Most office cleaning is unglamorous. The trash goes out, the floors get vacuumed, the kitchen gets wiped down and the restrooms are stocked before anyone shows up at 8:30. We do that every night or every week, and we write the list down so nobody has to guess what "cleaned" means.
What a typical visit covers
Every office is different, so the checklist we write after the walkthrough is yours. A standard nightly list looks like this:
- Empty trash and recycling at every desk and in every common area, and replace the liners
- Vacuum carpet and dust-mop or wet-mop hard floors
- Wipe cleared desks, door handles, light switches and other shared surfaces
- Clean and restock restrooms: toilets, sinks, mirrors, floors, soap and paper
- Wipe down the kitchen or break room, including counters, sink, table and the fronts of appliances
- Spot-clean glass doors and interior windows
Desks, papers and everything else you own
We don't move paperwork, open drawers or touch anything on a desk that looks like work in progress. If a desk is cluttered, we dust around it. Tell us if a room is off limits, such as a server closet or an executive's office, and it comes off the route.
The weekly and monthly extras
Some jobs don't need to happen every night, so we put them on their own rhythm. Once a week we dust blinds, ledges and low vents, and clean inside the microwave and the shared fridge. Once a month we detail the restrooms: descaling fixtures, scrubbing grout, wiping partitions top to bottom. Twice a year the carpet gets extracted and hard floors get buffed or recoated.
How often should we come?
It depends on how many people use the space and how. As a rough guide, an office with fewer than ten people can often get by with two or three visits a week. Once you pass about 25 people, or add a kitchen and regular visitors, every night is usually the better call, mostly because of restrooms and trash. Client-facing offices tend to want daily service whatever their size.
If the lobby needs attention during the day, a day porter covers the gap between night visits.
What affects the price
Square footage is where the math starts, but it isn't the whole story. Floor type matters, because carpet and hard floors take different time. So do the number of restrooms and kitchens, how many days a week we visit, how much furniture we work around and when the building lets us in. We price after the walkthrough and put the number in writing. Recurring service is usually a flat monthly amount, so your invoice doesn't move around with the calendar.
Questions about office cleaning
Can you clean while we're in the office?
We can, but it works better after hours. Vacuums and floor machines are loud, and a crew working around desks takes longer. If your staff works late, we start with the areas that empty first.
Do you take out recycling and shred bins?
We empty trash and recycling and take it to your building's collection point. Locked shred bins stay where they are for your shredding vendor.
What if something gets missed?
Tell us. We fix it on the next visit, or sooner if it can't wait, and your supervisor logs the request so the same thing doesn't come up twice.