Office Cleaning in Vancouver
Commercial cleaning is mostly a logistics problem. The cleaning itself is well understood; what decides whether it works is when your building lets people in, who holds the keys, who disarms the alarm, and what happens when none of that goes to plan at eleven at night.
After-hours scheduling
We work every day, 6am–10pm, so an office clean can sit early morning before staff arrive or in the evening after they leave. Evening tends to work better — desks are clear, bins are full rather than half full, and floors have taken the whole day's traffic before being done.
Frequency should follow use rather than habit. A hot-desking office with a busy kitchen needs more than a quiet professional practice of the same floor area. We would rather scope from how the space is actually used than sell a nightly visit to somewhere that genuinely needs three a week.
Keyholding and alarm access
Access is agreed in writing before the first visit, with a named contact and a documented procedure for who to call if something is wrong. Alarm codes are held per site and issued only to the people attending, and we ask you to change them when staff change — on your side or ours.
The scenario worth planning for is an alarm activation at 22:30 on a Friday. Agree in advance who the monitoring company calls, and make sure our attending cleaner is on the list of people your alarm company will accept. Sorting that once prevents an expensive and undignified evening later.
Shared building and strata coordination
In a shared building the rules are the building's, not yours. Many downtown and Metrotown towers require contractors to sign in with a concierge, restrict service lift use to certain hours, and have their own waste routing that does not match how your office produces rubbish.
Where the building has a property manager we would rather speak to them directly at the start than discover a rule by breaking it. Bin rooms in particular have strict separation requirements and fines that land on the tenant rather than on the cleaner who got it wrong.
Washroom and kitchen supplies
Consumables — soap, hand towel, toilet tissue, bin liners, dish detergent — can be managed either way. Most clients prefer to buy their own in bulk and have us monitor levels and flag when stock is low, which is cheaper for them than buying through us.
Whichever way it runs, the failure mode is the same: nobody notices a supply is low until it has run out, usually on a Monday morning with a client in the building. So we count rather than glance, and report levels rather than assuming somebody else is watching.
What this costs
$290 standard · deep clean $580–$1,100
Standard clean is a three-hour visit for a typical two-bedroom. Deep and move-out cleans are quoted on size and condition, and we bring everything.
Materials are always separate from labour and passed on at cost. Quotes are free and written, and the full rate card is published rather than given out on request.
Common questions
Can cleaning happen outside office hours?
Yes, and it usually should. We work every day, 6am–10pm, so either early morning before staff arrive or evening after they leave. Evenings tend to be better — desks are clear, bins are actually full, and the floors have taken a full day of traffic before being cleaned.
Do you supply consumables?
Either way. Most clients buy soap, paper and liners in bulk themselves and have us monitor levels and tell them when stock is low, which works out cheaper for them. If you would rather we supplied and billed them, we can. Either way we count rather than glance — supplies run out on Monday mornings otherwise.
Are your cleaners insured?
We carry WorkSafeBC coverage, so anyone working on your premises is covered for injury there. If your building or your own insurer requires evidence of additional coverage before allowing contractors on site, tell us what they need and we will confirm what we hold before you commit to anything.