Apartment Turnover Services in DC, Maryland and Northern Virginia
A tenant moved out and the unit is empty. We walk it once, write every repair on one scope, and hand it back ready for the next lease.
What Our Apartment Turnover Services Cover
Walls, paint, the damaged plank, the door that will not latch and the missing towel bar, all inside one vacancy window. One condo or a run of units in a garden-style or high-rise community.
Move-Out Walkthrough
We walk the vacant unit, and note every item that has to be fixed before move-in.
Walls and Ceilings
Nail holes, anchor holes, door-knob holes, dents and water marks repaired and made ready for paint.
Interior Painting
Touch-up or full repaint, walls, ceilings, doors and trim, in your property's standard colors.
Flooring
Damaged planks, torn carpet and worn sections repaired or replaced so the floor is not the reason a unit fails inspection.
Doors, Trim and Carpentry
Doors that stick or will not latch, split trim, loose baseboard and damaged cabinet parts repaired.
Punch List
The last items on your list closed out before the unit is handed back as ready.
Why Property Managers Send Us Their Unit Turns
- One Call, Not Six
- Most turnovers need five or six trades. You call one number and the whole unit goes on one scope.
- A Ready Date You Can List
- The scope comes with a schedule, so leasing can advertise a real move-in date.
- Priced Per Unit
- A light turn is never billed like a heavy one. Every unit is walked and priced on what it needs.
Before You Hand Us the Unit Turn
Will it be ready before the new resident gets the keys?
The scope sets the trade order and names the ready date, so leasing lists a real date. A tight schedule is raised at the walkthrough.
Do I have to coordinate five trades?
No. Walls, paint, floors, doors, fixtures and punch list go on one priced scope, and you have one number to call. Cleaning, plumbing, HVAC and roofing are separate trades.
Will the price change halfway through?
One written price per unit, a day or two after the walk, and no work until you sign off. Hidden damage stops the crew until you see it and approve its price. Our turnover standard.
Will I know where each unit stands?
Yes. On a multi-unit turn, each unit has its own scope, price and progress update for leasing. We answer 7:00 AM to 7:00 PM every day.
When Turns Pile Up Around DC
Moves peak in August, and because leases end on the last day of the month, turns arrive in a wave at month end. Walk the unit when notice comes in and it has a ready date before the wave. See how long each stage of a turnover takes.
Walkthroughs Scheduled 7 Days A Week
Book the Turnover Walkthrough
Send the address and move-out date. We walk the unit and send one written price for the whole turn.
Book a Turnover Walkthrough
No charge for the walkthrough or the estimate. The whole turn is written up and priced before anyone starts.
How the Project Runs
- 1We walk the vacant unit room by room and write down every item it needs before move-in.
- 2You get one price for the whole unit. Nothing starts until you approve it.
- 3The work runs in a fixed order: wall and ceiling repairs, then paint, then flooring, then doors, trim and fixtures.
- 4We walk the unit against the scope, close the punch list and tell you it is ready to show.
How we work
How we handle a full unit turn
One contractor gets the unit rent-ready. Every interior repair goes on one written scope with one ready date, because each handoff between separate vendors adds days to the vacancy.
- Paint does not start until the walls it covers are finished, so no room gets painted twice.
- Cleaning is not on our scope. Tell us your cleaning crew's booked day and the repair schedule is planned to end ahead of it.
Apartment Turnovers Questions We Get Asked
What does a turnover cost per unit in Washington, DC?
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Survey data puts the full cost of a move-out near $3,872, and a District two-bedroom loses about $83 of rent for each empty day. Our DC cost guide lays out the sources and the local repair rates.
What does a two-bedroom turn cost in Silver Spring?
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No source prices one directly. At Montgomery County two-bedroom rents near $2,052 a month, each empty day costs about $68, and the guide sets that beside the survey data.
What is the average cost of turnover?
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About $4,000 a turn for multifamily operators, counting lost rent, make-ready, cleaning and leasing, per Zego's 2026 industry survey. That is a market figure, not our price. Your unit is priced after a walkthrough.
What is not included in a turnover?
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Cleaning, plumbing, HVAC and roofing. Those are separate trades. We handle the interior repair work that gets the unit rentable.
What if a unit needs more than we expected?
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If opening a wall shows more damage, we stop, tell you, and price the change before going further.
Can you handle more than one unit?
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Yes. Each unit gets its own scope, price and status for leasing.
Can you coordinate with our maintenance staff?
