Maintenance cleaning keeps a property clean and hygienic during ongoing operation. Typical tasks are cleaning and disinfecting sanitary facilities, dust-wiping and damp-wiping floors, emptying bins, cleaning kitchens and break rooms and dusting surfaces. The scope is recorded in a task specification that precisely defines what is cleaned at which interval. Unlike deep cleaning, which is rare and thorough, maintenance cleaning works at the surface but regularly.
The process is based on a fixed cleaning plan and an agreed schedule. Offices and practices are often cleaned outside business hours in the early morning or evening. In apartment buildings, maintenance cleaning typically covers the stairwell, entrance, lift and shared ancillary rooms on a weekly or fortnightly rhythm.
This service is needed by companies, medical practices, law firms, shops, schools and property managers for stairwell cleaning. It ensures a consistently well-kept impression, relieves your own staff or residents and preserves the value of the premises.
As a rough guide (no guarantee), expect around CHF 40 to 65 per hour and cleaner in Switzerland; for stairwell cleaning in an apartment building, monthly costs are often about CHF 150 to 400 depending on size and schedule. Contracts are usually set up as a subscription with a fixed interval, which lowers the hourly rate compared with one-off jobs.
Insist on a clear task specification, defined intervals and rules for materials and consumables. A dedicated contact and a consistent cleaner noticeably increase quality and reliability.