Suites under 100 square metres
Small Office Cleaning
Small office cleaning services for Melbourne suites under about 100 square metres: one cleaner you get to know, weekly or fortnightly, from $90 a visit including GST. No minimum contract, every product supplied, and the same written scope bigger clients get. It is the most compact of our office cleaning services across Melbourne.
Small office, same standard
- One regular cleaner
- From $90 a visit, GST in
- No minimum term
- Written scope and report
- $20M insuredSame cover as big sites
- Police-checkedOne face you will recognise
- Products suppliedNothing to buy yourself
- No minimum termStop with 14 days' notice
Small businesses often end up cleaning their own office, or paying a friend of a friend who stops turning up by March. Neither works for long. The first eats a staff member's Friday afternoon; the second leaves you without cover, insurance or anyone to call when the bathroom is missed.
Our small office service is built for the gap between those two. It is the same business, the same paperwork and the same police checks as our corporate work, scaled down to one person, one visit and a price that suits a team of five.
Who uses small office cleaning in Melbourne?
Small office cleaning in Melbourne is mostly booked by professional practices, consulting rooms, creative studios and businesses run from a home office. What they share is a small footprint used hard: one kitchenette, one bathroom and a front door clients walk through.
Professional practices
Accountants, lawyers, brokers and recruiters with a reception desk and a meeting room. Tidy, quiet and client-facing.
Usually weeklyConsulting rooms
Psychologists, physios and allied health above shops or in converted houses. Touch points and the waiting room matter most.
Weekly or twice weeklyCreative studios
Design, architecture and small agencies in warehouse conversions. Timber floors, big tables, a well-used coffee machine.
Weekly or fortnightlyHome offices
A dedicated room or studio where you see clients or run a business. We clean the office space only, not the rest of the house.
Fortnightly is commonYour options
Is a cleaning service worth it for a small business office?
For most small teams, yes, once you count the hidden costs of the alternatives. Cleaning it yourselves costs staff hours and still leaves you responsible for the chemicals. A casual cash cleaner is cheaper on paper but brings no insurance, no cover when they are sick and no record of what was done.
| What matters | Staff do it | Casual cleaner | Our small office service |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cost | An hour or two of paid time a week | Often lowest cash price | From $90 a visit, GST invoice |
| Insurance | Your own workers compensation | Usually none | $20M public liability |
| Sick or away | It simply does not happen | No cover arranged | Briefed relief cleaner |
| Chemicals | You buy them and keep the safety sheets | Unknown products | Supplied, with safety sheets |
| Record | None | None | Report after every visit |
The chemical point catches people out. If your staff clean with products bought from the supermarket, the business is the one storing and using them, and WorkSafe Victoria expects employers to hold safety data sheets for hazardous substances used at work. When we clean, our products and their sheets come with us.
One cleaner rather than a rotating roster matters more in a small space than a large one. In a four-desk office, a new face every week notices nothing; the same person notices the tap that has started dripping, the soap that runs out on Thursdays and the plant that needs moving to reach the skirting. That familiarity is most of the value.
One visit, minute by minute
What is included in a small office visit?
A typical 90-minute small office visit spends two thirds of its time on the kitchenette, bathroom and floors, because that is where a small space shows wear first. Desks, bins and the entry share the rest. The bar below shows how a standard visit divides up.
- Kitchenette, 20 minBench, sink, splashback, kettle and microwave outside, dishes left neatly
- Bathroom, 20 minToilet, basin, mirror, floor with disinfectant, paper and soap topped up
- Floors, 25 minVacuum every room, mop hard floors, move light chairs to reach underneath
- Desks, 15 minClear surfaces, phones and keyboards wiped, papers left exactly where they are
- Bins, 5 minEmptied, relined, recycling to the right bin outside
- Entry, 5 minDoor glass, handle, mat and the reception counter
Sample visit for a 60 square metre suite with four desks. Your minutes shift with your layout; the written scope lists the tasks, not a stopwatch.
