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Advice for cleaner, healthier workplaces.

Practical guides from the team that cleans Melbourne's offices, clinics, gyms and coworking floors: what commercial cleaning should cost, the standards worth holding your cleaner to, and how to keep a workplace presentable between visits. Written from the checklists and reporting we use on real sites, not recycled filler.

Oscar White supervisor ticking a cleaning schedule on a clipboard at a gym reception counter before opening
Guides · 7 min read ·

The gym cleaning schedule that keeps members: a working template

A working gym cleaning schedule for Melbourne operators: what gets sanitised per session, daily, weekly and monthly, and the equipment-safe products to use.

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Oscar White supervisor reviewing a printed pay-rate table beside a spreadsheet while preparing client rate letters
Updates · 5 min read ·

Cleaning wages rose 4.75% on 1 July. Your quote should move too.

The 2026 Annual Wage Review lifted award wages 4.75% from 1 July. What it means for your cleaning contract, and why a flat quote is the real red flag.

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A single Oscar White cleaner vacuuming a vast empty open-plan Melbourne office floor at dusk
Pricing · 7 min read ·

Office cleaning cost per square metre in Melbourne (2026)

Two-tier commercial cleaning cost per square metre in Melbourne 2026: $3–$8/sqm/month general market, $5–$14 premium specialist, with the maths behind them.

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Oscar White cleaner running a carpet extraction machine across an emptied office tenancy at lease handover
Guides · 6 min read ·

End of lease commercial cleaning: the make-good checklist

Leaving a commercial tenancy in Melbourne? What make-good clauses actually require, what property managers inspect, and the sequence that gets the bond back.

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Oscar White cleaner ticking a cleaning checklist beside colour-coded cloths in a medical treatment room
Standards · 7 min read ·

Medical practice cleaning standards: what compliance actually requires

What Australian infection-prevention guidance expects of clinic cleaning: products, colour-coding, frequencies and the documentation accreditation asks for.

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Oscar White supervisor walking an office manager through her workplace during a discovery walkthrough
Pricing · 10 min read ·

Commercial cleaning rates in Melbourne (2026): the premium specialist band

What commercial cleaning actually costs in Melbourne in 2026, tier by tier and sourced. Oscar White sells monthly packages from $1,400/mo ex GST, not hours.

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Oscar White supervisor inspecting a polished boardroom table against a checklist on a tablet
Standards · 8 min read ·

What to look for in a commercial cleaning contractor

Seven things that predict whether a Melbourne cleaning contractor is still good in month twelve: scope, supervision, reporting, compliance, insurance and cover.

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Oscar White cleaner carefully dusting a design workstation in a converted warehouse creative studio
Sector · 8 min read ·

Cleaning by workspace type: office, clinic, gym, coworking, studio

Why one cleaning template fails across an office, clinic, gym, coworking floor and studio, and what actually changes: products, frequency, timing and evidence.

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