Most Sydney strata schemes clean common areas weekly, with bin rooms serviced at least weekly, full-building cleans fortnightly, and deep cleans like carpark scrubs and pressure cleaning quarterly. The right frequency for your scheme depends on lot count, traffic, and building age. This guide gives committees a starting schedule to adapt.
A baseline schedule by building size
Small schemes (under 20 lots)
- Weekly: lobby, mail area, bin room
- Fortnightly: full common area clean including stairwells and hallways
- Quarterly: pressure clean of paths and entry, high dusting, light fittings
Medium schemes (20 to 50 lots)
- Weekly: full common area clean, bin room, lift car
- Monthly: glass and balustrades throughout, carpark tidy
- Quarterly: carpark scrub, pressure cleaning, gutter-line check
Large schemes (50+ lots)
- Twice weekly or more: lobby, lifts, bin rooms
- Weekly: all levels, stairwells, common bathrooms
- Monthly: carpark sweep, external glass rotation
- Quarterly: full deep clean, pressure cleaning program
What pushes frequency up
- Traffic: buildings near stations or with short-stay letting wear faster
- Carpets vs hard floors: carpeted corridors show traffic sooner and need more regular attention
- Bin room load: under-serviced bin rooms generate the complaints that fill committee agendas
- Trees and weather: leafy streets mean more debris at entries and in gutters, and coastal buildings carry salt film on glass and render
The complaint test
A practical rule for committees: if cleanliness appears in owner complaints more than once a quarter, the frequency is wrong or the standard is. Photo-documented cleans make the diagnosis easy, because the committee can see exactly what was done and when, instead of debating memories at the AGM.
Getting a schedule priced
A good contractor walks the building before recommending a frequency rather than quoting from a template. Blox Maintenance Worx provides a committee-ready schedule and fixed written quote within 24 hours of a walk-through, with photo reports after every visit: see strata cleaning or call 0435 221 335.