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No — and that gap is the whole reason this service exists. Your contractor hauls the construction materials and debris, and leaves. That's his cleanup, and it's where his job ends. What's left is fine construction dust — and in this market, clearing it falls to the owner or the listing agent, not the builder.
Construction dust is fine, abrasive, and keeps resettling for days after the crew is gone — into window tracks, cabinets, vents, and fixtures. A mop and a shop vac just move it around. A post-construction clean removes it, using HEPA-rated tools. We do that for investors, listing agents, and the contractors whose scope includes the final clean.
First, the part nobody tells you. When your contractor finishes, he hauls the heavy debris and he leaves. That is his cleanup, and it's where his job ends.
What he leaves behind is fine construction dust — settled into window tracks, cabinet interiors, vents, light fixtures, the tops of doors, and the floor-to-wall seam. It resettles for days. That is not a mess a contractor's broom-out is meant to solve, and it's not what gets a property to market. That's a post-construction clean, and it's a different job.
Which means it lands on you — the investor or the agent — at the single worst moment in the deal.
This is the most expensive dust you will ever own.
You are at peak carry with zero work left to do. No scope left to discover. No trades left to schedule. Nothing standing between you and a listing except dust — while every line below keeps running:
| Still running on a finished property | Per month |
|---|---|
| Bridge / hard-money interestInterest-only. Doesn't stop because the work did. | ~$1,560 |
| Property taxClass II — assessed at 20% of value, not the 10% a homeowner pays (Ala. Code § 40-8-1) | ~$220 |
| Vacant / builder's-risk insurance | ~$200 |
| Utilities | ~$225 |
| Total carry | ~$2,200/mo |
~$72/day
On a $150K + $50K rehab. Every one of those days is 100% avoidable — the work is finished. You're not paying for progress anymore. You're paying for dust.
Listing it? A wide-angle lens does the opposite of what a buyer's eye does — it magnifies every dusty sill and streaked pane. You can't shoot photos, you can't go live, and the days-on-market clock hasn't even started ticking yet.
You spent $50,000 on the rehab. Don't let a $350 clean hold the listing.
Carry figures are illustrative — 85% loan-to-cost bridge at 11% interest-only, Jefferson County Class II assessment, Birmingham millage. Carry runs roughly $35–40/day per $100,000 you're into the property.
Priced by square footage. Minimum $350. Pricing reflects standard service condition. Heavy debris, hazardous materials, or extreme dust accumulation beyond typical renovation levels are quoted after assessment. View full pricing →
Because most of them will only do half the job. Cleaning companies won't touch an eviction or a heavy trash-out. Junk haulers empty a property and leave it filthy. Two vendors, two invoices, two standards — and you holding the schedule together.
Kidoti does the whole transition. Cleanout, trash-out, deep clean, post-construction, rehab, listing prep. Why we built it this way →
One of four, and we tell you which before we start. Every job runs a written scope checklist — you get the same copy we do. We bring commercial-grade equipment and all supplies; you provide access. Photo documentation on request.
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