How much does cleaning a new condo common area cost after construction in Ottawa?

Cleaning common areas in a newly constructed condominium building in Ottawa is a significant undertaking that covers lobbies, hallways, elevators, stairwells, parking garages, amenity rooms, fitness centres, party rooms, and outdoor common spaces. As a rough perspective, quotes for the common areas of a mid-rise condo building in Ottawa can run somewhere around $5,000 to $15,000, and larger towers with extensive amenity spaces can go well beyond that. Treat those numbers as perspective only, and ask for itemized written quotes based on the actual building.

Commercial cleaning quotes are often per square foot, and the total area of a condo's common spaces can be larger than people expect once you add up lobbies, corridors on every floor, stairwells, elevator cabs, amenity rooms and underground parking. Each of these spaces presents unique cleaning challenges and requires different equipment and techniques.

Lobby and corridor cleaning involves scrubbing tile or stone floors, cleaning glass entrance systems, wiping down mailbox units, and detailing elevator interiors including tracks, doors, and cab walls. Elevator cabs can collect a lot of construction dust when they are used to move materials during construction. Stairwells need top-to-bottom cleaning of handrails, treads, risers, and fire doors across every floor. Parking garages need heavy sweeping and often washing to remove concrete dust, paint overspray, and construction debris, and this is often quoted as its own line depending on the number of levels.

Amenity spaces like fitness centres and party rooms require detailed cleaning of specialty flooring, mirrors, fixtures, and built-in equipment. Rubber gym flooring needs cleaning products that will not damage it, so check the flooring supplier's care instructions. HVAC duct cleaning for the common area systems is easy to overlook in condo budgets. Ask for it to be quoted separately — skipping it can mean construction dust recirculates through the common areas every time the system runs.

Timing matters for condo common area cleaning. Coordinate with the developer and the condo board about when the common areas are handed over and who is responsible for the final clean, and get that in writing. If the work happens in the colder months, trades will be tracking in mud, snow and salt from outside, so building in a touch-up clean shortly before handover is worth considering. The Ottawa Construction Network directory at justynrookcontracting.com can connect you with commercial cleaning contractors experienced in condo common area projects across the Ottawa region.

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Looking for experienced contractors? The Ottawa Construction Network connects homeowners with qualified professionals:

• Luxe Painting and Renovations
• JC Carpentry
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• Floor-2-Wall Inc
• Maid On Call Cleaning service