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 available 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 and enforced by the Workplace Relations Commission, 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.
Reliable Airbnb Turnover Cleaning Across Ireland
The Irish short-term let market is large and formalising rather than shrinking: there are roughly 32,665 active short-term let listings in Ireland, about 67% of them entire-home properties (Fáilte Ireland / CSO, 2026), and almost every one of those needs a full changeover between guests. The single point of failure in that market is the turnover itself — the few hours between an 11:00 checkout and a 15:00 check-in in which the unit must be stripped, cleaned, restocked, and made guest-ready, or the next stay starts badly.
Optus Glean provides managed Airbnb changeover cleaning across all 26 counties. Every turnover follows the Optus Glean Changeover Standard, is completed and photo-signed by 14:00, and is logged in the host portal before the check-in window opens. Because our cleaners are PAYE-employed and supported by a named relief, the turnover is never left to chance on a casual cleaner's availability. For the full per-turnover prices behind the programme, see our Airbnb cleaning cost guide for Ireland, and for the turnover itself step by step, see how to clean an Airbnb between guests.
A Managed Monthly Programme, Not a One-Off Clean
Optus Glean does not sell single hobby-host changeovers. Airbnb changeover cleaning is offered only as 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 that a gig cleaner cannot sign.
Per-Turnover Changeover Pricing
Changeovers are priced per unit, banded by bedroom count, and billed inside the managed monthly programme. The bands below are indicative; the exact per-unit fee is set against your units, your turnover frequency, and whether linen is bundled. Linen, consumables and condition reporting are quoted as part of the programme.
| Property Size | Clean-Only (per turnover) | With Linen & Consumables |
|---|---|---|
| 1-Bed Apartment | on request | ≈ on request |
| 2-Bed Apartment / House | on request | ≈ on request |
| 3-Bed House | on request | ≈ on request |
| 4-Bed House | on request | ≈ on request |
All figures are exclusive of VAT and are per-unit changeover fees within a monthly programme, not hourly rates or one-off domestic jobs. Consumables are billed at cost plus 15%. For the full cost breakdown by property size and county, see the Airbnb cleaning cost guide.
What Is Included in an Airbnb Changeover Clean
Every Optus Glean changeover follows the Optus Glean Changeover Standard — a documented, room-by-room checklist signed by the operative on each turn. This is a hospitality turnover, not a maintenance wipe-down.
Linen and Laundry
- Strip and bag all used linen and towels at the start of the turn
- Make up every bed with fresh par-stock linen to hospital-corner standard
- Fold fresh towels to a fixed presentation standard
- Collect used linen for laundering on the same changeover visit
Kitchen
- Empty and wipe the fridge; run or empty the dishwasher
- Degrease hob, splashback, and worktops
- Clean sink, taps, and drainer — remove limescale
- Restock welcome consumables (coffee, tea, dishwasher tablets)
- Empty bins and replace liners; mop the floor
Bathrooms
- Descale and disinfect toilet, basin, bath, and shower
- Clean tiles, grouting, and screen — remove mould and discolouration
- Clean mirrors streak-free; polish chrome fittings
- Replace toiletries and fold fresh towels to standard
- Mop the floor including behind the toilet and under the basin
Bedrooms and Living Areas
- Reset each room to the listing-photo layout
- Vacuum carpets or mop hard floors top-down
- Dust all surfaces, windowsills, skirting boards, and high-touch points
- Check under beds and behind furniture
- Wipe light switches, sockets, and door handles
Restock, Inventory and Sign-Off
- Restock all consumables to par (loo roll, coffee, soap, bin liners)
- Run the inventory check; log any damage or missing items
- Final guest-ready walkthrough
- Photograph each room as timestamped proof of condition for the next booking
The Same-Day Changeover Window
The whole programme is engineered around the standard same-day window: an 11:00 checkout that must be guest-ready for a 15:00 check-in. Optus Glean completes and photo-signs the turnover by 14:00, leaving a buffer before the next guest arrives. Where the primary cleaner is unavailable, a named relief is dispatched automatically — substitution is our operational problem, not the host's risk to absorb. That is the difference between a managed programme and a casual cleaner: the window is guaranteed, not hoped for.
Condition Reporting and Damage Escalation
Every turn produces a record. Any damage, excess soiling, or missing item is photographed, logged, and escalated to the host within one hour, with a written incident note. Where a unit needs more than a standard changeover before the next check-in, we flag it so the host can decide on an additional deep clean or recover costs from the guest deposit through the platform. All chemicals are risk-assessed under the Chemical Agents Regulations 2001–2015 in line with the Health and Safety Authority framework, and EU Ecolabel products are used where possible.
