The Optus Glean promise: predictability
Three pillars. Three commitments. No exceptions.
Predictable cost. One fixed monthly fee, set against a defined scope and an annual indexed review. No variable hours. No surprise invoices. No padded callout charges. Budgeted once, paid by Direct Debit, reviewed once a year.
Predictable presence. The site is cleaned every day it is meant to be cleaned. A named primary cleaner is rostered to your contract, supported by a named relief who is already vetted, inducted, and trained on the same colour-coded system and IPC standard. The schedule does not depend on whether one person is available on one day.
Predictable freedom. A single point of accountability. One contract. One named manager. One number to call. Cleaning is no longer a problem the site has to manage — it is a service that runs.
Why cleaning in Clare is structurally hard to get right
Most cleaning provision in Ireland — including in healthcare-adjacent settings — is delivered by a workforce that is structurally part-time and casual. A significant proportion of operatives across the sector also work as healthcare assistants in nursing homes, residential care, and acute hospitals. Cleaning shifts are typically taken when healthcare shifts are not available, and released when they are. This pattern is consistent with CSO labour data on accommodation, food, and administrative-support employment, and it is the underlying reason that buyers across Ireland encounter inconsistency from agencies they have contracted in good faith.
The pattern is reinforced by two background pressures specific to Clare. Housing affordability limits the catchment for any role paying at or near the minimum wage. The Contract Cleaning Employment Regulation Order rate of €14.80 per hour for 2026, set under the Labour Court's sectoral employment framework, sits close enough to flexible care-sector pay that operatives drift toward whichever shift pays slightly more on the day. Both pressures pull cleaning staff away from contracted shifts and toward casual healthcare work.
The result, from the buyer's perspective, is the experience most practice managers, facilities leads, and procurement officers in Clare describe: a clean that is half-completed when the contracted cleaner is available, missed entirely when they are not, and accompanied by recurring conversations with the agency about cover that may or may not arrive.
This is the structural problem Optus Glean is built to solve. Our operatives are fully PAYE-employed with guaranteed weekly hours, paid leave, and pension contributions under Irish auto-enrolment. They are paid above the ERO floor deliberately — because the structural reliability of the service depends on the cleaner choosing to remain in the role rather than rotating through casual healthcare shifts. A named primary cleaner is assigned to your site, supported by a named relief, both Garda-vetted and trained to Optus Glean's documented HIQA-aligned IPC standard.
End of Tenancy Cleaning Across County Clare
County Clare has two distinct end of tenancy cleaning markets. The first is the traditional residential rental market centred on Ennis (the county town) and Shannon (where thousands of workers at Shannon Free Zone, Shannon Airport, and the IASC rent locally). The second — and increasingly large — market is holiday let and Airbnb turnover cleaning along the Wild Atlantic Way, where properties in Lahinch, Doolin, Spanish Point, Ennistymon, Kilkee, and the Burren require rapid, reliable turnaround cleaning between guests throughout the peak tourism season.
Optus Glean provides professional end of tenancy cleaning for both markets across County Clare. Whether you are a tenant moving out of a rental in Ennis, a landlord preparing a Shannon property for new tenants, or a holiday let owner managing back-to-back bookings in Lahinch, we deliver thorough, deposit-standard cleaning with flexible scheduling and a 48-hour satisfaction guarantee.
End of Tenancy Cleaning Areas in Clare
Ennis — The County Town Rental Market
Ennis is Clare's largest town and principal rental market. As the administrative centre of the county and a growing commuter base for Limerick and Shannon, Ennis has a busy residential lettings market spanning apartments, townhouses, and semi-detached homes. The Residential Tenancies Board (RTB) requires properties to be returned in good condition, and a professional end of tenancy clean is the most reliable way to ensure your deposit is returned in full. We clean rental properties throughout Ennis town centre and the surrounding estates.
Shannon — Worker Housing and Rental Properties
Shannon town was built to support the workforce at Shannon Free Zone and Shannon Airport. The town has a large rental market serving workers from Ei Electronics, Lufthansa Technik, GE Aviation, Zimmer Biomet, and the many other employers in the area. Rental turnover is frequent as contract workers, secondees, and international staff cycle through Shannon. We provide end of tenancy cleaning for apartments and houses across Shannon Banks, Shannon Springs, Drumgeely, and all Shannon residential areas.
