HMO cleaning keeps the shared parts of a house in multiple occupation clean and licensing-compliant: communal kitchens, bathrooms, stairs and hallways, on a regular scheduled visit. It matters because HMO licence conditions require landlords to keep common areas clean and safe. OptusGlean gives landlords and agents a reliable, DBS-checked HMO clean on one fixed monthly price.
What does HMO cleaning include?
Our HMO cleaning service focuses on the shared areas tenants use in common: communal kitchens (surfaces, floors, shared appliances externally), shared bathrooms and toilets, stairwells, landings and hallways, entrance areas and bin stores. Regular visits keep these communal areas hygienic between tenancies and prevent the build-up that high-churn shared houses are prone to.
Why does HMO cleaning matter for licensing?
Mandatory and additional HMO licences carry conditions requiring the landlord to keep common parts clean, safe and in good repair, and councils inspect against them. A documented, regular communal clean helps demonstrate compliance and keeps corridors and escape routes clear for fire safety - a frequent inspection failing when bins and clutter accumulate in shared hallways. See our HMO cleaning standards guide.
How do you handle high tenant turnover?
Shared houses churn tenants far faster than a family let, so communal areas take constant wear and rooms turn over regularly. We run a dependable scheduled communal clean (weekly or fortnightly), and can add room turnaround and end-of-tenancy deep cleans between occupants so a room is ready to re-let quickly.
Vetted, reliable cleaners for occupied houses
Cleaning an occupied shared house means entering a home where people live, so trust matters. Every OptusGlean operative is directly employed on PAYE and vetted before their first shift. We DBS-check operatives in England and Wales, and apply the equivalent PVG (Disclosure Scotland) and AccessNI checks in Scotland and Northern Ireland. Where a site involves regulated activity with children or vulnerable adults, an Enhanced DBS (currently £49.50, gov.uk) is used. We never sub-contract to unvetted labour. We assign consistent operatives, agree key and access arrangements, and work respectfully around tenants.
Fixed monthly pricing per property or portfolio
OptusGlean prices every contract as a single fixed monthly fee paid by Direct Debit - never an hourly rate that drifts. The fee is built from the specification agreed at your free site survey, and it already accounts for the wage floor (National Living Wage £12.71/hr from April 2026, or the real Living Wage of £13.45 UK / £14.80 London where a contract requires it), employer’s NI, holiday pay, supervision, consumables, insurance and management. VAT is added at the standard 20%. Landlords and agents with several HMOs get one nationwide agreement covering every property, with a single point of contact instead of separate local cleaners.