Entry and lobby
- Entry glass and door furniture
- Letterbox bank and intercom
- Matting lifted and cleaned under
- Hard floors washed, not mopped over
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Strata Cleaning in Perth
In WA it is a strata company and a council of owners, not a body corporate or an owners corporation. Your scheme runs under WA's Strata Titles Act, which decides what counts as common property and who can sign a contract.
We clean common property across the Perth metro area, scoped to what your plan actually shows, and we report in a form a council can table.
- Scoped to what your plan actually calls common property
- Photo report a council of owners can table at a meeting
- Different spec for built strata and survey-strata
- No lock-in contract
- 6am to 10pm
- Seven days, plus a 24-hour emergency line
- We stay until you're happy
- Our guarantee on every clean
- $10M
- Public liability insurance
- Free quotes
- Fixed before we start
Who carries the safety duty on common property?
A residential-only strata company may not count as a business under WA's Work Health and Safety Act for its common areas. A mixed-use or commercial scheme is in a different position.
Either way, a cleaning contractor is a business and carries its own safety duties regardless. If the scheme is not carrying the safety load, the contractor is, which is why what the contractor has in place matters.
We agree how we work in your building at the walkthrough: access, lifts, stored goods in stairwells and the wash-down areas.
What counts as common property in WA?
It depends which kind of scheme you are, and WA has a type most states do not.
In a built strata scheme, common property is the part of the parcel that is not part of a lot. That usually leaves corridors, lobbies, stairwells, lifts, bin rooms and car parks as common property.
A survey-strata scheme is different: the lots are surveyed on the ground, and common property is usually the driveway and garden areas. So a survey-strata group of villas often has no internal common areas, and the contract is the driveway, bin area, letterboxes and gardens.
Those are two different jobs and we quote them as two different jobs. Most WA strata schemes are small, so we price the scheme in front of us rather than a tower template.
What is on a strata clean?
Set at the walkthrough against your plan, then the same every visit. We work top down, so the lift and lobby come after the corridors.
How does a council of owners see what happened?
Because the person approving the invoice is usually not the person who saw the building.
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Step 01
A set visit day
Agreed at the walkthrough and kept, between 6am and 10pm, so owners know when to expect the cleaner.
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Step 02
Scope by area
Lobby, corridors, lifts, bin room and driveway each listed on their own, so an owner can see what their levy bought.
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Step 03
Report that tables well
Dated photos by area, in a form you can attach to the agenda without rewriting it.
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Step 04
One point of contact
Your strata manager or a nominated owner, so complaints do not arrive from eight directions at once.
Who can sign the cleaning contract?
A question that stalls plenty of schemes.
The council, usually
The council of owners generally exercises the strata company's day-to-day powers, and routine cleaning inside the approved budget sits there.
Or a strata manager
A strata company can authorise its strata manager to engage contractors on its behalf. Check what your management agreement allows.
Quotes are good practice
Comparing quotes is sensible governance, and we are happy to be one of them. Check your own by-laws and management agreement for any set process.
An old developer contract?
WA strata law limits some long service contracts put in place by a developer. If you inherited one, check its terms with your strata manager.
Where does cleaning sit in the budget?
In the administrative fund, as an operating cost, not in the reserve fund or the ten year plan.
Cleaning, gardening, small maintenance and common property utilities come out of the administrative fund, set in the budget approved at the AGM.
Larger schemes also keep a reserve fund and a ten year plan, but those cover non-routine work like repainting, re-carpeting a corridor or a lift overhaul, not the weekly clean. It is the easiest line to cut, and the fastest one to show when it has been.
What should a council of owners ask any cleaner?
Us included. These four sort the field quickly.
Have you read our plan?
Built strata and survey-strata are different contracts. A quote that arrives without anyone asking which you are was written for a building they have not seen.
How will we know each visit happened?
Ask for dated photos by area after every visit, not a monthly invoice and a promise.
Who cleans the bin room?
For newer Perth apartment buildings, the waste management plan often says. Many councils of owners have never read theirs, then argue about it for a year.
Where does the wash water go?
Washing a car park or driveway sends sediment and detergent somewhere, and letting it into stormwater drains from business activity is an offence in WA. Ask how the runoff is handled.
Why do Perth schemes choose us?
Six reasons, one line each.
$10 million public liability
Our cover, with the certificate ready to table for the council of owners.
