Office cleaning
Professional suites, coworking and corporate tenancies, cleaned after hours. Workstations, touch points, kitchens, washrooms and glass.
From $58/hr + GST
Commercial cleaning · Perth
Commercial cleaning in Perth
We clean offices, clinics, early learning centres, warehouses and common property across the Perth metropolitan area, from a base in South Guildford. One written scope, one fixed monthly price, and thirty days notice either way.
$58
Per hour + GST, standard
$650
Minimum monthly contract
30 days
Notice, either way
Free
Site inspection
- Written scope of works
- Monthly quality inspection
- $20m public liability
- Employed cleaners, not subcontractors
- SDS and chemical register
- Based in South Guildford
Rates
What commercial cleaning costs in Perth
Almost nobody in this market publishes a rate. We do, because the first thing a buyer wants to know is whether we are in the right range.
Our rate card
| Service window | Rate per hour, ex GST |
|---|---|
| Standard, Mon to Fri, 6am to 6pm | $58.00 |
| Early or late, before 6am or after 6pm Mon to Fri | $64.00 |
| Overnight, finishing between midnight and 8am | $72.00 |
| Saturday | $78.00 |
| Sunday | $95.00 |
| Public holiday | $120.00 |
| One off, periodic or deep clean | $68.00 |
| Medical and clinical protocol | $66.00 |
| Childcare and education protocol | $64.00 |
| Builders and construction clean | $72.00 |
| Emergency call out, under 24 hours notice | $85.00 |
Minimum contract $650 plus GST per month. Sites cleaned five or more times a week take 4 per cent off the hourly rate. Consumables, if you want us to supply them, are charged at cost plus 20 per cent. Invoiced monthly in arrears on 14 day terms.
What a typical contract looks like
Rates per hour are useful for comparison and useless for budgeting. What you sign is a monthly figure, so here is a worked example from our pricing model.
A 180 square metre medical centre with six consult rooms, two treatment rooms, reception, two staff areas and three toilets, cleaned five nights a week, works out at two and a half hours a visit. At the clinical rate of $66 an hour, across 21.7 visits a month, with periodic work amortised across the year and 4 per cent for contract management, the fee is $3,900 plus GST a month. Every line of that is on the quote.
Where the benchmarks sit
Perth office cleaning benchmarks between $2.50 and $6.50 per square metre per month. A quote below that band usually means the scope or the frequency has been underestimated.
- Open plan floorplates sit at the low end of the band
- Congested tenancies with many small rooms sit at the high end
- Small, high frequency clinical sites sit well above it, correctly
- We tell you which benchmark applies to your building
Sectors
What we clean
Each of these is a different job with a different scope, chemical selection and set of people holding you accountable. Each is priced separately and has its own page.
Warehouse and workshop
Crib rooms, change rooms, amenities and site offices, plus floor scrubbing and high dusting. We complete your induction before the first shift and work around forklift movements.
From $58/hr + GST
Medical and allied health
GP practices, dental, physiotherapy and specialist rooms. A documented two step clean and disinfect using Whiteley Viraclean, AUST L 69000.
From $66/hr + GST
Childcare and early learning
Long day care, kindergartens and out of school hours care. Every cleaner attending holds a current Working With Children Check, and the scope is written for your quality improvement file.
From $64/hr + GST
Strata common property
Lobbies, lifts, stairwells, corridors, bin bays and car parks. One point of contact for the strata manager and a written report each month you can forward to the committee.
Quoted per site
Retail, gyms and hospitality
Shopfronts, showrooms, fitness studios and front of house, cleaned before opening or after close. Change rooms, mirrors and hard floors on a periodic cycle.
From $58/hr + GST
We clean homes across the same catchment too. Our end of lease cleaning carries a seven day re-clean guarantee, and house cleaning in Perth is priced from a published table.
Method
How we price a site
We do not quote a building from a floor plan, a photograph or a square metre figure given over the phone. Every one of those methods produces a number that has to be renegotiated later, which is the worst possible start.
The eight steps below are the same for a 90 square metre suite and a 6,000 square metre distribution centre. Only the numbers change. A contract priced below its own cost fails in month four and takes your time with it, so if the figure does not work we re-scope it, reduce the frequency, or tell you we are not the right fit.
Measure and count
Floor area by surface type, pans, urinals, basins, showers, kitchens, meeting rooms, workstations, glass entries, lifts and stairwells.
Calculate the hours
Using production rates: 150 to 220 square metres an hour on congested office carpet, six to eight minutes per toilet pan and basin set, 45 to 60 workstations an hour. Conservative figures at first, then re-timed on your site.
Apply the minimum engagement
The award sets a minimum paid engagement that scales with site size, from one hour to four. It is paid whether or not the work runs that long, so it is quoted rather than absorbed.
Apply the right rate
The rate follows the service window you need. If your building can only be cleaned after 6pm, we quote $64, not $58.
Add periodics and consumables
Carpet extraction, hard floor work and high dusting are costed annually and divided by twelve, so the monthly figure never jumps. Consumables at cost plus 20 per cent.
Add contract management
Four per cent on sites over $2,000 a month, covering supervision, inspection and reporting. Shown as a line, not buried in the rate.
Sanity check the result
Against the per square metre benchmark for your building type. If it falls outside the band we go back and find out why before you see it.
