Commercial Cleaning
Offices, retail, and strata that look open even at 7 a.m.
A commercial space in Nova Scotia has two enemies: winter, which trucks salt and grit through every entrance in the province for five months, and time, which turns "we'll wipe it ourselves" into three years of grouted-in grime. Our commercial teams clean to a documented checklist, on a schedule that fits your hours, with proof of service every visit — for offices, retail, clinics, restaurants, and strata common areas.
Contracts scale from a nightly office route to a weekly storefront polish to a one-off post-construction clean. Every contract includes entrance and floor care tuned to the season — because the first thing your customers track in is the first thing they judge.
Commercial Cleaning · Nova ScotiaWhat's included
- Office cleaning — workstations, meeting rooms, kitchens, and washrooms to checklist
- Retail and storefront — floors, glass, fitting rooms, and entrance systems
- Strata and property common areas — lobbies, elevators, mail rooms, amenity rooms
- Medical and dental clinic cleaning (waiting, treatment support, and office zones)
- Restaurant and cafe support cleans — BOH floors, FOH surfaces, and washrooms
- Entrance and matting programs — the salt-and-grit front line of a Nova Scotia winter
- Hard floor care — stripping, sealing, buffing, and burnishing schedules
- Carpet cleaning and hot-water extraction on a seasonal calendar
- Post-construction and renovation final cleans
- Documented service — checklists signed, issues flagged, consumables tracked
Entrances, salt, and the winter that runs five months
From December through March, every commercial entrance in Nova Scotia processes a steady import of salt, sand, and slush. Entrance care is where professional commercial cleaning earns its contract: proper matting programs, nightly salt extraction from hard floors (salt left overnight dulls finish and etches concrete), and grout maintenance that prevents the grey-forever look on tiled lobbies. A clean that ignores the entrance isn't a clean — it's a repaint plan.
Consistency is the other half. Commercial spaces don't need heroic cleans; they need the same standard every single visit, delivered at hours that don't interrupt business — and documented, so property managers can prove it. Our contracts run on signed checklists, flagged-issue reports, and consumable tracking (paper, soap, liners) so nobody runs out between visits.
And Halifax's market reality: most commercial spaces here are small-to-mid — clinics, boutiques, offices above storefronts, strata buildings. They don't need a national vendor's account team; they need a local crew that knows their building, shows up, and holds a standard. That's who we are.
Pricing guide
| Scope | Typical NS range |
|---|---|
| Small office (up to ~2,000 sq ft, weekly) | $150 – $300 / visit |
| Small office nightly route | from $110 / visit |
| Mid-size office (2,000–5,000 sq ft) | $250 – $550 / visit |
| Retail storefront (polish + glass, weekly) | $120 – $250 / visit |
| Strata common areas | quoted per building |
| Post-construction / one-off deep cleans | $0.20 – $0.45 / sq ft |
Commercial pricing is by scope and frequency, quoted fixed after a walkthrough — then it holds. Bundled contracts (cleaning + snow + grounds) get portfolio pricing on one invoice.
How we work
Year-round contracts, with seasonal service adjustments: winter front-loads entrance and salt care; spring adds window and exterior work; summer supports floor-care projects (stripping, sealing) during lighter traffic; fall resets before the wet season.
Common questions
Do you clean after hours?
Yes — evenings, overnight, and early mornings are standard for office and retail contracts, so your business opens clean. Daytime porter service is available for high-traffic spaces (clinics, gyms, food service).
Are you insured for commercial work?
Fully — liability insurance appropriate to commercial scopes, with documentation your property manager or insurer will want on file. WSIB-equivalent coverage and crew vetting standards come standard on every contract.
Can you handle our building's snow and grounds too?
That's the Total Care advantage: one vendor for cleaning, snow removal, and exterior services — one invoice, one standard, one number to call. Portfolio pricing applies when services bundle.
What does "documented service" actually mean?
A signed checklist every visit, photo flags for issues (a burnt-out bulb, a leak under a sink), consumable tracking so supplies never run out, and a monthly summary your property manager can actually use. Proof, not promises.
We're a small clinic — do you do regulated spaces?
Clinic support cleaning (waiting areas, offices, washrooms, and treatment-adjacent zones) is in scope with clinic-grade products and protocols. We're upfront about where clinical/regulated boundaries sit and scope accordingly.
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