Wild Atlantic Way — Holiday Let Turnover Cleaning
The Wild Atlantic Way has transformed Clare's coastal communities into year-round tourism destinations, with the peak season (May–September) seeing enormous demand for holiday rentals. Lahinch, Doolin, Spanish Point, Miltown Malbay, Kilkee, Ennistymon, Ballyvaughan, and Lisdoonvarna all have significant holiday let inventories on Airbnb, Booking.com, and direct rental platforms. These properties require fast, reliable turnover cleaning between guests — often with same-day check-out/check-in turnarounds during peak season.
Our holiday let turnover service includes full deep cleaning, linen changes, restocking of guest supplies, property inspection for damage or maintenance issues, and key management. We can manage portfolios of multiple properties across the Clare coast, ensuring every guest arrives to a spotlessly clean property.
Killaloe, Scarriff, and East Clare
The eastern part of County Clare, centred on Killaloe and Ballina (twin towns on Lough Derg) and Scarriff, has a smaller but active rental and holiday let market. The Lough Derg area attracts water sports enthusiasts and walking holiday guests, while Killaloe's proximity to Limerick makes it a commuter rental market. We cover end of tenancy and holiday let cleaning across east Clare.
What Our Clare End of Tenancy Clean Includes
- Kitchen deep clean — Oven, hob, extractor hood, fridge/freezer (interior and exterior), microwave, dishwasher, cupboard interiors, countertops, sink, splashback tiles, floor
- Bathroom deep clean — Bath, shower screen/enclosure, toilet (including behind and under), sink, tiles, grout, mirrors, fixtures, floor
- All rooms — Vacuuming carpets and rugs, mopping hard floors, dusting all surfaces, skirting boards, window sills, light switches, door handles, radiators
- Windows — Internal glass and frames cleaned throughout
- Cobwebs and high-level — Removal of cobwebs, dusting light fittings and ceiling vents
- Hallways and stairs — Vacuuming, mopping, banister cleaning, entrance area
- Optional extras — Carpet steam cleaning, external window cleaning, garden/patio tidying
End of Tenancy Cleaning Pricing in Clare
- Studio / 1-bed apartment: €180 to €240
- 2-bedroom apartment: €220 to €280
- 3-bedroom house: €280 to €420
- 4+ bedroom house: €420 to €580
- Holiday let turnover (1–2 bed): €65 to €120
- Holiday let turnover (3+ bed): €120 to €180
- Carpet steam cleaning add-on: From €60 per room
All prices are fixed and quoted in advance. No hidden charges. 48-hour satisfaction guarantee on all end of tenancy cleans.
Why Clare Tenants and Landlords Choose Optus Glean
- Deposit-return guarantee — Our end of tenancy cleans are designed to meet the standard required for RTB deposit returns and letting agent inspections. 48-hour rectification guarantee included.
- Holiday let expertise — We understand the rapid turnaround demands of the Wild Atlantic Way holiday rental market. Same-day turnovers, linen management, and property inspection included.
- Portfolio management — Holiday let owners and letting agents with multiple Clare properties benefit from scheduled cleaning, account management, and volume pricing.
- Fully insured — €6.5M public liability and €13M employer's liability insurance. All staff Garda vetted.
- Flexible scheduling — Same-day, next-day, and scheduled bookings available. We work around your move-out timeline or guest changeover schedule.
- Eco-friendly products — EU Ecolabel-certified cleaning products as standard.
Related Cleaning Services in Clare
- Office Cleaning Clare — Commercial offices in Ennis and Shannon
- Hotel Cleaning Clare — Hotels and hospitality venues
- Healthcare Cleaning Clare — Medical facilities
- Industrial Cleaning Clare — Factories and production floors
- Post-Construction Cleaning Clare — New build handover cleans
- Carpet & Floor Cleaning — Deep carpet and hard floor restoration
How Optus Glean handles staff shortages
Every Optus Glean contract is staffed on a redundancy model rather than a single-person model. A named primary cleaner is assigned to the site at contract start. A named relief is assigned alongside them. Both are PAYE-employed by Optus Glean, both are Garda-vetted, both are inducted on the site's specific layout, access protocols, and colour-coded equipment system, and both are trained to the same documented HIQA-aligned IPC standard. Substitution is built into the contract from the first day, not arranged on the day cover is needed.
Sick day cover. When the primary cleaner is unable to work, the named relief is deployed. The site site contact is notified by 06:30 on the morning of the absence by SMS or email, with the name of the relief who is attending. The relief follows the same task list, uses the same equipment, and finishes within the same window. The standard of clean is unchanged because the relief was prepared for this scenario before the absence happened.
