How do you work out the monthly fee?

We count the hours the specification needs, multiply by the charge-out rate, then divide the year into twelve equal payments. That keeps the figure flat in months with more working days. The quote shows the hours, the frequency of each task and what sits outside the fee, so you can compare it line by line against another tender.

Can you clean during the day instead of the evening?

Yes. Daytime housekeeping suits hybrid floors where washrooms, tea points and meeting rooms take the pressure on Tuesday to Thursday. A housekeeper works the floor during office hours and handles the reactive jobs as they appear. Most clients run a lighter evening clean alongside it for desks, bins and vacuuming.

What happens if standards slip?

Ring or email your account manager and say what was missed. It gets picked up on the next clean and recorded on the monthly audit so there is a written trail. If the same item keeps appearing, we revisit the specification, because it usually means the hours or the frequency were set wrong at the start.

Do we have to sign a long contract?

A rolling monthly agreement is available on most office contracts. The operator running this contract confirms the notice period in writing before you sign, so read that clause and check it against your own procurement rules. Longer terms are sometimes offered at a lower rate where machinery or a dedicated daytime post is involved.

Who cleans the desks if we have hot desking?

Desk tops get wiped where they are clear. Cleaners do not move paperwork, laptops or personal items, so a clear desk policy makes a visible difference. Where you run hot desking, we usually add a sanitising wipe down of shared desks, screens and chair arms to the daily task list and note it on the specification.

Do you handle recycling and waste?

We empty office bins and recycling points into your building's waste stream and replace liners. The waste collection contract itself normally sits with the landlord or managing agent. If your building segregates dry mixed recycling, food waste and glass, we set the specification up to match so nothing is cross contaminated on the way to the bin store.

Office Cleaning in Manchester, Greater Manchester

Office cleaning in Greater Manchester is priced on hours at a charge-out rate of around £16 to £22 per hour, then billed as one fixed monthly fee. A small suite cleaned once a week usually lands between £45 and £85 a visit. We measure the cleanable area, count the washrooms, write the specification and show you the hours behind the figure before you commit.

Signs you need this

Bins on the far side of the floor get missed and nobody logs it

Washroom consumables run out before the next delivery

Your account manager has not walked the site since mobilisation

Hybrid working has changed which days the floor is actually busy

Staff complain about tea points and meeting rooms rather than desks

You have no written specification, so there is nothing to measure against

The cleaning team changes every few weeks and standards drift

What an office cleaning contract actually covers

The daily clean is the part staff notice: bins, washrooms, tea points, meeting rooms, reception and a vacuum through the circulation routes. Underneath it sits a periodic programme that most offices forget until a lease event forces it. Internal glazing, partition glass, high level dusting, chair and fabric cleaning, kitchen deep cleans, carpet extraction and hard floor maintenance all belong on a frequency table with dates against them.

We split the specification into those two layers at the site visit. The daily layer is priced in hours. The periodic layer is priced per item so you can move things around the budget year without reopening the whole contract.

What we check on a Manchester site visit

Floor area first, because it sets the hours. We measure the cleanable area rather than the demise, since the lift lobby and the plant room are not your cleaner’s problem. Then washroom count and cubicle numbers, which drive more labour per square metre than anything else on an office floor.

After that: the finishes. Carpet tiles, vinyl, engineered timber, polished concrete and stone all need different machinery and different consumables. Ancoats and Northern Quarter conversions often have exposed timber and brick that hold dust in a way a modern Spinningfields floor plate does not. Trafford Park offices attached to a unit usually bring canteen and welfare areas into scope.

Then access. City centre buildings run to the managing agent’s rules: sign in at the desk, fob access after six, loading bay slots for machinery deliveries, and a goods lift that has to be booked. We note all of it at the visit so mobilisation does not stall.

Equipment and materials

Colour coded microfibre cloths and mopping systems throughout, so washroom equipment never reaches a tea point. Flat mopping instead of string and bucket on hard floors, because it puts less water down and dries faster on a floor people walk across at eight in the morning.

Vacuums are filtered and rated for the noise level the space can take. A daytime housekeeper on an open plan floor needs a machine quiet enough to run behind a live meeting room.

Products are chosen to keep the COSHH file short. Fewer chemicals, correctly diluted, with safety data sheets supplied at mobilisation and refreshed when anything changes.

How hybrid working changes the schedule

Occupancy across Greater Manchester now clusters around the middle of the week. Five evening cleans a week can be the wrong shape for a floor that is half empty on Monday and Friday. Plenty of clients move to three full evening cleans plus a lighter presence on the quiet days, or shift budget into daytime housekeeping when the building is at its busiest.

We look at your access data or door counts at the site visit, then set the frequency to match. It is a straightforward way to hold standards on the days that matter without paying for cleans nobody sees.

How the work runs

Site visit and measure

We walk every area with you, measure the cleanable floor area, note the finishes, count washrooms and tea points, and ask how the floor is used across the week. Access, bin stores and waste contracts get checked at the same time.

Written specification

You get a task list with frequencies against it: daily, weekly, monthly and quarterly. It states what is cleaned, to what standard, and who supplies consumables. It is yours to keep whether or not you appoint us.

Fixed quote and schedule

One monthly figure, with the hours behind it set out. Periodic work such as carpet extraction and internal glazing is priced as a separate line so you can plan it into the budget.

Mobilisation

We agree a start date, sort keys, fobs or access codes with the managing agent, run any TUPE process and introduce the team on site. COSHH sheets and the site risk assessment arrive before the first clean.

Monthly audit

Your account manager scores the clean against the specification each month and sends you the report. Anything below standard gets picked up on the next visit and logged.

What it typically costs

Job	Typical range
Contract cleaning, hourly rate Charge-out rate covering wages, holiday cover, supervision, equipment and insurance	£16 to £22 per hour
Small office, one clean a week Around 1,500 to 2,000 square feet, two to three hours on site	£45 to £85 per visit
Daily office cleaning, per square foot Five cleans a week, quoted per square foot per year across the cleanable area	£1.30 to £2.20 per square foot
Daytime housekeeping A uniformed housekeeper on the floor during working hours, usually two to four hours a day	£17 to £24 per hour
Washroom consumables Hand towels, toilet rolls, soap and liners, priced separately or bought by you	£2 to £6 per person per month

Typical ranges for Manchester and the surrounding area , reviewed September 2026. Every quote is written and fixed before work starts.