Commercial Cleaning Christchurch
Ready for whoever walks in.
Staff, customers, a landlord, an inspector, a health officer — somebody is going to judge these premises, and it will not be you. We clean offices, shops and hospitality across Christchurch so that the answer is always yes.
What we clean
Offices and workspaces. Retail and showrooms. Hospitality — motels, restaurants, cafés and B&Bs. Small industrial units and workshops.
We already clean for motels, restaurants, cafés and B&Bs across the city, and that is the work that teaches you what a premises has to look like at 9am.
What it costs — and why the first clean is different
Most commercial pricing is quoted as if every clean is the same. They are not.
The first clean is usually a long one. It is not maintenance, it is recovery: undoing the previous cleaner’s neglect before anything can be kept on top of. Expect around $920 for that first visit plus insurance and GST.
After that, most sites settle to about three hours a clean — around $345 plus insurance and GST. A few nights a week, one of them on a weekend.
So a typical week’s schedule runs to roughly $1,000 plus insurance and GST. All prices exclude GST (15% in New Zealand) and insurance, which is quoted with the contract. You will always see the all-in figure before you agree to anything.
And not every visit is the same job. One night is bins, vacuuming and a wipe-down of the kitchen. Another is the detail work — the edges, the glass, the things nobody sees until they are pointed out. A schedule that treats every night as identical is either over-cleaning or under-cleaning, and you pay for both.
Bigger sites, kitchens and public facilities are quoted after a walk-through. We do not guess a price over the phone.
There is a minimum, and it is not arbitrary. We do not take on commercial cleans too small to keep somebody properly employed. A short visit does not pay a staff member a living, and we will not pretend otherwise by quoting it. If your site needs less than a proper cleaning session, we are not the right company — and it is fairer to say that now than to take the work and resent it.
What’s included
- Floors — vacuumed, mopped, edges done
- Desks, benches and touchpoints wiped
- Kitchen and staff areas; cups away, surfaces and sinks done
- Bathrooms — sanitised, restocked where you supply stock
- Bins emptied, liners replaced
- Entry glass and internal glass
- Cobwebs, skirtings and the corners nobody lists but everybody notices
Quoted separately: carpets, deep oven, exterior windows, one-off builders’ dust.
How often
Nightly before you open. Weekly. Fortnightly. Or a one-off before an inspection, a viewing or a new tenant. Most commercial customers start with one clean and then ask for a regular slot — because a premises cleaned every week stops being a job you think about.
Who is in your building at ten at night
You should not have to be there. We hold keys, follow your alarm procedure, and bring our own products and equipment.
Which is the real question with commercial cleaning, and it is not the quote. That is why we do not run a rotating casual crew: the people who hold your keys are the people who have been with us twelve years and four years.
You can put a price on a clean. You cannot put a price on the wrong person having your keys.
Who actually turns up
We are a small team, and that is the point. The two people who will clean your premises have been with the business twelve years and four years, with no incidents between them. There is no rotating casual workforce, and nobody you have never met is holding your keys.
New staff are police-checked before they start. Everyone here has a stake in the work being right.
A supervisor visits the sites. Not to clean — to watch the standard and to be a second set of eyes in a building full of other people’s property. That is the difference between a cleaning company and a person with a van.
The restaurant that was cleaned before she arrived
She closed at midnight and was often still there at two in the morning. The last thing she wanted was to get up at eight and clean the place herself — which is what she had been doing, and it was breaking her.
So we worked the other end of her night. About three and a half hours a clean, while she was closing down and going home. By the time she came in for service the next day, it was done.
“Could you get this?” and it went on the list. A regular slot means the small things get picked up, because somebody is there often enough to notice them.
That is what a commercial schedule is for. It is not just the cleaning — it is the thing you stop having to do at two in the morning.
Setup, and why a commercial clean is not priced like a house clean
Taking on a commercial site costs money before the first clean happens. Insurance has to be put in place for the term. Equipment has to be allocated. Somebody has to walk the site, write down the risks, and be inducted on your alarm and access. Frequently the first visit is a deep clean rather than a maintenance one.
So a commercial contract has a one-off setup fee and the first month is paid in advance. That is not a deposit — it is the cost of getting set up before we have earned anything.
And the alternative is worse: strip the setup out and it has to be loaded onto the monthly price, which makes the quote look expensive and leaves us half-prepared on day one. We would rather show you what it costs than hide it in the number.
Insurance, and what happens if something goes wrong
Insurance is arranged for each commercial contract, and it is in place before we start — and you get the certificate with the contract, not a promise that one exists.
Insurance is bought for a job. Taking on a commercial site means committing to cover for the term, and sorting it takes a few days. So we ask for a twelve-month commitment, because we are making one too — to insurance, to the staff on your site, and to the schedule.
And insurance is not the whole of it. You should have it in writing what happens if something goes wrong — what is covered, what is not, who is told first, and how quickly. That belongs in the agreement before the first clean, not in an argument afterwards.
Who we don’t take on
Not every enquiry becomes a customer, and it is fairer to say so here than three weeks in. We will pass on a job if:
- The price is the only thing that matters. There is always somebody cheaper, and the cheapest quote is usually the one with no insurance, supermarket chemicals and a rotating crew.
- Nobody will commit to a term. We commit to insurance, to staff and to a schedule for twelve months.
- Nobody will fund the setup. The first clean, the insurance and the equipment are real costs. A business that will not fund its own setup will not accept the invoice either.
That is not arrogance. It is the pattern: the customers who argue about the setup are the same ones who argue about every clean after it. We would rather turn up properly for six clients than half-prepare for fifteen.
Areas we cover
Christchurch city and the surrounding districts — Selwyn (Rolleston, Lincoln, Prebbleton, West Melton) and Waimakariri (Kaiapoi, Rangiora, Woodend, Pegasus), plus Lyttelton and the harbour. If you are further out, ask. We would rather say no than half-do a job.
Questions
Do you do one-off cleans?
Yes, for an inspection, a viewing, or a new tenant moving in. Regular commercial sites run on an agreement rather than a single visit.
Can you work after hours?
Yes. Most of our commercial work happens when the doors are shut.
Are your staff police-checked?
New staff are, before they start. Every new hire completes a Ministry of Justice criminal record check.
Is there a minimum term?
For a regular commercial site, yes — twelve months, because we commit to insurance and to keeping staff scheduled for that term. A single visit is different: a one-off clean before an inspection, a viewing or a new tenant has no term at all.
What if something goes wrong?
It is set out in the agreement before we start: what is covered, who is told first, and how quickly.
If an area we agreed to clean is not right, tell us within 24 hours and we come back.
Book a walk-through
Tell us where the premises is and roughly how big. We will come and look, and give you a price for the clean — not an hourly rate and not a guess over the phone.
Phone 022 101 4024, or send the enquiry form.