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Yes. Many communities keep small tickets in house and send us the heavier turns. Tell us where the line is.
Do you work in occupied buildings and condos with an HOA?
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Yes. Send the building's rules on work hours, parking and elevators and they go into the scope.
What drives high apartment unit turnover costs?
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Vacancy comes first: every empty day costs a day of rent. On top of that sits the repair list, from damaged walls and a repaint to flooring sections, doors and hardware. Cleaning and leasing fees land on the same vacancy. Repair time is what you control, and putting every trade on a single scope shortens it.
Do your unit turn renovation services include remodeling?
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No. Our unit turn renovation services bring the rooms that are already there back to rent-ready, from patched walls and fresh paint to repaired floors, working doors and new hardware. Full kitchen or bath remodels are not part of the scope. If a room needs more, we tell you at the walkthrough.
What does a full apartment turn include from move out to move in?
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Seven steps, in this order. We walk the empty unit and write the scope, you approve the price, the walls and ceilings are repaired, the unit is painted, flooring is repaired or replaced, doors, trim and fixtures are fixed, and the punch list is closed on a final walk. Your cleaners and your move-in inspection come after us, because cleaning is not part of our work.
What is the order of work in a turn, cleaning, repairs, or paint first?
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Repairs first, paint second, cleaning last. Compound has to dry and be primed before paint goes over it, and sanding, painting and flooring all make dust, so a unit cleaned before them gets cleaned twice. Inside the repairs, walls and ceilings come before the new floor, so nothing from overhead lands on finished flooring.
Should a property manager use one turn company or separate vendors for each part of the work?
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For the interior repair trades, one company is usually faster, because every handoff between separate vendors is a day the unit can sit with nobody in it. We put walls, paint, flooring, doors, trim and fixtures on one scope with one ready date. Separate vendors still make sense for what we do not do, which is cleaning, plumbing, HVAC, roofing and new electrical circuits. We schedule around them.
In house maintenance team or an outside turn company, which is faster?
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On a light unit, your own staff often is, as long as nobody pulls them onto work orders from occupied units halfway through. On a heavy unit, with patching in every room, a full repaint and flooring, an outside crew working only that unit usually finishes sooner. Many communities split it that way: small tickets stay in house and the heavy turns come to us. Strike any line your staff will handle and its price comes off our scope.
What should a turn contract cover and what stays in house?
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The contract or written scope should name every repair with its price, the ready date, the order of the work, who handles the debris, the warranty term and what happens when hidden damage turns up. Ours covers each of those. What stays in house is your call. Light work orders and anything your staff already stocks parts for are the usual ones to keep, and those lines simply come off our scope.
What happens when a turn runs past the new tenant's move in date?
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Leasing should hear about it the day it becomes likely, not on move-in morning. Our scope names a ready date for each unit. When something moves that date, usually damage found behind a wall or under a floor, you get the new date with the written change, so you can push the move-in, offer the renter another unit, or approve a smaller scope that keeps the original date.
Should a turn company be insured to work in occupied buildings?
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Yes, and you should see the certificate before the crew gets keys. In an occupied building a contractor's mistake can reach a neighbor through a leak, a scuffed hallway or a damaged elevator cab. We carry business liability and workers' compensation, and the certificate comes with our proposal, naming whichever parties the building office asks for, such as the owner, your management firm or the association.
Can a turn company provide references from other property managers?
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We do not publish property manager references on this site. What we publish are our Google reviews, on the reviews page. The rest you can check on paper before any work starts: Home Improvement Contractor license 420226000078, a certificate of insurance made out to your company, and a written scope and price for the unit.
What reporting should a turn company give on each unit?
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Four things per unit at a minimum: a written scope with every item priced, a ready date, a status while the work runs, and a final walk against the scope before the unit goes back to leasing. That is what we send. Hidden damage arrives as its own written change with a price, so the unit file shows what was approved and when.
Who can take over turns this month after a vendor fell through?
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We can take the units our schedule still fits, and we say which ones on the first call. Send the unit numbers, the move-out and move-in dates, and any list the last vendor left behind. We walk the units, send each price in writing within 24 to 48 hours, and finish lists another company started. We do not promise same-day starts.
How fast can a turn company start at a new property?
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The walkthrough can be the next day when our calendar has room, any day of the week between 7:00 AM and 7:00 PM. The written price follows 24 to 48 hours later, and work is scheduled once you approve it. If the building needs a certificate of insurance on file first, send the names with the booking so it comes with the proposal and does not hold up the start.
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