no padded callout charges. Budgeted once, paid monthly, reviewed once a year.
Predictable presence. The turnover happens every time it is meant to happen. A named primary cleaner is assigned to your units, supported by a named relief who is already vetted, inducted, and trained on the same colour-coded system and IPC standard. The changeover does not depend on whether one person is free on one day.
Predictable freedom. A single point of accountability. One programme. One named manager. One number to call. The changeover, the linen and the guest-ready record stop being a problem the host has to manage — they become a service that runs.
Why short-term let cleaning in Ireland is structurally hard to get right
Most short-term let turnover cleaning in Ireland is delivered by casual, part-time, or self-employed operatives found through WhatsApp groups and social media. A significant proportion of that workforce also holds healthcare assistant shifts in nursing homes and acute care, and the cleaning shift is dropped when a care shift is offered. On a changeover day — where an 11:00 checkout has to be guest-ready for a 15:00 check-in — a single no-show is not an inconvenience; it is a cancelled or one-star stay. This casual pattern is consistent with CSO labour data on accommodation and administrative-support employment.
The pattern is reinforced by Irish-specific pressures. Housing affordability and wage compression in Dublin in particular pull operatives toward whichever shift pays slightly more on the day. The Contract Cleaning Employment Regulation Order rate of €14.80 per hour for 2026, set under the Labour Court's sectoral framework, sits close enough to flexible care-sector pay that casual cleaners drift between the two. There is no insurance behind the gig cleaner, no audit trail when a guest complains, and no record when an inspector or the host's insurer asks for one.
This is the structural problem Optus Glean is built to solve. Our operatives are fully PAYE-employed with guaranteed weekly hours, paid leave, and pension contributions under Irish auto-enrolment, paid above the ERO floor deliberately so the role is the better work, not the secondary income. A named primary cleaner is assigned to your units, supported by a named relief, both Garda-vetted through the National Vetting Bureau and trained to Optus Glean's documented IPC standard. The turnover is delivered to a fixed checklist, photographed at sign-off, and logged — which is why we can promise the changeover happens every time it is meant to, not most times.
A Managed Programme, Not a One-Off Clean
Optus Glean does not sell single hobby-host changeovers. The short-term let line is a managed monthly programme for portfolio hosts, holiday-let operators, serviced-accommodation businesses and estate-agent letting arms with three or more units. The host commits to a retained monthly minimum on SEPA Direct Debit over a minimum twelve-month term; turnovers are billed against that minimum at a fixed per-unit fee, with overage billed monthly in arrears. This is the same contractable backbone Optus Glean uses for B2B facilities work, ported to short-term lets: a defined scope, an SLA, fixed pricing, and a single point of accountability.
For the per-turnover prices behind the programme, see our Airbnb cleaning cost guide for Ireland. For the step-by-step turnover itself, see how to clean an Airbnb between guests.
What a Managed Changeover Programme Includes
Every Optus Glean short-term let programme is built on a published Service Agreement with a fixed scope and an SLA a gig cleaner cannot sign:
- Defined changeover scope — a published room-by-room checklist per unit, the Optus Glean Changeover Standard, signed by the operative on each turn
- Photo-proof of guest-ready state — timestamped photographs of each room at sign-off, in the host portal before the check-in window opens
- Same-day time-window guarantee — the 11:00 checkout to 15:00 check-in turnover completed and photo-signed by 14:00, with a named relief auto-dispatched if the primary is unavailable
- Colour-coded IPC — red for bathrooms, blue for general and bedrooms, green for kitchens, with no cross-contamination
- Chemical and method compliance — all products risk-assessed under the Chemical Agents Regulations 2001–2015, EU Ecolabel where possible
- Linen par-levels — a minimum of three sets per bed in rotation, so a turn is never missed for want of linen
- Restock and damage reporting — consumables checked every turn; any damage, missing item or maintenance fault photo-logged and escalated within one hour
- Register-ready records — a dated turnover log an inspector, insurer or the Failte Ireland register would accept
Our Short-Term Let Services
Airbnb Changeover Cleaning
Reliable per-turnover changeover cleans to a fixed checklist, photo-signed guest-ready, inside the same-day window.
View service →Holiday Let Cleaning
Self-catering and holiday-home changeovers across the Wild Atlantic Way and coastal Ireland, including seasonal resets.
View service →Short-Let Linen & Laundry
Hotel-grade linen hire and laundering on par-levels, delivered and collected on the changeover visit.
View service →Airbnb Co-Host & Management
The cleaning-led management tier: changeover, linen, reset and condition reporting across multiple units.
View service →The Compliance Wedge: Selling Defensibility, Not Just Cleaning
Ireland's short-term letting market is formalising, not shrinking. The Failte Ireland Short-Term Letting (STL) Register requires hosts to register, display a registration number on every listing, and keep records, with platforms required to de-list properties that are not registered. Combined with Rent Pressure Zone planning rules under S.I. No. 235 of 2019 and the EU short-stay data-collection rules under Regulation (EU) 2024/1028, the host's exposure has shifted from “is my unit clean” to “can I prove I am operating legally.” The boundary between a short-term let and a tenancy is set out by the Residential Tenancies Board, and policy is described on gov.ie.
