An empty space is judged much more harshly than an occupied one

An occupied office hides a lot. Take the desks out and everything shows: the carpet under the cabinet that never moved, the wall behind the printer, the marks where a shelf came off, the dust line above the ceiling grid. Nobody thinks about any of it until the day the landlord walks through with a list.

This is a specific job with a specific standard, and the standard is set by whoever signs off the space. So we work to that document rather than to a general idea of clean, and we walk it with you afterwards so nothing lands on a snag list.

What the visit covers

• Full interior clean with the space empty and the power still on
• Walls checked, marks and adhesive residue removed where possible
• Nail and fixing holes reported so your contractor can fill them
• Cabinet, closet and storage interiors vacuumed then wiped
• Kitchen and pantry appliances cleaned inside and out
• Restrooms taken back to base, including grout and fixture bases
• Interior and reachable exterior glass, frames and tracks
• Light fixtures, vents, diffusers and ceiling grid dusted
• Floors cleaned or extracted according to the lease requirement
• Final walkthrough with you or with your agent

The lease clause almost nobody reads until the end

Most commercial leases require the space to be returned in the condition it was received, allowing for fair wear. In practice the landlord's agent works from a checklist, and the items that appear on it are predictable: carpet condition, wall marks, restroom fixtures, kitchen appliances and window glass.

Send us the clause or the checklist before we quote. It costs nothing, it takes five minutes, and it means the scope is written against the document you will actually be measured by rather than against our assumptions.