Three Over-the-top Issues Spotted When Cleaning Offices

Cleaning office and commercial business areas can undoubtedly be very eye-opening to see what issues develop. Even more so nowadays, with fewer people in them as we slowly emerge from the post-pocked-down world, and fewer people to spot and report any issues.

Which is where a good office cleaner comes in. We can be your eyes and ears on the ground.

With transparent reporting procedures and a picture phone at hand, we can soon identify problems so they can be dealt with, beyond the usual deep clean of office areas.

Therefore, here are three examples we recently spotted in an office block, enabling the property manager to arrange repairs and communicate with tenants.

1. Overuse

Here’s a picture of the carpet in a communal corridor after a tenant recently moved out of their office space.

On first impressions, you might think some marks can be easily cleaned out of the carpet; however, a few hours later, we had the facts of the matter.

After careful inspection, it’s clear that these are deep grooves in the carpet from moving furniture around – oops.

Of course, they still need cleaning thoroughly to see if they can be improved and dirt removed from them, but alas, with little result.

A quick dialogue soon followed with the on-site receptionist to determine when and how this occurred, with a report to the property manager.

2. Over Cautious

Here, the loft is outof action; therefore, a sign is understandable

But three different signs are really going over the top and making the place look harsh and dangerous – plus a trip hazard, with them protruding into the walk area in front.

This is a classic issue we see a lot of the time: either no effort to warn of potential hazards or too much effort.

Having clear and helpful signs ready to go is good, and the procedure for who and when they are added is essential. Plus, they also need to be removed when the problem is fixed, or the floor area and potential slip hazard are addressed.

3. Over Cleaned

This is really shameful to see, and the result of one of the tenant cleaners here.

Being overzealous on the regular touch-point cleans under the COVID-19 restrictions of the last eighteen months has now caused damage to the actual wooden door.

Rather than being carefully applied only to the metal hand pad itself, it’s been regularly stretched over onto the wood, and potentially with the wrong cleaning substance.

So, now that this sort of damage has been caused, the whole door may need to be replaced or at least resurfaced.

That’s just sloppy office cleaning that has not been monitored.

Getting the Right Use of Cleaning in Commercial Offices

When looking at regular or one-off deep cleans in such commercial areas, agreeing on the correct specification for the clean is vital to ensure you get the right results.

Plus, this needs to include how things are done, not just what things are done.

Having a helpful office cleaner with ears to the ground to spot things and straightforward ways to address them will undoubtedly pay dividends (fewer repair bills) over time.