Optus Glean bundles register-ready turnover documentation into the managed programme: a monthly compliance pack with timestamped photo evidence, an IPC colour-coding attestation, a linen-change record, and fire, smoke and CO-alarm check logs. No gig cleaner produces this. For the full picture of who must register and how, read our cost guide and our Short-Term Letting Register guide. Chemical and contractor-safety obligations follow the Health and Safety Authority framework, and our staff are paid above the Contract Cleaning ERO floor set by the Workplace Relations Commission.
Regulation & Compliance: The 2026 Rules
Ireland's short-term letting rules change materially in 2026. Fáilte Ireland's Short-Term Letting (STL) Register launches on 1 December 2026 and is mandatory by 31 December 2026; the EU short-term rental Regulation (EU) 2024/1028 applies from 20 May 2026; and the Government's National Planning Statement (set out at Cabinet on 16 June 2026) restricts new short-term let permissions in larger towns. Our managed programme keeps each unit register-ready. These guides explain the detail (reviewed monthly as the legislation is finalised):
Short-Term Letting Register Ireland
What the STL Register is, who must register, and the 1 Dec 2026 launch / 31 Dec 2026 deadline.
How to Register a Short-Term Let
The step-by-step registration process, with what is confirmed and what is still being finalised.
Do I Need to Register My Airbnb?
A plain-English decision guide to whether the register applies to your units.
Register Deadline (31 Dec 2026)
The dates that matter and what happens if you miss the registration deadline.
Planning Permission & RPZ Rules
Change-of-use, the 90-day Rent Pressure Zone rule, and the new planning restrictions.
EU Regulation 2024/1028
Registration numbers, platform data sharing, and delisting powers across the EU.
New Airbnb Rules Ireland 2026
A single overview of every 2026 change: register, EU rules, planning, tax, fire safety.
Fire Safety & Insurance
The statutory-obligations declaration, fire-safety good practice, and insurance to check.
Cost Tools & Host Guides
Work out your per-turnover cost, set your guest-facing cleaning fee, and run a reliable changeover with our host guides and the free calculator.
- Airbnb changeover cost calculator — estimate your per-turnover band by size and tier.
- Airbnb cleaning cost Ireland — prices per turnover.
- Airbnb cleaning fee — how much to charge and how to set it.
- How to clean an Airbnb between guests and the changeover checklist (free PDF).
- Holiday-let linen par-levels and how to find a reliable cleaner.
- Do I need a company for Airbnb in Ireland? — tax and structure.
Short-Term Let Cleaning by County
Managed Airbnb and holiday-let changeover cleaning in the highest-demand Irish tourism markets, including the Wild Atlantic Way:
Dublin
City-centre and Docklands short-let changeovers, same-day turnovers.
Galway
Salthill, the city and Connemara on the Wild Atlantic Way.
Kerry
Killarney, Dingle and the Ring of Kerry holiday-home market.
Cork
Kinsale, West Cork and city short-lets.
Clare
Lahinch, Doolin and the Cliffs of Moher coast.
Wicklow
Glendalough, Greystones and the Garden of Ireland.
Frequently Asked Questions About Short-Term Let Cleaning
Do you clean Airbnb and short-term lets in Ireland?
Yes. Optus Glean provides managed changeover cleaning for Airbnb and short-term lets across all 26 counties. The service is a managed monthly programme for portfolio hosts, holiday-let operators and property managers with three or more units, not a one-off domestic clean. Each turnover follows a fixed checklist and is signed off with timestamped, guest-ready photographs.
How does a managed Airbnb cleaning programme work?
A managed programme is a fixed per-unit changeover fee inside a retained monthly minimum, paid by SEPA Direct Debit on a minimum twelve-month term. A named primary cleaner and named relief, both PAYE-employed and Garda-vetted, are assigned to your units. Each changeover is delivered to the Optus Glean Changeover Standard, photographed at sign-off, and logged. Overage above the monthly minimum is billed monthly in arrears.
Do I need to register my short-term let in Ireland?
Most short-term lettings are required to register on the Failte Ireland Short-Term Letting (STL) Register, display a registration number on every listing, and keep records. Properties in Rent Pressure Zones that are not the host's primary residence generally also need planning permission for change of use. Our managed programme keeps a register-ready file of dated turnover records for each unit.
Can you handle same-day changeovers between guests?
Yes. The programme is built around the same-day window between an 11:00 checkout and a 15:00 check-in. The turnover is completed and photo-signed inside that window, and a named relief is dispatched automatically if the primary cleaner is unavailable, so the changeover is never missed for want of a person.
Do you supply and launder the linen as well?
Yes. Optus Glean runs a commercial laundry division and supplies hotel-grade linen on a par-stock basis of three sets per bed in rotation, laundered and swapped on the changeover visit so the host never touches sheets. Linen hire and laundering can be bundled into the per-unit changeover fee or quoted as a separate line within the monthly programme.
Last reviewed: 2026-06-21