Not part of a standard small office visit: washing piles of dishes by hand, cleaning inside the fridge every week, windows outside the ground floor, and carpet shampooing. Each can be added as its own task, usually as a monthly or quarterly job, and it is priced before anyone does it.
Scheduling
Should a small office be cleaned weekly or fortnightly?
Weekly suits most small offices with staff in every day or clients through the door. Fortnightly suits quieter suites, part-time practices and home offices where one or two people work. Either way, your cleaner keeps the same day and time, and you can switch between them on 14 days' notice.
For offices in daily use
The kitchenette and bathroom never go more than seven days, which is about the limit before they start to smell.
- Three or more people most days
- Clients or patients visiting
- A kitchenette used for lunches
- Carpeted floors that hold dust
For quieter suites
A longer visit every second week, often with a little light tidying by staff in between.
- One or two people, or part-time use
- Few or no visitors
- Hard floors that sweep easily
- A home office used by appointment
Visits are usually after 5 pm or early in the morning, so you are never working around the vacuum. Many small clients give us a key and alarm code and never see the cleaner at all, just the completion report. Others prefer a daytime visit while someone is there to let us in. Both work; it just needs to be the same slot each time so the routine sticks.
If something is not right, tell us by email or through the contact form. A missed item is fixed within 24 hours, and if it happens twice, a supervisor visits to check the scope against the space. Small clients get the same response as our largest accounts, because in a small office one missed bathroom is the whole impression.
For home offices we agree the boundaries in writing first: which room, which bathroom if a client uses it, and where the equipment is left. Our cleaner does not go into other parts of the house. Everything we clean in any office is listed in what's included in office cleaning, and we trim that list down to what a small suite actually has.
Before your first visit, it helps to
- Clear the desks you want wiped. We clean around papers and never move them, so clear surfaces get a better clean.
- Show us the stock cupboard. Paper towel and toilet rolls can be restocked from your supply, or we can quote to supply them.
- Name anything off limits. A locked filing room, a server shelf or a desk with fragile samples goes into the scope.
- Set the alarm code up. A separate code for the cleaner keeps your security log clear and is easy to cancel later.
Prices
How much do small office cleaning services cost?
Small office cleaning services start at $90 a visit including GST and usually sit between $90 and $160, depending on the kitchen, the bathroom and the floors. Weekly, that works out to around $390 to $690 a month; fortnightly, roughly half. Products, equipment and travel are included.
per visit to start, GST included, for a tidy suite with a kitchenette and one bathroom.
- Suite under 60 m², hard floors, one bathroom$90 to $110
- 60 to 100 m², carpet, kitchenette, one bathroom$110 to $140
- Up to 100 m² with two bathrooms or a full kitchen$130 to $160
- Fortnightly visit, same suitetop of its band
Fortnightly visits tend to land at the upper end of each band, because two weeks of use takes longer to clear than one. Even so, the monthly total is about half of weekly, which is why quiet suites choose it. You will see the exact figure in writing after we look at the space, either in person or from a few photos.
There is no minimum term, no sign-up fee and no charge for changing your day. Most small clients pay monthly by invoice. For the full price picture, including larger offices and what pushes a quote up or down, see our office cleaning price bands.
Quote
How do I get a price for my small office?
Send your suburb, roughly how big the space is and whether it has a kitchenette and bathroom. Photos help. We reply within two business hours with a firm price or a time for a quick look, then your cleaner can usually start the following week.
- Describe the suite. Size, rooms, floors and how many people use it.
- Get a fixed price. From photos for most small offices, or a ten-minute visit.
- Meet your cleaner. Hand over a key or agree a time, then the routine starts.
Questions
What do small business owners ask us?
Straight answers for small teams deciding whether to hire a cleaner. For the bigger picture, read about our office cleaning in Melbourne.