Strata Cleaning Alexandria — Common Property in 2015 Conversions and New Builds
Strata in Alexandria NSW 2015 comes in two very different shapes. There are the warehouse conversions off Huntley Street, Collins Street and Bourke Road — brick, timber, sawtooth glazing, industrial-scale common areas and a bin bay shared with a commercial lot — and there is the newer Green Square fringe stock with lifts, tiled lobbies, basement carparks and a rooftop. Pro Clean Corp services Alexandria 2015 and surrounds with common-area crews and monthly photo reporting so committees can see what they are paying for.
The scheduled scope
- Lobby, entry glass, intercom panel and mailbox area cleaned each visit — the areas every owner walks past twice a day
- Lift car, door tracks and internal glass detailed; tracks are the item that separates a real program from a token one
- Stairwells, handrails, corridors and fire-door faces swept, mopped and spot-cleaned
- Bin room and bin bay hosed and deodorised, floor wastes degreased, bin bodies washed periodically, bins presented and returned on collection day
- Basement carpark swept on a rotation, oil spots treated, and garage door tracks cleared
- Courtyards, rooftop terraces and shared BBQ or gym areas cleaned and reset
- Periodic works — high dusting, light diffusers, carpet and hard-floor maintenance, hardstand pressure washing — scheduled and photographed
Conversions behave differently to new builds
A converted Alexandria warehouse has exposed brick, steel and timber in the common areas and sawtooth glazing overhead. Brick is dusted dry, never washed, because water drives salts into old mortar and leaves permanent efflorescence. Original timber floors and stairs get a neutral cleaner and a barely damp mop, not a bucket. High-level glazing and truss work needs a scheduled access plan rather than an optimistic ladder. New Green Square fringe buildings have the opposite profile — tiled and vinyl lobbies, more lift traffic, tighter carparks and far more parcel and delivery debris in the entry. We scope the two differently rather than dropping a template on both.
Mixed use is the Alexandria complication
Most buildings here have commercial lots on the ground floor — a cafe, a studio, a gym, a showroom — sharing a bin bay, a loading approach and sometimes a lobby with residential lots above. Owners corporations routinely end up paying to clean up after a tenant because nobody mapped the boundary. We document what is common property and what is not at the start, service the common property, and quote the tenancy separately if that operator wants it covered. Those tenancies typically run on our cafe and restaurant, gym or office cleaning programs, which means one contractor across the whole building and no argument about who left the cardboard.
Reporting, insurance and price
Strata managers get a monthly report with a dated photo set and a periodic-works register, which is what a committee actually needs at an AGM. Cleaners hold current national police checks; Pro Clean Corp carries $20M public liability and workers compensation and provides certificates of currency direct to your strata manager. Programs run $34 to $46 per hour with periodic works quoted per event, on month-to-month terms with 30 days notice — no owners corporation should be locked into a three-year cleaning contract. Sector figures are on our Alexandria cost guide, inclusions on the rates page, and more answers on our FAQ.
Strata cleaning Alexandria — FAQs
How much does strata cleaning cost in Alexandria?
Common-area programs in Alexandria 2015 run $34 to $46 per hour. A 40-lot warehouse-conversion building off Huntley Street with a lobby, two stairwells, a lift, a basement carpark and a bin room, serviced three times a week, generally sits between $1,200 and $2,000 a month plus periodic works.
Who do you report to — the committee or the strata manager?
Whoever you nominate, and usually both. The strata manager gets the invoice and the monthly report; the committee or building manager gets the day-to-day contact. Reports include a dated photo set so a committee can see the periodic work it is paying for without walking the building.
What does a common-area scope include?
Lobby, entry glass and intercom, lift car, tracks and internal glass, stairwells and handrails, corridors, mailbox area, bin room and bin bay, basement carpark sweeping, courtyards and any shared rooftop or gym. Periodic items include high dusting, carpet and hard-floor maintenance, light diffusers, garage door tracks and pressure washing of hardstand.
Do you do bin rooms properly?
Bin rooms are the single most complained-about area in Alexandria strata buildings, especially in mixed-use blocks where a cafe shares the bay. Ours are hosed and deodorised on a schedule, bin bodies washed periodically, floor wastes degreased, and bin-day presentation and return included so bins are not left on the footpath.
Can you handle mixed-use buildings with commercial tenants downstairs?
Yes, and most of the Green Square fringe stock is exactly that. We map which areas are common property and which belong to a commercial lot so the owners corporation is not quietly subsidising a tenant clean, then quote the tenancy separately if that tenant wants it.
What about graffiti and after-hours callouts?
Graffiti removal on common property is quoted per event, with a rapid response for offensive tags. After-hours callouts for spills, storm water ingress or a bin-room incident are available and charged at an agreed callout rate rather than negotiated at 11pm.
Servicing Alexandria 2015 and surrounds — common-area cleaning with photo reporting
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