Stairwell cleaning in Wuppertal
Fixed schedule, the same person, evidenced visits. The cleaning rota on the wall has never yet settled an argument.
The stairwell is the area everyone uses and nobody feels responsible for. Hand it to a contractor on a fixed schedule and a recurring conflict leaves the building — and where the lease provides for it, the cost is allocable as an operating cost.
Which rhythm suits which building
Square metres do not decide it. Traffic on the stairs does:
How many units
From about six flats upward, weekly is worth it. Below that, fortnightly usually does — until somebody gets a dog or a pushchair.
What gets carried through
Pushchairs, bicycles, dogs and tradesmen bring in more than the number of residents suggests.
What else is included
Cellar, bike store, laundry room and the path outside are separate areas. Forgetting them in the price is the most common cause of renegotiation.
“The tenants take turns”
The rota on the wall works as long as everyone plays along — which is rarely for long. It fails not on laziness but on standards: what one person calls clean, another doesn't, and nobody in the building can settle it with authority. A contracted clean replaces a matter of opinion with a specification. That is the real reason managers award it — not the gain in cleanliness.
What stairwell cleaning covers
The binding scope is in your scope of work. This is the usual frame.
Floors and steps
Sweeping and mopping of flights, landings and corridors.
Banisters and handrails
The surfaces everybody touches — and the ones you notice immediately when they are skipped.
Windows and sills
Stairwell windows within the schedule, or once or twice a year, as agreed.
Walls, doors and letterboxes
Hand marks, light switches, entryphone panel, flat doors from the outside.
Light fittings and cobwebs
Ceiling lights, corners and cellar stairs — the places nobody looks at until they stand out.
Entrance and mats
The crossing from outside to inside. This is where it is decided how much dirt enters the building at all.
What we do differently
In a multi-occupancy building the problem is rarely the cleaning. It is the proof that it happened.
Proof on the noticeboard
A QR code in the hallway. Residents, owners and managers see when it was last cleaned — no login. No names, no account, just the date. The most common complaint a manager receives settles itself.
The same person, not a changing face
Someone who knows the building notices what has changed. Rotating temps see a new building every time.
An invoice that fits the statement
Set out so the item can be carried straight into the operating-cost statement.
Hours that are evidenced
Clocking in and out on site, with location. When an owner asks whether anyone came on Tuesday, it is not a question of trust.
Common questions
Can stairwell cleaning be charged to tenants?
As a rule yes: § 2 no. 9 BetrKV counts building-cleaning costs among operating costs. The condition is that the lease provides for the allocation. We set the invoice out so the item can be carried over — but checking the lease is your job or your solicitor's. We are a cleaning contractor, not a legal adviser.
Do you clean the stairwell windows too?
On request — either within the running schedule or ordered separately once or twice a year. With tall stairwell windows the access equipment belongs in the price: a ladder, a telescopic pole or a lift cost very different amounts, and that is no small item.
What happens in winter?
Snow and ice are a separate contract. Clearing and gritting duties have fixed hours, fall on the owner and can be transferred — but they do not disappear with a cleaning contract. If you want both, we set them out separately, with their own hours and their own fee.
What does stairwell cleaning cost?
It depends on the number of floors, the step material, the schedule, and what comes with the stairwell — cellar, bike store, yard path. Our calculator gives a range; it becomes binding after a short look at the building.
What you get
- A fixed weekday — residents know when someone comes
- Proof on the noticeboard: scan it, see the date, no login
- An invoice that fits the operating-cost statement
- Winter service commissioned separately on request
- Side areas in the price, not in a renegotiation
- An answer to your enquiry within 24 hours
Where we work
We are based in Wuppertal. Short distances mean punctual teams — and a contact who knows your building. Outside these cities, ask us: for a building of the right size we can be there at short notice.
- Wuppertal
- Düsseldorf
- Köln
- Essen
- Dortmund
- Duisburg
- Bochum
- Bonn
- Münster
- Aachen
- Stuttgart
- Esslingen am Neckar
- Sindelfingen
- Reutlingen
- Pforzheim
- Heilbronn
- Ostfildern
- Fellbach
- Gerlingen
- Kornwestheim
- Ditzingen
- Waiblingen
- Filderstadt
- Leonberg
- Ludwigsburg
- Böblingen
- Winnenden
- Nürtingen
- Bietigheim-Bissingen
- Vaihingen an der Enz
- Kirchheim unter Teck
- Schorndorf
- Backnang
- Tübingen
- Herrenberg
- Calw
- Göppingen
- Schwäbisch Gmünd
Let us look at the building
Count the floors, look at the surfaces, settle the side areas — half an hour. After that the price includes the side areas too.