Commercial cleaning
Choose your tasks and enter the area to see an itemised estimate.
Regular £28/hour · Deep clean £35/hour · After-building £40/hour per cleaner, before VAT if applicable.
See guide prices and where they come from
| Work | CPMS guide | Published comparison |
|---|---|---|
| Regular cleaning | £28 per cleaner per hour, 2-hour minimum | Berry Cleaning Solutions, Cardiff starts at £21.71/hour for contracts of 10–40 hours a week. Our £28 is a planning rate for smaller visits. |
| General deep clean | £35 per cleaner per hour, 3-hour minimum | RClean Wales lists £35/hour for specialist cleaning. The CPMS minimum is our own allowance. |
| After-building clean | £40 per cleaner per hour, 3-hour minimum | Pure Clean Cardiff lists £35/hour with the customer’s products and £40/hour with its own, with a 3-hour minimum. |
| Machine carpet deep clean | £3.50/m² for the first 150 m², £100 minimum. Lower rates apply to additional area. | Smart Clean lists £3.50, £3, £2.50 and £2/m² across four size bands. CPMS uses those rates on successive portions of the job. At 200 m², CPMS estimates £675 (150 × £3.50 + 50 × £3), versus £600 if Smart Clean’s published £3 band applies to all 200 m². The £100 minimum is a CPMS allowance. |
| Tile or vinyl/LVT deep clean | £5.50/m², £150 minimum. Natural stone and wood assessed separately. | Emperor Floor Care guides at £5.50/m² for tile and LVT and £5.25/m² for safety vinyl. It lists a £150 hard-floor minimum and prices commercial work after a visit. |
| Pressure washing | £3/m², £60 minimum | Pure Clean Cardiff lists £3/m² for surfaces such as block paving, with a 20 m² minimum. |
Sources checked 6 November 2026. CPMS figures are estimates before VAT, if applicable. We confirm scope, availability and the total in writing.
YOUR BUSINESS
Start with the kind of clean.
AREAS & TASKS
What needs cleaning?
Break down the floors.
Enter each area once. Keep washrooms and kitchenettes out of these rows if you add them below. Length × width gives square metres.
General floor cleaning includes vacuuming or an appropriate damp clean. Machine carpet deep cleaning and specialist treatments are separate.
Washrooms & toilets
Floor area and fixtures are counted separately. Fixture allowances cover the fittings; the floor is cleaned once.
The everyday details
Reachable surfaces only. Kitchenettes mean break-room floors and worktops, not commercial cooking equipment. Toiletries, sanitary waste and waste removal are not included.
One-off extras with a guide price
A machine washes the carpet and vacuums up the dirty water. The first 150 m² costs £3.50/m², with a £100 minimum. For example, 40 m² costs £140. Larger areas get lower rates on each additional band. Pressure washing costs £3/m² with a £60 minimum.
Anything more specialist?
Include these in the brief. We’ll assess the method, access and condition before pricing them.