Our Services

Communal Area Cleaning

As multiple residents, tenants, staff, and visitors use communal areas, it’s important to keep them clean and free of debris.

DAYCO Cleaning can regularly clean, maintain, and manage the hygiene of shared spaces to ensure they remain safe, tidy, and pleasant for everyone who uses them.

Our communal area cleaning service provides cleaning – and often maintenance – of shared spaces within a building. The service provided by DAYCO Cleaning is commonly needed in the following types of properties:

Apartment blocks
Office buildings
Serviced accommodations
Co-working spaces
Commercial estates

Common Communal Areas Cleaned For You

Depending on the property, communal areas might be:

Entrance halls and lobbies
Staircases and landings
Corridors and hallways
Lifts and lift lobbies
Reception areas
Shared kitchens or break rooms (in offices)
Bin stores and waste disposal areas
Car parks, walkways, and external communal spaces

Typical Tasks Carried Out

A communal cleaning routine is essential to keep shared spaces tidy and functional for everyone. Our routines include various tasks that help maintain a clean environment. Common tasks include:

Vacuuming and mopping floors
Dusting surfaces and skirting boards
Cleaning internal glass and mirrors
Sanitising door handles, light switches, and other high-touch areas
Wiping down handrails and bannisters
Emptying bins
Cleaning lifts, both inside and out
Spot-cleaning walls and removing marks
Sweeping external pathways
Reporting maintenance issues, such as burnt-out bulbs, leaks, and hazards

Are any of our communal cleaning services exactly what you need? We would love to assist you; just give us a call.

Equipment and Specialist Tools Used in Communal Area Cleans

Communal areas usually have high footfall, so floors require the most attention. We use essential tools such as commercial-grade hoovers, mops and buckets, but we also have specialist tools that we use for communal areas, such as:

Rotary floor machines for scrubbing, polishing, or buffing large floor areas.
Scrubber-dryers to wash, scrub, and dry floors quickly.
Carpet extractors to deep clean carpets in lobbies and corridors.
Edge cleaners for cleaning skirting boards and hard-to-reach corners.
Extension dusters for high-level dusting.
Detail brushes for cleaning corners, vents, and door frames.
Scrapers for removing marks, stickers, or gum.
Stainless steel cleaning pads for cleaning lift interiors.
Glass cleaning kits for mirrors and lift doors.
Anti-slip floor treatment for safety in certain areas.
Squeegees and t-bars for drying surfaces.
Pure water pole systems are ideal for cleaning exterior high-level windows.
Glass scrapers help remove dirt and debris from glass surfaces.

And then there is the waste management side, where we use tools such as litter pickers, cleaning trolleys, and waste segregation bins.

For health, safety, and compliance, your cleaning company may bring wet floor signs, barrier systems, personal protective equipment (PPE) like gloves, safety goggles, and masks, spill kits, first aid kits, and portable lighting for dark areas. It all depends on the job at hand!

External Communal Areas

Don’t forget, we also take care of external communal areas; we clean courtyards, entrances, rubber play areas and car parks.

You’ll find our team donning pressure washers, leaf blowers, outdoor brooms & deck scrubbing brushes, and, in the winter months, grit and salt spreaders.

FAQS

Why Should Communal Areas Be Cleaned?

Keeping health and hygiene is important to prevent the spread of germs. Safety measures help ensure that walkways are clean and clear.

First impressions matter a lot, especially in rental homes and offices, as they can shape how people view the space.

Well-kept areas increase property value by protecting the building over time.

Regular maintenance also helps landlords and property managers meet health and safety requirements and remain compliant with the law.

How Often Should Communal Areas Be Cleaned?

The frequency of communal cleaning varies by building type and footfall. Here are some examples of our current communal cleaning projects along with their frequencies:

Apartment blocks – weekly or daily.
Offices – daily.
Co-working buildings – multiple times per day.
Industrial/retail – daily or scheduled intervals.

What's included in the Communal Area Cleaning Service?

We provide a comprehensive contract for communal area cleaning, tailored to each client’s specific needs over an agreed period.

Our services cover residential, commercial, and industrial sectors, and we can create a site-specific cleaning specification based on individual requirements.

We offer cleaning services daily, weekly, bi-weekly, monthly, or quarterly. Our trained cleaners will make sure your communal cleaning meets high standards.

DAYCO Cleaning conducts regular site standards audits, which we share with our clients to ensure our quality standards are consistently maintained.