Have you thought about hiring a professional cleaning company for your office? Your workplace might be in need of some TLC, but what will a professional cleaning service do for you? Will they be able to meet your needs? Will they customize their services for you? Will they provide the results you want?
Let’s dive into the world of expert commercial cleaning, with a focus on office cleaning and see what this kind of service is like so you know what to expect.
What They Will Clean
You probably want to know what kind of cleaning tasks the company will do for you when they send their cleaners to your property. The specifics will vary based on which company you pick, but you can be sure of a few basic tasks. Those would include:
- Wiping down most hard surfaces (counters, shelves, etc.)
- Cleaning floors, which may include vacuuming, sweeping, mopping, and scrubbing
- Cleaning toilets
- Removing trash
- Sanitizing
- Organizing/tidying
Now, these are just the most common tasks, and there may be others that your cleaning company of choice will offer. You may be able to ask them to add more tasks onto their checklist so that the cleaning is more thorough. You can also ask them about deep cleaning, which would have all the basic cleaning tasks plus others that are exclusive to deep cleaning.
In many cases, the cleaning company will provide window washing, ceiling fan cleaning, and a variety of other tasks, but some of these may be add-on services, and others may already be included in a deep cleaning.
The Same Company Works for Everyone
Don’t expect an office cleaning service to stick to just offices. They can also handle warehouses, medical facilities, factories, schools, and even homes. The advantage of hiring most professional cleaning companies is that you can hire them for anything and get the same service. If you find a company you like that does a good job with office cleaning, you can also use them as experienced cleaners for a spotless home. Why not take a reliable company and ask them to clean our personal property for you rather than only use them at your workplace?
Most professional cleaning services are full-service companies that will happily provide cleaning for residential and commercial clients and adjust cleaning tasks and the number of cleaners they send out accordingly.
You Will Need to Prepare
If you’re going to have the company come in and clean while your employees are working, you may find that they disturb the work a little bit as they clean. It would be better to have them clean during off hours, but many of these companies are used to working while employees are in the building, and they will simply work around them as best they can. You will get a more thorough cleaning and one that doesn’t hinder your business operations, though, if you schedule them to come when no one is working in the office.
You can prepare for them by making sure that items and furniture that could hinder them are out of the way. You don’t have to do a lot of cleaning to prep for them, as they will do the cleaning for you, but you should take a look through your space and make sure that everything is ready for them to clean. If you’re wanting them to clean in areas that are covered by heavy furniture or that have a lot of obstacles, you may want to move some of those things out of the way before they arrive.
You should not need to provide any cleaning tools or chemicals for the company. Most of them will have everything they need already to do the work.
If you have any questions about what kind of preparations you should make before they arrive, make sure you do that ahead of time and don’t wait until the last minute. If you aren’t sure about something that needs to be done in preparation for their cleaning, don’t wait until the moment they arrive at your office door and flood them with questions. That will just slow down the process and make them charge you more for the visit, since they will have to spend longer there than they otherwise would have.
The Cost Will Vary
The most reputable professional cleaning companies will provide you with an estimate over the phone or through their website. This will be based on the kind of cleaning they’re doing, how many cleaners they will have to send, and the size of your workplace. The majority of these companies charge an hourly rate, so the total cost will be based on how long they have to work. They can estimate that cost using the size of your workplace.
Before you choose a company to clean in your offices, ask them about additional fees, extra charges, and any other costs you should be aware of. Not all of them will be above board and honest with you about charges, and you don’t want any unexpected costs to pop up at the end of your cleaning. You may want to read some customer reviews to find out if the company is transparent and if they are honest in their pricing.
You Can Make Things Easier on Yourself
There are a few ways that businesses will shoot themselves in the foot when it comes to hiring professional cleaners. One of the biggest of these is to use a different cleaning company every time. You can lose out on discounts this way and end up not taking advantage of their recurring cleaning plan. It can be cost effective to hire the same every time, if they do a good job.
You may save even more money if you sign up for a program where they come and clean for you every so often. This will make it easier for you so you don’t have to schedule the cleaning ahead of time.