After builders cleaning in Plymouth

Why construction dust needs a different method

Plaster, MDF and brick dust behaves nothing like household dust. The particles are far finer, they carry a static charge, and they get drawn into every gap in the building: behind sockets, inside radiator fins, under skirting edges, into window tracks, through the gaps around loft hatches. Clean a room once and it will look dusty again the next morning, because the dust still in the cavities settles out overnight.

That is why a single clean after building work is usually a waste of money. We work in stages: a first pass that removes the bulk and the debris, then a full builders clean once the dust has had a chance to settle again, then a final sparkle clean immediately before you move in or hand over. Each pass has less to do than the last, and the final one holds.

We work for homeowners after extensions and refurbishments, and directly for builders, developers and shopfitters across Plymouth who need a property handed over presentable. For commercial handovers we can also pick up the ongoing commercial cleaning once the space is in use.

What an after builders clean covers

• Removal of leftover debris, packaging and protective sheeting
• Vacuuming of all surfaces with HEPA-filtered machines
• Walls and ceilings dusted down where paintwork allows
• Plaster splashes removed from floors, frames and fittings
• Paint spots removed from glass, tiles and hardware
• Silicone, adhesive and sticker residue removed
• Window glass, frames, sills and tracks detailed
• New kitchen cleaned inside cupboards and drawers
• Appliances cleaned inside and out, protective film removed
• New bathroom suites, tiles and grout polished
• Sockets, switches, vents and light fittings detailed
• Radiators cleaned front, back and between fins
• Doors, frames, architraves and skirtings washed
• Stairs, bannisters and spindles
• Hard floors washed and sealed where appropriate
• Final sparkle pass before handover or move-in

For homeowners after an extension or refurb

The most common mistake we see is booking the clean for the same day the builders finish. Trades are still carrying tools through, and the air is still full of dust that has not settled. Book the sparkle clean for a day or two after the last trade has left and you will get a dramatically better result for the same money.

It is also worth being realistic about what cleaning can and cannot fix. We remove plaster, paint spots, dust and adhesive. We cannot repair scratched glass, fill chips in new paintwork, or make a badly finished silicone bead look good. Those are snagging items for your builder, and we will point them out so you can raise them while you still have leverage.

For builders, developers and shopfitters

What contractors need from a cleaning company is reliability on a date that keeps moving. We are used to that. Give us the programme and we will stay in contact with the site manager, reschedule without drama when a trade overruns, and turn up with enough people to clear the building in the window you have.

We can work in occupied buildings alongside other trades, on new build plots before handover, and on commercial fit-outs where the client is walking in the next morning. Our teams carry their own power, water containment and waste removal where needed, and we will provide RAMS for your site file before we arrive.

New build and handover cleans

New build cleaning is its own discipline. Everything is unused, which sounds easier, but there is a specific list that catches people out: protective film on appliances, baths and windows; manufacturing dust inside kitchen units; plaster dust inside every socket and switch; label adhesive on glass; grout haze on new tiles; and silicone smears on freshly fitted sanitaryware.

We work to a handover checklist on these jobs so the buyer or tenant walks into a property with nothing left to pick up on. If you are a developer with multiple plots completing on the same date, tell us early. It is a team job and we will plan the labour around your completion dates.

After builders cleaning prices

Post-construction work is always quoted after we have seen the property or photographs, because the volume of dust and the amount of paint and plaster removal vary enormously. We price the job, not the hour.

Send photographs with your enquiry if you can. They tell us more about a post-construction job than any description, and they let us quote accurately without a site visit. See the full Plymouth cleaning price list.