Commercial Cleaning Cost Double Bay — What It Actually Costs in 2028
Most cleaning quotes in Double Bay NSW 2028 arrive as a single monthly number with no working shown, which makes comparing two tenders close to impossible. This page opens the calculation up. It sets out the hourly bands we price against, the seven factors that move a Double Bay quote up or down, and worked monthly figures for the site types that actually exist in this village — a Knox Street shopfront, a Cross Street suite, a Bay Street clinic, a Manning Road strata block. Pro Clean Corp services Double Bay 2028 and surrounds.
The two hourly bands
Everything we quote is built from one of two rates before it is converted to a fixed monthly figure:
- $30 – $45 per hour — ongoing contract cleaning. Regular scheduled work with a written scope, a named crew and a fixed monthly invoice. Higher frequency sits at the lower end of the band because setup and travel are spread across more visits.
- $40 – $50 per hour — one-off and project work. Deep cleans, post-fitout, event and launch cleans, end of lease and make-good. These are inspected and issued as a fixed total, not an open hourly account.
Worked examples for Double Bay site types
| Site type | Size | Frequency | Typical cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boutique retail shopfront, Knox Street | 70 m² | 6 pre-open visits/week | $600 – $950 / month |
| Professional suite, Cross Street | 180 m² | 3 evenings/week | $780 – $1,300 / month |
| Medical / cosmetic clinic, Bay Street | 5 rooms | 6 nights/week | $1,300 – $2,400 / month |
| Strata block, Manning Road | 18 apartments | 2 visits/week + bin day | $700 – $1,500 / month |
| Cafe with footpath dining, Cross Street | 90 m² + kitchen | 7 pre-open visits/week | $1,100 – $1,900 / month |
| Reformer studio, Transvaal Avenue | 200 m² | 6 overnight visits/week | $900 – $1,600 / month |
| End of lease handover, mixed-use tenancy | 150 m² | One-off project | $800 – $1,600 fixed |
Figures are indicative ranges for planning, ex-GST, based on sites we service in and around the 2028 village. Your written quote is fixed after a free walkthrough.
Seven things that move a Double Bay quote
- Frequency. The single biggest lever. Five nights a week costs more in total but materially less per visit than one.
- Floor area and layout. An open 200 m² suite cleans faster than 200 m² broken into eight small rooms with eight doorways.
- Wet areas. Bathrooms and kitchens carry the most labour per square metre of anything in a building.
- Floor type. Carpet is quick nightly and expensive periodically; polished stone and timber need slower, product-specific care every visit.
- Access. A single small lift, a booked loading dock, a metered street with no standing zone, or a strata rule preventing machine work before 8am all add real time.
- Standard required. A gallery, clinic or showroom finish is genuinely more work than a back-office standard, and honest quoting should say so.
- Consumables. Paper, soap, sanitiser and liners are either your supply or ours at cost plus a small handling margin, itemised separately.
How to compare two quotes properly
Ask both providers for the same three documents: a written room-by-room scope with a frequency against every line, a certificate of currency for public liability, and confirmation that cleaners hold current national police checks. A quote $8 an hour cheaper almost always turns out to be fewer hours on site, a bathroom cleaned three times a week instead of five, or no insurance behind it. Once the scopes are genuinely comparable, the price gap in this suburb is usually small.
Commercial cleaning cost Double Bay — FAQs
How much does commercial cleaning cost in Double Bay?
Ongoing contracts run $30 to $45 per hour and one-off or deep cleans $40 to $50 per hour across Double Bay 2028. Most village sites convert to a fixed monthly figure between $450 and $3,600 depending on floor area, visit frequency and wet-area count.
Why is commercial cleaning quoted per hour and not per square metre?
Square-metre pricing works for warehouses where the floor is the job. In a Double Bay suite or boutique, most of the labour is detail work — glass, joinery, bathrooms, kitchens and touch points — which does not scale with floor area. We use hours to build the scope, then convert it to a fixed monthly amount so you are not billed on a timesheet.
What actually drives the price up or down?
Five things: how often we attend, total floor area, the number of bathrooms and kitchens, the floor type, and access constraints such as a single small lift or a booked loading dock. Frequency has the biggest effect — a five-night program costs less per visit than a weekly one because setup time is spread further.
Is GST included in your quoted figures?
Quotes show the ex-GST amount and the GST-inclusive total side by side, so the invoice never arrives ten percent higher than the number you agreed to.
Why are some Double Bay quotes under $30 per hour?
Usually because the scope is thin, the visit time is unrealistic for the site, or the contractor is not carrying full insurance and police-checked staff. Ask for the certificate of currency and the written room-by-room scope — cheap quotes rarely survive both questions.
Do you charge for a quote or a walkthrough?
No. Walkthroughs and quotes are free and the quote is itemised room by room so you can compare it honestly against any other tender.
Pricing by service
Service-specific figures are on our office, retail, medical, strata, childcare and end of lease pages. Tier inclusions are listed on the cleaning rates page, and everything else is answered on the FAQ page.
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