Flip a House Equipment: Tool Categories and Their Roles

Quick answer

Flip a House splits its cleaning tools into two parallel lines that run six tiers deep. Vacuums deal with floor dirt, scrubbers deal with walls, tiles, counters and stained hard surfaces, and each tier of one line unlocks at the same cleaner level as the matching tier of the other. Beyond those, the game includes a sponge for tight spots and fixtures the vacuum cannot reach, and trash handling for loose bags, boxes and broken furniture that must be carried out before a room reads as clean.

Vacuum equipment and its cleaning role

The vacuum line handles floor dirt in long passes. The starter vacuum works fine on small rooms but stalls on bigger floor plans until you upgrade.

Vacuum tiers handle loose dirt and dust, but mold and stains require a scrubber, a sponge, or a brush — players who try to vacuum a stain will watch the dirt bar barely move because the game separates surface grime from embedded filth. A better vacuum clears dirt faster and covers more area per pass, and higher-tier vacuums clear stains in fewer actions. The vacuum line runs six tiers deep, with examples including the Pro Vacuum, Turbo Vacuum, Plasma Vacuum, Industrial Vacuum, Royal Vacuum, and Cyber Vacuum.

Scrubber equipment and its cleaning role

The scrubber line runs parallel to the vacuum line and handles walls, tiles, counters and stained hard surfaces. The earliest scrubber sits behind cleaner level 3, so walls stay dirty longer than floors.

Early runs start with the Smile Scrubber, which is slow but functional. As you level, you gain access to the Scrub Sponge, then the Electric Scrubber, the Crystall Scrubber, and eventually the Industrial Scrubber. Each upgrade increases both cleaning speed and the area you can cover per swipe. When scrub tools upgrade, the win is fewer seconds per stain. The handheld scrubber is the workhorse for most of the mid-game because it balances speed with control, letting you angle it into corners and around furniture legs without overshooting the stain.

Comparison

Comparison

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Tier counts for the scrubber line are not consistently reported: some breakdowns list five scrubber tiers (Smile Scrubber, Scrub Sponge, Electric Scrubber, Crystall Scrubber, Industrial Scrubber), while others describe six tiers running from Pro Vacuum/Smile Scrubber up to Cyber Vacuum/Handheld Scrubber. Check the current in-game tool list to confirm the exact count.

Trash handling and sponges

Trash handling covers loose bags, boxes and broken furniture that have to be carried out before a room reads as clean. Trash is the cheapest step and delivers the biggest early quality jump, and clearing it first frees up the floor sections you need for vacuuming.

The sponge is a small hand tool for tight spots and fixtures the vacuum cannot reach, useful for sinks, hobs and bathroom fittings. Together with the vacuum and scrubber, these form the three cleaning layers the game tracks separately: trash clear, vacuum, and scrub.

Checklist

• Sprint

  9 Robux for permanent faster movement, useful on every large property.

• Turbo Detergent

  29 Robux for a permanent cleaning efficiency boost that shortens every scrubbing pass for the rest of the save.

• 2x Buyer Luck

  49 Robux to double the luck roll on buyer offers, which raises how far above base value a bid can go.

• Paintbrush

  49 Robux to unlock the paintbrush tool for redecorating interior surfaces.

• Power Potion

  99 Robux consumable tier item aimed at players deep into mansion runs.

Equipment gating and unlock passes

Both tool lines are gated purely by cleaner level, and the gates land at 3, 6, 9, 13, 17 and 22. Nothing about cash, property tier or playtime changes what you are allowed to equip: if your cleaner level is below the gate, the tool is not available to you at any price except a Robux unlock pass.

Unlock passes cover every tool and property individually, with an Early pass that skips a level requirement immediately and a Standard pass that waives the same requirement for a player who is already close to it. Every tool and property also unlocks through normal leveling, so free players reach the same gear through repeat flips. Exact per-tier clear-speed numbers and tool costs are community-reported rather than officially published, so treat those figures as approximate.