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Quality in a cleaning business is usually inspected by memory — a quick glance before leaving, if the day allows. This sheet makes it a system: thirty checks across kitchen, bathrooms, bedrooms, living areas and final general checks, each marked PASS, FAIL or N/A against the client's agreed scope, with a corrective-action record and a signed re-check for anything that fails. It is the quality link of the FormNest chain — the document that turns 'we clean well' into something a business can show.

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[Your Business Name]

[phone] · [email] · [address]

Cleaning Quality Inspection Sheet

For cleaning businesses — a room-by-room quality check after a visit, with corrective actions and a signed re-check.

Job details

Inspection reference:

Client name:

Service address:

Job reference:

Cleaning date:

Inspection date:

Cleaner / team:

Inspector:

Inspection time:

Visit type

☐ Deep clean

☐ Recurring

☐ Move-in

☐ Move-out

☐ Other

How to rate each task

PASS — the task meets the business's stated cleaning standard. FAIL — the task needs corrective attention. N/A — the task was not included in the agreed scope.

Kitchen

Task	Pass	Fail	N/A	Notes / corrective action
Counters and accessible surfaces clean
Sink and faucet cleaned
Cooktop and exterior range cleaned
Appliance exteriors wiped
Cabinet fronts spot-cleaned as needed
Floor swept and mopped
Trash removed and liner replaced if supplied

Bathrooms

Task	Pass	Fail	N/A	Notes / corrective action
Toilet cleaned and sanitized
Sink and faucet cleaned
Shower / tub cleaned
Mirrors free of visible marks
Fixtures wiped
Floor cleaned
Trash removed

Bedrooms

Task	Pass	Fail	N/A	Notes / corrective action
Accessible surfaces dusted
Bed made if included
Mirrors cleaned where applicable
Accessible floors vacuumed or mopped
Trash removed

Living & common areas

Task	Pass	Fail	N/A	Notes / corrective action
Accessible furniture surfaces dusted
Visible marks addressed within scope
Floors vacuumed or mopped
Accessible high-touch surfaces wiped
Trash removed

General & final checks

Task	Pass	Fail	N/A	Notes / corrective action
No obvious cleaning-product residue
Equipment and supplies removed
Lights and doors left as instructed
Client belongings left in place
Access arrangements followed
All agreed add-ons completed

Inspection result

Total items inspected:

Pass:

Fail:

N/A:

Overall result

☐ PASS

☐ FAIL

☐ PASS WITH MINOR NOTES

Job completion approved

☐ Yes

☐ No

Corrective action record

Room / task	Defect found	Corrective action required	Assigned to	Due date	Completed

Re-check & sign-off

Re-inspection date:

Re-inspected by:

Corrective actions verified

☐ Yes

☐ No

Remaining issues:

Inspector signature:

Cleaner acknowledgement:

Re-check signature:

Re-check date:

Inspection records support internal quality control. They are not proof that every surface or hidden area has been inspected.

Free template from FormNest (formnest.pages.dev) — free for your own business use; please do not redistribute or resell.

See it filled in — a worked example

Example details only. Sarah Johnson inspects Emily Carter's first deep clean at Dana Miller's home on November 10, 2026 — the same job the estimate, welcome sheet and key log in this collection describe. One item fails; watch what the sheet does with it.

Cleaning Quality Inspection — BrightPath Home Cleaning
Inspection ref	QC-026 · Job BP-026 · Cleaning and inspection date November 10, 2026, 3:45 PM
Client	Dana Miller, 1847 Willow Creek Drive, Springfield, IL 62704 · Cleaner: Emily Carter · Inspector: Sarah Johnson · Visit type: first deep clean
Kitchen (7)	All PASS — counters clean, sink no visible residue, cooktop clean, appliance exteriors wiped, cabinet fronts spot-cleaned, floor clean, trash removed
Bathrooms (7)	All PASS — toilets clean, sinks clean, shower/tub clean, mirrors no visible streaks, fixtures wiped, floors clean, trash removed
Bedrooms (5)	4 PASS — surfaces dusted (all three), mirrors clean, floors vacuumed, trash removed · 1 N/A — beds made (not requested)
Living areas (5)	All PASS — surfaces clean, visible marks within scope, floors vacuumed/mopped, high-touch surfaces wiped, trash removed
General (6)	5 PASS — no product residue, equipment removed, doors and lights as instructed, belongings undisturbed, access arrangements followed (key returned to Sarah Johnson) · 1 FAIL — agreed add-ons: light grease residue remained on the oven door edge
Result	30 items assessed — 28 PASS · 1 FAIL · 1 N/A. Overall result: FAIL (one corrective item). Job completion approved: No — pending correction of the oven door edge.
Corrective action	Kitchen oven — residue on door edge → re-clean and inspect · Assigned to Emily Carter · Due November 12 · Status at inspection: pending
Re-check	November 12, 2026 — re-inspected by Sarah Johnson · Corrective action verified: Yes · Remaining issues: none observed · Signed by inspector, cleaner and re-checker (illustrative signatures)

The failure is the point of the example: it is named, owned, dated and re-checked — and it is the same missed oven edge that the complaint record in this collection picks up from the client's side.

What's included

Job details
Visit type
How to rate each task
Kitchen
Bathrooms
Bedrooms
Living & common areas
General & final checks
Inspection result
Overall result
Job completion approved
Corrective action record
Re-check & sign-off
Corrective actions verified

Who should use it

Cleaning business owners and supervisors inspecting finished work
Quality-control managers in small cleaning teams
Cleaners conducting honest self-inspections before leaving a property

How to use it

Inspect against the client's agreed scope only — a task that was never booked is N/A, not a fail.
Work room by room in the sheet's order, marking each item before you leave the room.
For every FAIL, fill the corrective-action record on the spot: what, who fixes it, by when.
Re-check the correction and sign the re-check section; a fail is not closed until it has been looked at again.

Printing & customization

Prints on US Letter or A4 across three pages. Use the editable version to add room-specific tasks, extra rows, or your own standard checklist items before making it your master.

Simple usage licence

Free for your own business use — print it, fill it, edit the editable version and save it as your master. Please don't redistribute, resell or re-upload the files themselves; link to this page instead.

Frequently asked questions

When should I complete an inspection?

Usually immediately after the cleaning visit, or before the team leaves the property — while anything found can still be put right on the same visit.

Should I mark an excluded task as failed?

No. Use N/A when the task was outside the agreed scope. Marking unbooked work as a fail punishes the cleaner for the estimate, not for the cleaning.

Can a failed inspection be approved later?

Yes — once the corrective action has been completed and re-checked. The sheet's re-check section is what closes the loop; a fail without a re-check is just a note.