Scoped to your plan
Built strata and survey-strata quoted as the different jobs they are.
Reports that table well
Dated photos by area, ready to attach to an agenda.
Priced per area
So a council can drop a line without renegotiating the whole contract.
Nothing to escape from
No lock-in contract.
We stay until it is right
Our cleaners don't leave until you're happy with the work.
What do Perth strata clients say about us?
How is a strata cleaning contract priced?
No rate card. Each scheme is quoted after a walkthrough, because two blocks with the same lot count can be completely different jobs.
What the plan calls common
A survey-strata driveway and bin point is a different contract to four levels of corridor and a lift. We read the plan before quoting rather than counting lots.
Visits per week
Bin rooms and lobbies drive frequency more than floor area does. Many schemes do well on one visit a week with the bin area done twice.
Access and timing
Fob access, lift bookings, bin collection days and whether a car park has to be done when it is empty all move the hours.
Send the scheme address and your plan type if you know it. The quote comes back priced by area, in a form a council can put straight to a vote.
What else can we schedule for the scheme?
Added to the contract or billed as one-off work the council approves separately.
Car park and driveway washing
With the runoff planned rather than sent to the stormwater drain. Pressure washing
Common area glass
Entry doors, lobby glass and balustrades, on a rotation set at the walkthrough. Window cleaning
Corridor carpet
Periodic cleaning on the lanes that wear first. Carpet cleaning
Mould in shared areas
Basement stairs and south-facing walkways after a Perth winter. Mould cleaning
Office suites in the building
If the scheme is mixed use, tenancies can go on their own agreements. Office cleaning
Vacated lot turnarounds
Owners and agents in the scheme can book these direct rather than through the levy. End of lease
Which Perth areas do we cover?
Schemes from small villa groups up to multi-level apartment buildings, across the Perth metro area from Joondalup to Rockingham, and Mandurah. Scheme somewhere else? Send the address and we will come back the same day.
Coastal and western
- Scarborough
- Cottesloe
- Fremantle
- City Beach
- North Beach
- Hillarys
- Sorrento
- Trigg
Coastal salt air and beach sand impact properties heavily here. Window tracks, exterior glass, and flyscreens need regular washing to stop salt corrosion.
Central and northern
- Perth CBD
- Northbridge
- Subiaco
- Leederville
- South Perth
- Joondalup
- Morley
- Midland
A mix of commercial high rises, character homes, and modern units. Jarrah floor care and delicate limestone work are common across these areas.
Southern corridor
- Wellard
- Rockingham
- Baldivis
- Cockburn
- Canning Vale
- Armadale
- Kwinana
- Mandurah
Large family properties and industrial facilities. Paved alfresco spaces and bore reticulation mean pressure washing is regularly booked alongside a house clean.
What do strata managers ask before switching?
Is it a body corporate or a strata company in WA?
A strata company, run by an elected council of owners. Body corporate and owners corporation are other states' terms for much the same thing.
How much does strata cleaning in Perth cost?
It is quoted per scheme after a walkthrough, because the plan matters more than the lot count. You get a figure per area so the council can approve or trim it line by line.
Do we need several quotes before appointing you?
Check your by-laws and management agreement. Comparing quotes is good governance either way, and we are happy to be one of them.
Can our strata manager sign without a general meeting?
Often yes, if they have been authorised to engage contractors. Routine cleaning inside the approved budget is usually a council decision anyway.
Does cleaning come out of the ten year plan?
No. The ten year plan covers non-routine work like repainting or re-carpeting. Cleaning is an administrative fund cost, set in the budget approved at your AGM.
Who is responsible for the bin room?
For newer Perth apartment buildings, the waste management plan often sets out who cleans the bin room and who moves bins to the kerb. If nobody can find your plan, that is usually the real problem.
Will you work with our strata manager or the council directly?
Either, and we would rather it be one of them than both. Tell us at the walkthrough who signs off and who gets the reports.
We stay until it's right
Our cleaners don't leave until you're happy with the work. For end of lease cleans, if you're not satisfied and tell us within 72 hours, we come back and re-clean.
Ready to get your scheme quoted?
Send the address, the number of lots and whether it is a strata or survey-strata scheme. We walk it and price it by area.
- Reply within 2 hours
- No lock-in contracts
- Open 6am to 10pm, 7 days
Monday to Sunday: 6:00 AM - 10:00 PM
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