Apartment building and common area cleaning in Bratislava

Cleaning of apartment buildings and common areas in Bratislava, under contract with the owners' association or the building manager. Fixed day of the week, monthly invoice, and a written scope — survey and quote free of charge.

What the contract covers

Staircases and corridors, entrance areas, lift cars, cellar passages, pram and bike rooms, technical rooms, the area around the bin store and shared garages. Each of these has its own frequency — a staircase weekly, a cellar far less often — and each is listed separately in the contract.

The visible part of the work, washing stairs, landings and handrails, has its own page: staircase and entrance cleaning. This page is about how the arrangement looks from the building's side.

Setting the scope

There is no single correct interval. An eight-storey block with forty flats next to a tram stop carries a completely different load from a twelve-unit new build with a courtyard entrance. So we start with a survey: we walk the building, measure the common areas and propose scope and frequency. The survey is free and carries no obligation.

Contract, invoicing and liability

We contract with owners' associations and with management companies. The contract states exactly what is cleaned, how often and what is included, and we invoice monthly with payment terms. The written scope matters more than it sounds: most disputes between a building and a cleaning company come down to nobody ever agreeing whether "washing the staircase" includes the handrail and the windows.

We carry liability insurance. If something is damaged during cleaning, the insurer deals with it rather than the building and an individual worker.

Who pays for it

The cost sits in the building's operation, maintenance and repair fund — the owners' monthly contributions. Whether the building engages a company, and on what scale, is decided by the owners' meeting or by the manager within their mandate. The law does not oblige a building to hire a firm; some organise a rota among owners instead. The obligation to keep common areas orderly and safe, however, applies either way.

Winter and summer

In winter, salt, slush and damp are the problem, and they damage floors — particularly the terrazzo and polished concrete common in Bratislava blocks. We use products that neutralise salt rather than spread it. In summer the issues are dust, insects in common areas and more frequent window cleaning.

What we do not do

We do not clear snow from pavements, remove bulky waste or look after greenery — different trades with their own equipment and obligations. We say so at the survey and can suggest who to call. We also do not move belongings that owners leave in corridors: without the owner's knowledge that is handling someone else's property.

Why buildings change contractor

In our experience almost never over price. The most common reason is unpredictability — cleaned on a Monday, then on a Thursday, then a week missed and nobody knows why. The second is unclear scope, where the building believed it was paying for windows and the cellar and the company never understood it that way. The third is having nobody to take a complaint to.

So every contract fixes the day of the week, the exact list of tasks, and one named contact on each side. If a visit has to move, the owners' representative hears it in advance rather than noticing afterwards.