Office cleaning is not one-size-fits-all, and understanding the difference between a deep clean and a regular contract cleaning service helps you allocate your cleaning budget correctly and maintain the right standard for your premises. At MD Elite Cleaning, we provide both services to businesses across Torbay and Devon. Here is how to tell them apart and when each is appropriate.
What Is Regular Contract Cleaning?
Regular contract cleaning is the ongoing maintenance cleaning carried out on a scheduled basis, typically daily, three times per week, or weekly depending on the size and use of the premises. The scope of a regular clean covers the surfaces that are used and dirtied in normal business operation: vacuuming floors, emptying bins, wiping desks, cleaning kitchen and bathroom facilities, and maintaining the general cleanliness and hygiene of the working environment.
Regular contract cleaning keeps a workplace consistently clean and is what most businesses mean when they say they have a cleaner. It is the foundation of a clean workplace but is not designed to address the accumulated grime in areas that are not regularly accessed, or the deep cleaning of surfaces that require periodic intensive attention.
What Is a Deep Clean?
A deep clean addresses the areas and surfaces that regular cleaning cannot reach or does not prioritise. It is more time-intensive, requires specialist equipment and products for certain tasks, and is priced accordingly. The scope of a commercial deep clean includes:
- High-level cleaning: light fittings, tops of cupboards, air conditioning units, and other above-head-height surfaces that accumulate dust and are missed in routine cleaning
- Deep floor cleaning: scrubbing, stripping, and re-sealing hard floors; deep carpet cleaning with extraction equipment
- Kitchen deep clean: degreasing extraction systems, cleaning behind and under equipment, descaling appliances
- Upholstery cleaning: chairs, sofas, and other soft furnishings in reception and meeting room areas
- Window cleaning: internal window cleaning to streak-free standard throughout
When Is a Deep Clean Necessary?
There are several specific triggers that make a deep clean the appropriate response rather than a regular clean:
- Before starting a new contract: a deep clean establishes the baseline standard from which regular cleaning maintains. Starting a contract in a property that has not been deep cleaned means the regular team is managing accumulated dirt rather than maintaining cleanliness.
- Periodically during a contract: most commercial cleaning contracts include a scheduled deep clean once or twice per year to reset the standard.
- After a period of heavy use: conference seasons, exhibitions, or periods of significantly increased footfall benefit from a post-event deep clean.
- At the end of a lease: commercial end-of-lease cleans typically require a deep clean standard.
- After a renovation or building work: post-construction cleans address the dust, debris, and residues that building work leaves on all surfaces.
Working with MD Elite
We provide regular cleaning contracts, one-off deep cleans, and combined programmes that integrate both services for Torbay and Devon businesses. All staff are DBS checked and fully insured. We use professional-grade equipment and products suited to commercial environments.
Contact MD Elite Cleaning Services to discuss your business cleaning requirements.
