Same-day turnover means ninety minutes between checkout and check-in. The wine ring on the coffee table gets photographed now or it becomes the next guest's problem — and the next review's. This checklist gives the cleaner a fixed photo route, a damage flag that takes ten seconds, and a handoff the host can read before the door code changes.

Walk the same photo route every turnover

  • Shoot an as-found wide from each doorway in the first ten minutes, before a single towel moves, following one fixed order: entry, living room, kitchen, bedrooms, bathrooms, patio.
  • Repeat the identical route on every clean; when the sequence never changes, a missing room is obvious in the camera roll even on a double-turnover day.
  • Photograph the trash and left-behind items before bagging them — broken glass, packaging that no longer matches the inventory, the charger a guest will call about tomorrow.

Flag damage for the host, don't rule on it

  • Shoot a wide-plus-close pair the moment something looks wrong — the wine ring, a chipped lamp base, a drag scuff across the plank floor — and mark it as a flag; damage versus wear is the host's call, made from the photos.
  • Capture stains on upholstery, rugs, and mattress protectors before cleaning products touch them; a treated stain photographs lighter than the one the guest left.
  • Note where each flag sits in plain words — ring on left half of coffee table travels through a busy turnover better than a bare photo.

Count the items that walk away

  • Check bath towels, hand towels, and washcloths against the listed set, and photograph the empty shelf or hook whenever a count comes up short.
  • Run the same small-inventory pass each time: remotes, hangers, pool fobs, the hair dryer, the coffee carafe — the items guests pack by accident.
  • Write the item, the expected count, and the found count; skip guessing which guest or which clean the gap belongs to.

Stage the reset and shoot it

  • Take one staged photo per room after the reset: bed made, towels folded, remote in its tray, patio chairs squared.
  • Save the staging set as the next turnover's baseline — the photo that shows the coffee table without the ring is the one that dates the ring.
  • Re-shoot anything repaired or moved during the clean, like a re-hung curtain or a tightened chair leg, so the host isn't surprised at the next walkthrough.

Hand the record to the host before check-in

  • Pair the flags and counts with the staging set and send them before the next guest's check-in time, while the previous stay is still the current stay.
  • Start the handoff with anything that affects the incoming guest: a missing remote, a wobbly dining chair, a stain that needs a second treatment.
  • Use door.lease to keep the route photos, flags, and counts in one turnover report the host and co-host can open from a link between guests.
Use this guide as documentation support, not legal advice. Local rules, lease terms, platform policies, and professional guidance may affect how a record should be used.