Issue three options
Usually the same scope at three frequencies, so you can see what dropping from five nights to three does to the price.
Documentation
What you can put in front of an auditor
Reliable, insured and police checked are entry tickets that every credible contractor claims. What most small operators cannot produce is the paperwork behind the work.
It matters most to a practice manager facing accreditation, a centre director facing an assessment visit, and a WHS officer who has to produce a chemical register on request. It costs us more to run this way, and it is why we do not have to be the cheapest quote.
Scope of works
Every area, task and frequency, in a document formatted to attach straight to an audit or accreditation file. It also settles disagreements before they become disputes.
Chemical and SDS register
A current safety data sheet for every chemical on your site, readily accessible as the WA Work Health and Safety Act 2020 requires, with decanted containers labelled.
Colour coded equipment
Red for toilets and urinals, yellow for other bathroom surfaces, green for kitchens and food areas, blue for general and glass. On the wall in the cleaner's cupboard, not only in a manual.
Monthly quality inspection
A scored written inspection sent to you whether you ask for it or not. Anything below standard is rectified within 48 hours at our cost.
Certificates of currency
Public liability with the care, custody and control extension, and workers compensation, reissued at each renewal without you chasing.
Personnel records
National police checks on every cleaner, and current Working With Children Checks for anyone attending an education or childcare site.
Terms
No lock-in, and no gap in service
After a three month establishment period, either side can end the agreement with thirty days notice. The franchise operators in this market commonly use twelve month terms. We would rather keep your work by doing it properly.
The other reason people stay with a cleaner they are unhappy with is the fear of a messy handover. We run it for you: inspect while you are still under the existing arrangement, write the scope, agree the start date, and take over keys and access on the day the old contract ends.
What the first ninety days look like
- Free site inspection, about forty minutes, at a time that suits you
- Written proposal with three options inside two business days
- Agreement signed, certificates issued, site induction completed
- Cleaners assigned by name and trained on your scope, not on a generic checklist
- First clean supervised, and the schedule adjusted rather than your price
- Scored quality inspection at day 30, in writing
- Monthly inspections after that, and one point of contact throughout
Service areas
Where we work in Perth
We are based in South Guildford, which puts Midland, Hazelmere, Kewdale, Welshpool, Bassendean, Belmont, Malaga and the airport precinct inside a fifteen minute drive. That is deliberate: the eastern and airport corridor is where industrial vacancy is tightest and where almost no established Perth cleaning contractor publishes a service area.
Suburb pages
No travel charge within 25 kilometres of South Guildford, which also covers Midvale, Hazelmere, Bassendean, Maylands, Morley, Ascot, Redcliffe, Kewdale, Forrestfield, Ellenbrook and the Perth CBD. Beyond that we absorb travel on contracts over $1,500 a month, and we say so before you book rather than after.
Questions
Commercial cleaning questions
How much does commercial cleaning cost in Perth?
Our standard rate is $58 per hour plus GST for work between 6am and 6pm, Monday to Friday. After 6pm it is $64 per hour plus GST, because the award pays a shift loading and we would rather show you that than hide it. The minimum contract is $650 plus GST per month. Most quotes land as a fixed monthly figure once we have measured the site.
Why is your after-hours rate higher?
Because our cost is higher. The Cleaning Services Award pays a loading for shifts that finish after 6pm, and most office cleaning happens after 6pm. A contractor quoting one flat rate is either absorbing that loading or has not found it yet, and will come back to you when they do. We price it in from the start.
Do you lock clients into a contract?
No. After a three month establishment period, either side can end the agreement with 30 days notice. It is written into every proposal we issue rather than being something you have to negotiate for.
How do you work out the price for my site?
We inspect it. We measure the floor area, count the toilets, basins, kitchens, meeting rooms, workstations and glass entries, calculate the hours using production rates, then apply the rate for the service window you actually need. You get an itemised quote showing scope, frequency, hours and rate, not a lump sum.
Will I get the same cleaners each time?
Yes. Each site has assigned cleaners and a named backup. Rotating strangers through a building is the reason most cleaning contracts fail, and it is the main thing our rostering is designed against.
Are your cleaners employees or subcontractors?
Employees. We pay under the Cleaning Services Award, pay superannuation at 12 per cent and hold workers compensation. It costs us more, and it is the reason the same person can keep turning up to your site for years.
What insurance do you hold?
Twenty million dollars of public liability including a care, custody and control extension, which covers the client property we are actually working on. A standard policy excludes exactly that. We also hold workers compensation for every cleaner, and we send certificates of currency with every proposal.
How do I switch from my current cleaner?
Give them their notice, and we run the handover. We inspect while you are still under your existing arrangement, write the scope, agree a start date, and take over keys and alarm codes on the day. There is no gap in service and no week where nobody comes.
Our other city
Marlow also works across Melbourne's northern suburbs from a base in Broadmeadows. The equivalent page there is commercial cleaning in Melbourne. It is priced separately, because Victorian on-costs are not Western Australian ones: Victoria carries a higher workers compensation rate for cleaning and a portable long service benefits levy that Western Australia does not have.
Next step
Book a free site inspection
Forty minutes on site, no obligation, and a written proposal with three options inside two business days. It is the only honest way to price a building.