Cleaning a building that people live or work in is mostly a scheduling and communication job. The lobby has to look right when residents come home, the stairwell can't be blocked at eight in the morning, and the manager needs to know the work was done without walking the building to check.
We work with property managers, condo boards and building operators on common-area janitorial cleaning, corridor carpet restoration and water extraction and cleanup when it's needed. Our invoices are itemised, so they can go straight into the owner's or the board's records.
Common areas in an occupied building
Lobbies and reception areas, hallways, stairwells and meeting or amenity rooms get the most use and the most scrutiny, and they can't be closed for long. We schedule common-area cleaning for the times the building is quietest, and work in sections so there's always a clear way through.
If the building has rules about when contractors can be in, what has to be posted for residents, or how the service elevator gets booked, we work to them. Tell us when we scope the job.
Where we fit
What we take on in a multi-tenant building
Routine common-area cleaning
- Lobby and reception
- Hallways and stairwells
- Meeting and amenity rooms
- Garbage and recycling
Scheduled as janitorial service.
Corridor carpet
- Spot and stain removal
- Periodic deep cleaning and restoration
Water in the building
- Standing water extracted
- Carpet and underlay in affected areas
- Cleanup once it's dry
Water extraction and flood cleanup, limits included.
Renovations and refits
- Final clean after a common-area renovation
- Ready for residents or tenants to use again
When water crosses from one unit to another
A leak in a multi-unit building rarely stays in one space. Water from a burst line runs into the corridor, the unit below and sometimes the parkade, and suddenly the owner, the board, the manager, at least one insurer and a restoration contractor all have a stake in what happens next.
In most condo buildings, common property is the corporation's responsibility while the inside of each unit is its owner's, though your bylaws and insurance decide the details. Either way, the response goes faster when one person directs it. We take our instructions from the manager or the building's representative, extract the water and clean the areas we're asked to, and are clear about where our scope ends so the restoration contractor can pick up the rest.
Corridor carpet and the reserve fund
Corridor carpet is one of the more visible big-ticket replacements in a condo building, and in Alberta it's the kind of cost a condo corporation plans for through its reserve fund. Carpet that looks worn out is often just soiled: traffic lanes greyed by trapped dirt rather than fibre that has worn through.
Restoring it on a regular cycle can keep it in service longer and keep the corridors looking maintained between replacements. Whether that's worth it for your building is a question we'll answer honestly once we've seen the carpet.
Records the board can use
Boards and owners ask managers what they're paying for. Our invoices are itemised, so it's clear what was done, and they can go into the board package or the owner's file as they are.
If you're comparing vendors, questions to ask a commercial cleaning company before you sign is a list worth running through with every one of them.