Annual leave cover. Annual leave is rostered weeks in advance and the relief is scheduled to cover the full leave period. The site is informed at the start of the leave period — not on the morning leave begins. This is the same model used in clinical rota management: known absences are pre-staffed, not improvised.
Long-term cover. If the primary cleaner is absent for more than two weeks (extended illness, parental leave, bereavement leave), cover is drawn from the wider trained bench rather than relying on the single named relief. The site is kept informed of the cover plan, the named individuals involved, and the expected duration. Continuity of standard is maintained because every operative on the bench is trained to the same documented standard.
Permanent reassignment. If the primary cleaner moves to a new permanent role within Optus Glean — promotion, relocation, retirement — the relief is promoted to primary on a planned timetable, a new relief is trained on the site, and both are introduced to the site before the handover takes effect. There is no day on which the site discovers, after the fact, that their cleaner has changed.
Substitution is Optus Glean's operational problem, not the site's risk to absorb. The buyer pays a fixed monthly fee for a defined scope to be delivered, every day it is meant to be delivered. The mechanism by which we deliver it — primary, relief, bench, retraining — is our cost to manage and our risk to carry.
Frequently asked questions
How much does managed-buildings cleaning cost in Ireland in 2026?
A managed building or OMC block is priced as a fixed monthly fee tied to a defined communal-area scope, included in the service-charge budget, held under a multi-year contract with an annual indexed review. The Contract Cleaning ERO 2026 sets a €14.80/hour labour floor across the sector. Reputable providers quote the contract — single line, single monthly Direct Debit — so the OMC accounts and the AGM both see one transparent number.
What standards apply to managed-buildings cleaning in Ireland?
The MUD Act 2011 sets the service-charge framework and the OMC's obligations to its members. The PSRA regulates the managing agent. The HSA's Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act 2005 covers communal areas as workplaces. The cleaning programme must produce a documented audit trail — frequency of attendance, scope per zone, SDS — that the managing agent can table at the next AGM if asked.
How does the cleaning fee fit into the OMC service charge?
The cleaning fee is a budgeted line in the service-charge schedule under the MUD Act 2011, allocated against the communal-area scope (lobby, lift lobbies, stairwells, corridors, refuse rooms, bin chutes, exterior glass within reach). A fixed monthly fee with annual indexed review is the only model that gives the OMC a clean budget line and the directors a defendable AGM position.
What's the difference between PAYE and casual cleaning contracts in property management?
A PAYE-employed cleaner is on payroll with the company that signs the contract, paid above the Contract Cleaning ERO €14.80/hour floor, with paid leave and PRSI/pension. A casual or self-employed operative is none of those things, and is often subcontracted in by an agency the managing agent never signed with. PAYE staffing is the only model that holds a named primary cleaner who residents recognise, and the only one that survives an OMC AGM challenge on supply-chain integrity.
How is service-charge transparency delivered in cleaning?
Transparency means the OMC and managing agent get a fixed monthly fee against a written scope, a documented attendance log (when the cleaner was on site, what was done), and an annual indexed review with the index source named (typically a published wage or services index). No "ad-hoc" charges, no surprise surcharges between AGMs. The directors should be able to tally invoice to budget to scope without a phone call.
How do I evaluate a cleaning provider for an OMC or managed building?
Three checks. One: are the operatives PAYE-employed by the company that signs the contract, or subcontracted? Two: who is the named primary cleaner and named relief — is the building a real account or a dispatch slot? Three: can the provider produce an attendance log and quality audit pack the managing agent can table at the OMC AGM without translation?
What should be in a cleaning contract for a managed building?
A defined scope per communal zone, attendance frequencies, named primary cleaner with relief, the chemical regime with SDS, PAYE-employed staff confirmation, fixed monthly fee aligned to the service-charge budget, annual indexed review with named index, transparent reporting to the managing agent, and a clean exit clause. No per-hour pricing. No "extras" that bypass the AGM-approved budget.
How often should communal areas in an apartment block be cleaned?
A typical OMC programme runs twice-weekly or three-times-weekly cleans of lobbies, lift lobbies, stairwells, and corridors; weekly attention on bin chutes and refuse rooms; monthly periodic tasks (high-level dusting, glass within reach, signage); and quarterly or six-monthly deep cleans of hard floors and soft furnishings. In Clare, larger schemes typically step up frequency on ground-floor lobbies and lift cars.
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Last reviewed: 2026-05-06