Maintaining a clean office isn’t just about appearances – it’s also essential for workplace health and safety compliance, business productivity, and making a strong first impression with site visitors.
An effective office deep cleaning routine goes beyond daily routine tasks, uncovering any hidden dirt and bacteria to refresh every corner of your workspace. In this guide, we share:
- The importance of office deep cleaning
- Best-practice advice on the daily, weekly, and monthly cleaning tasks you need in your schedule
- Guidance on how our office deep cleaning services can help transform your office space.
Why is Office Deep Cleaning Important?
Office deep cleaning is more than simply sprucing up your workspace – it supports a healthy, organised, and productive work environment. A clean environment that allows your people to thrive in their jobs, and a space that represents your business to potential investors.
While frequent sanitisation of high-touch surfaces are vital for maintaining a clean office, allergens, dust, and bacteria can still accumulate in hidden hotspots around your workspace. These hidden hazards can cause staff respiratory issues, spread viruses, and lead to increased employee sick days – hurting business productivity and health & safety compliance.
Case Study: Discover how we helped Fiserv elevate on-site cleanliness with 98%+ KPI performance HERE
Daily Office Cleaning Checklist
Daily cleaning is important for keeping on top of your office hygiene and for promoting good hygiene practices for your staff and visitors. Your daily office cleaning checklist should include:
- Sanitising high-touch areas, including door handles, lift buttons, desk phones, and light switches
- Sanitising co-working spaces
- Emptying bins (see: Simpler Recycling)
- Dusting general surfaces, including desks and shelves
- Vacuuming or mopping floors
- Disinfecting bathrooms
- Restocking toilet rolls and other consumables
- Loading and unloading communal dishwashers
- Sanitising and wiping down communal food preparation areas, such as your office kitchen
- Wiping down coffee machines
Completing this checklist daily reduces the risk of dirt and grime building up on surfaces around your office, prevents bad odours, and increases the effectiveness of weekly and monthly office deep cleaning.
Weekly Office Cleaning Checklist
While daily cleaning provides the foundation for a spotless office space, weekly office deep cleaning ensures that any spots missed are sanitised and wiped down, ready for the following week of work. Your weekly office cleaning checklist should include, alongside your daily tasks:
- Vacuuming upholstery and office furniture
- Clearing out communal fridges and discarding any out-of-date produce
- Wiping down the exterior of communal kitchen appliances
- Dusting around doorframes, window sills, and lighting fixtures
- Organising and decluttering workspaces ready for the week
- Sanitising desks and keyboards, and wiping down screens
Regular attention to shared areas, touchpoints, and equipment reduces maintenance costs and prepares your office for seamless operations all week long.
Monthly Office Cleaning Checklist
Monthly cleaning goes deeper than weekly upkeep, allowing your cleaning team to target areas that accumulate dirt and wear more gradually. Your monthly office deep cleaning checklist should include:
- Cleaning office windows (inside and outside) and mirrors
- Dusting and wiping down radiators
- Polishing and deep cleaning floors and carpets
- Deep cleaning and disinfecting communal kitchens and bathrooms, including dishwashers and appliances
- Cleaning HVAC systems and air vents
This monthly office cleaning checklist is ideal for ensuring long-term cleanliness in your workplace, preserving the condition of your office in the long run and paying attention to often overlooked spots that can have a detrimental impact on the overall cleanliness of your office space.
How Samsic UK Can Keep Your Office Spotless, Healthy, and Productive
At Samsic, we are committed to delivering innovative office deep cleaning services designed to meet the demands of your business without interrupting your daily operations.
Whether you operate a fast-paced office, a corporate HQ, or a multi-site organisation, our flexible contract cleaning works around your schedule and business goals. There’s no need to manage in-house teams; we ensure that your office remains spotless as part of a continuously elevating service.
Our teams are trained to BICSc standards and have access to an ever-expanding knowledge hub, ensuring they are incorporating the latest sustainable cleaning practices and innovations as part of their service – working with you to expand your business.
From desk sanitisation to carpet and upholstery cleaning, our office deep cleaning services target high-traffic areas and common yet surprising places where bacteria reside in your workplace to maintain a clean and comfortable environment for your staff.
From desk sanitisation and high-touch point disinfection to carpet and upholstery deep cleans, we target the areas where bacteria often go unnoticed – keeping your workplace spotless, healthy, and productive.
Let us take care of the details – so you can focus on what you do best.
Contact us today to learn more about how our corporate cleaning services can help you elevate your office space today.
FAQs
What is the best office deep cleaning checklist?
A complete office deep cleaning checklist includes daily, weekly, and monthly tasks.
Daily tasks cover surface sanitisation and bin emptying, while weekly and monthly cleans go deeper – tackling carpets, upholstery, and HVAC systems.
Why is office deep cleaning important for your business?
Regular deep cleaning improves staff health, reduces sick days, supports H&S compliance, and creates a professional, organised space that reflects your brand.
It’s not just about cleanliness – it’s about productivity and business performance.
How often should you deep clean an office?
An effective routine includes:
- Daily: Surface and touchpoint cleaning
- Weekly: Desks, fridges, furniture, and shared appliances
- Monthly: Carpets, windows, HVAC, and deep sanitisation
This approach ensures long-term cleanliness without disruption.
What are the benefits of hiring a professional office deep cleaning service?
Professionals bring expertise, consistency, and compliance. Samsic UK teams are BICSc-trained and use chemical-free innovations like Toucan Eco Active, helping reduce risk, save time, and boost sustainability.
See how we’ve helped clients like Clarion Housing maintain spotless, healthy offices HERE.
How does deep cleaning support workplace health and safety compliance?
Deep cleaning removes bacteria, allergens, and dust from hidden hotspots that daily cleaning misses – helping you meet health, safety, and environmental standards while protecting staff wellbeing.
Discover how Samsic’s cleaning services support HSE-aligned cleaning plans HERE.