Commercial checklist
Commercial cleaning checklist
Most commercial cleaning disputes are not about effort. They are about scope: nobody wrote down how often the glass gets done. Use this as a starting scope document, whether you clean in-house or hire it out.
How to use this as a scope
Read this firstWalk the space with this list and mark each line as daily, weekly, monthly or quarterly. That single change turns a vague “we clean the office” into something a vendor can price and you can check.
For a Vancouver office of 2,000–5,000 sq ft, most schedules settle at five evening visits a week plus one deeper weekend visit a month.
01Daily touchpoints
These are the lines that decide whether a space feels clean on a Monday morning.
02Weekly
03Monthly & quarterly
04Washrooms & kitchens
The two areas a visitor will judge the whole building by.
05Site safety & compliance
Want this done properly?
Commercial property cleaning — Offices, retail and clinics. Quoted by scope.
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Using this checklist with a contractor? Send them the link — it is free to share. Last reviewed November 2026.
