Condo cleaning that clears the building before it clears the unit

A condo is two jobs. The unit is straightforward. The building is where people get stuck. The harbor buildings in Punta Gorda and nearly every association on Manasota Key, Gasparilla Island and Palm Island want a certificate of insurance naming them before a vendor is allowed upstairs, and several want the service elevator reserved and a window booked with the front desk. We handle all of that directly with management so you are not the one relaying messages.

The units themselves have their own pattern. Glass is the main event, because a water view that has salt haze on it is not a water view. Sliders and their tracks collect sand from every trip to the beach and every open door. Balconies and lanais get a fine grit that blows in constantly. And the mechanical closet and the AC return matter more than in a house, because in a sealed unit anything that grows in there ends up in every room.

What the visit covers

• Certificate of insurance issued and sent to the association
• Service elevator and loading dock window booked when required
• Balcony and lanai floors, rails and screen frames cleaned
• Slider glass and tracks done inside and out where reachable
• AC return vents and filter housing wiped
• Kitchen counters, backsplash and appliance fronts detailed
• Bathrooms scrubbed into the grout and the shower glass dried
• Interior glass and mirrors finished streak free
• Floors vacuumed and damp mopped throughout
• Trash and recycling taken to the building chute or bin room

Seasonal units and the empty months

A lot of the condos we clean sit empty from May to October. An unoccupied unit in a Florida summer is not a low maintenance unit. Still air plus humidity is exactly what mildew wants, and the places it starts are predictable: shower corners, the caulk behind the tub, the AC closet, the inside of the washer, and any cabinet that backs onto an exterior wall. A monthly maintenance visit through the off season costs a fraction of the deep clean it prevents.

For owners who are not in Florida, we run the open up and close down as scheduled visits with a photo set both times. Before you arrive: the unit gets cleaned, the water run, the AC checked for smell, the linens refreshed. After you leave: everything cleaned, perishables cleared, and photos sent so you know exactly how the unit was left.