Office cleaning guides

Straight answers to the questions owners ask before hiring an office cleaning company.

1. Office Cleaning Cost per Square Foot (and per Month)

   What published guides report per square foot, why some rates are per visit and others per month, and how to estimate a small office's monthly cost.

2. What Does a Janitorial Service Include? Area Checklist

   A room-by-room office cleaning checklist: what janitorial service usually covers each visit, what is periodic, and what is often extra or excluded.

3. Janitorial vs. Commercial Cleaning: The Difference

   Janitorial usually means routine recurring upkeep; commercial cleaning is the wider umbrella. How the terms differ and what to put in writing instead.

4. How Often Should an Office Be Cleaned? Daily vs Weekly

   How to choose an office cleaning frequency: what drives it, a rule-of-thumb chart by office type, restrooms and kitchens, and signs you need more visits.

5. Dental & Medical Office Cleaning: What Cleaners Do

   Where a cleaning company's job ends in a dental or medical office: non-clinical vs clinical surfaces, medical waste, HIPAA, and what to write in the scope.

6. Law Firm Office Cleaning: Confidentiality and Keys

   How law offices keep client information private with an after-hours cleaning crew: the rules, what to lock, key control and what to put in writing.

7. How to Switch Commercial Cleaning Companies, Step by Step

   A step-by-step plan to change office cleaning companies without a night uncleaned: notice clauses, written scope first, start dates, keys and alarm codes.

8. Questions to Ask a Commercial Cleaning Company

   Questions to ask before you sign with an office cleaning company, grouped by scope, people, access, quality, insurance and money, and what to listen for.

9. Commercial Cleaning Contract: What to Look For

   What to check in a cleaning contract before you sign: term and notice, scope, remedy for misses, price changes, payment terms, insurance and keys.

10. After-Hours Office Cleaning: Alarms, Keys and Proof

    How night cleaning crews get in, how to handle alarm codes and keys, and the records that show each visit actually happened and what was done.