Built for Register-Ready Compliance
Ireland's short-term letting market is formalising. The Fáilte Ireland Short-Term Letting (STL) Register requires hosts to register, display a registration number on every listing, and keep records. Our managed programme keeps a dated, photo-evidenced turnover log for each unit — the kind of register-ready documentation an inspector, an insurer, or the register itself would accept. No gig cleaner produces this. For the cleaning-led management tier that bundles condition reporting and compliance records, see Airbnb co-host and management.
Run three or more short-term lets?
We build a fixed monthly changeover programme around your units, your turnover frequency, and your compliance file. See the full short-term let sector overview or request a quote.
Frequently Asked Questions About Airbnb Changeover Cleaning
How much does Airbnb turnover cleaning cost in Ireland?
A clean-only changeover runs roughly on request for a 1-bed, on request for a 2-bed, and on request for a 4-bed. With linen supplied and laundered, expect about on request, on request and on request respectively. These are per-unit fees billed inside a managed monthly programme, not one-off jobs. See our Airbnb cleaning cost guide for the full breakdown.
What is included in an Airbnb changeover clean?
Every changeover follows the Optus Glean Changeover Standard: strip and launder linen, reset and disinfect the kitchen, deep-clean the bathrooms, make up the bedrooms to listing-photo layout, vacuum and mop all living areas, restock consumables, run an inventory and damage check, and finish with a guest-ready walkthrough photographed for the host portal before check-in opens.
How fast is the changeover window between check-out and check-in?
The programme is built around the standard same-day window of an 11:00 checkout to a 15:00 check-in. The turnover is completed and photo-signed by 14:00, leaving a buffer before the next guest arrives. A named relief is dispatched automatically if the primary cleaner is unavailable, so the window is never missed for want of a person.
Do you restock consumables and reset the listing?
Yes. Every turnover includes restocking welcome consumables such as toilet roll, coffee, tea, soap, dishwasher tablets and bin liners, and resetting each room to match the listing photographs. Consumables are billed at cost plus 15%. Par-minimum triggers an automatic reorder, so a unit is never left short between guests.
What happens if a guest leaves the unit in a bad state?
Any damage, excess soiling or missing item is photographed, logged and escalated to the host within one hour of the turn, with a written incident note. Where a unit needs more than a standard changeover, we flag it before the next check-in so the host can decide on an additional deep clean or recover costs from the guest deposit through the platform.
How Optus Glean handles staff shortages
Every Optus Glean contract is staffed on a redundancy model rather than a single-person model. A named primary cleaner is assigned to the units at contract start. A named relief is assigned alongside them. Both are PAYE-employed by Optus Glean, both are Garda-vetted, both are inducted on the units' specific layout, access protocols, and colour-coded equipment system, and both are trained to the same documented HIQA-aligned IPC standard. Substitution is built into the contract from the first day, not arranged on the day cover is needed.
Sick day cover. When the primary cleaner is unable to work, the named relief is deployed. The host contact is notified by 06:30 on the morning of the absence by SMS or email, with the name of the relief who is attending. The relief follows the same checklist, uses the same equipment, and finishes within the same changeover window. The standard of clean is unchanged because the relief was prepared for this scenario before the absence happened.
Annual leave cover. Annual leave is rostered weeks in advance and the relief is scheduled to cover the full leave period. The host is informed at the start of the leave period — not on the morning leave begins. This is the same model used in clinical rota management: known absences are pre-staffed, not improvised.
Long-term cover. If the primary cleaner is absent for more than two weeks (extended illness, parental leave, bereavement leave), cover is drawn from the wider trained bench rather than relying on the single named relief. The host is kept informed of the cover plan, the named individuals involved, and the expected duration. Continuity of standard is maintained because every operative on the bench is trained to the same documented standard.
Permanent reassignment. If the primary cleaner moves to a new permanent role within Optus Glean — promotion, relocation, retirement — the relief is promoted to primary on a planned timetable, a new relief is trained on the units, and both are introduced to the host before the handover takes effect. There is no day on which the host discovers, after the fact, that their cleaner has changed.
Substitution is Optus Glean's operational problem, not the host's risk to absorb. The host pays a fixed monthly fee for a defined scope to be delivered, every turn it is meant to be delivered. The mechanism by which we deliver it — primary, relief, bench, retraining — is our cost to manage and our risk to carry.
Last reviewed: 2026-06-21