A cleaning checklist is useful twice: once to agree what a cleaner will do, and again to check it is being done. This one is set out by how often each task usually needs doing in a small office. Adjust the frequency to your space — a busy shared kitchen needs more than a quiet storeroom.
Every visit
Work areas
- Empty bins and replace liners
- Dust and wipe clear desk surfaces (leave papers and personal items where they are)
- Wipe reception counters and meeting room tables
- Spot-clean marks on glass doors and entry glass
Kitchen and break room
- Wipe benches, splashback and the sink
- Wipe the outside of the fridge, microwave and dishwasher
- Clean the inside of the microwave
- Empty kitchen bins and recycling
- Wipe tables and chairs
Bathrooms
- Clean toilets, urinals, basins and taps
- Clean mirrors
- Refill soap, paper towels and toilet paper
- Empty bins
- Mop the floor
Floors
- Vacuum carpeted areas
- Sweep and mop hard floors, including entries
Weekly
- Wipe door handles, light switches and lift buttons (if they are part of your tenancy)
- Dust skirting boards, window sills and ledges within reach
- Wipe chairs and the bases of desks
- Clean the fridge shelves of anything past its date (agree a policy with staff first)
- Wipe phones, keyboards and mice — if you want this done, say so, as many cleaners only do it on request
Monthly
- Dust air-conditioning vents and high surfaces that can be reached safely
- Clean inside kitchen cupboards
- Wipe internal glass and partitions
- Spot-clean marks on walls and doors
Every few months, or before an event
- Carpet steam cleaning, especially walkways and meeting rooms
- A deep clean of the kitchen and bathrooms
- Window tracks and blinds
Things to agree before you start
- Who supplies consumables — soap, paper and bin liners.
- What stays untouched — desks with papers, server rooms, locked offices.
- Access — keys, alarm codes and building rules, and who holds them.
- How to report issues — a notebook in the kitchen, an email or a message to one contact.
Specialist work such as clinical or medical-grade disinfection, or anything at heights, belongs in a separate, specialist arrangement.
Turning the checklist into a quote
Pick the tasks and frequencies that fit your office, note the floor area and the number of bathrooms and kitchens, and you have a scope any cleaner can quote against. Our guide to office cleaning costs explains what shapes the price.
Our office cleaning covers the core tasks — desks and reachable surfaces, kitchens and break rooms, bathrooms restocked from your supplies, bins and floors — with keyboards, mice and phones on request, and carpet steam cleaning, interior glass and one-off deep cleans as extras. Send your scope through the commercial quote request and we reply with questions or a written proposal.
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