Spring cleaning is a seasonal deep clean that resets a workplace once or twice a year. Optus Glean UK delivers commercial spring cleans nationwide - typically before a busy period, an audit or the new year - reaching the build-up routine cleaning leaves behind, using COSHH-assessed products and DBS-checked, PAYE-employed operatives on a written scope.
What a spring clean includes
A spring clean is a scheduled, intensive clean covering the whole premises: high-level dusting and vents, internal glass and partitions, descaling and sanitising washrooms, degreasing kitchens and breakout areas, cleaning behind and beneath furniture, skirtings and radiators, and a full floor treatment. It is scoped in writing area-by-area so the outcome is agreed before we begin.
A spring clean is essentially a seasonally-timed deep clean, and it works best alongside a routine office cleaning or commercial cleaning contract rather than instead of one. Where floors or soft furnishings need specialist attention we add carpet and upholstery cleaning.
When to schedule a spring clean
The name is seasonal but the trigger is operational: a spring clean is best timed ahead of something - a busy trading season, a CQC or health-and-safety inspection, a client visit, a reopening, or simply a fresh start in the new year. Many clients book one or two fixed dates a year and let us survey and schedule around their quietest window, usually out of hours.
How much does a spring clean cost?
Like any deep clean, a spring clean is quoted per project or per hour rather than on a monthly fee. UK guide rates are around £20-£35 per hour per cleaner, with larger or more intensive jobs at the top of the band and a London premium of roughly 20-30%; whole-site resets are often priced at about £2-£4 per square metre. The wage floor applies - National Living Wage £12.71 an hour from April 2026 - and cleaning is standard-rated for VAT at 20%. See the commercial cleaning prices guide or the cost calculator.
Done safely and to a documented standard
A spring clean uses stronger products and often work at height, so each job runs to a method statement and risk assessment, with every product COSHH-assessed, equipment BICSc colour-coded, and any high-level work following the Work at Height hierarchy. You receive a clear before-and-after picture of what was done.
One national provider, directly-employed teams
If you run sites in more than one town, a spring clean should not mean chasing a different local cleaner in each. Optus Glean UK is the national alternative: one contract, one documented standard, and the same PAYE-employed, DBS-checked (Disclosure Scotland / AccessNI in Scotland and Northern Ireland) teams delivering the same seasonal reset across every site.
Spring clean vs routine clean vs deep clean
| Type | Frequency | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| Routine clean | Daily / several times a week | Maintains presentability day to day |
| Spring clean | Once or twice a year | Seasonal reset before a busy period or audit |
| Deep clean | Periodic (e.g. quarterly) | Intensive reset of areas routine cleaning misses |