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 office has to manage — it is a service that runs.
Why cleaning in Dublin 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 Dublin. 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 Dublin 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.
Commercial Pressure Washing in Dublin
Dublin's climate — mild, damp, and with over 750mm of rainfall annually — creates ideal conditions for moss, algae, lichen, and biological growth on every external surface. Car parks turn green and slippery. Building facades darken with urban grime. Cobblelock driveways grow weeds between the joints. Forecourts accumulate oil stains and chewing gum. Without regular pressure washing, external surfaces deteriorate rapidly, creating slip hazards, damaging building materials, and harming your business image.
Optus Glean provides commercial and residential pressure washing across all of County Dublin. Our truck-mounted hot and cold water pressure washing units deliver up to 500 bar of cleaning power, while our soft wash systems use lower pressure with biodegradable treatments for delicate surfaces. We clean everything from 10,000 sqm multi-storey car parks to individual cobblelock driveways.
Pressure Washing Services
Car Park Cleaning
Dublin's major retail centres, office complexes, and apartment developments rely on clean, safe car parks. Dirty car parks create slip hazards, damage vehicles, and give a poor first impression. Optus Glean provides comprehensive car park cleaning for Dublin properties including:
- Dundrum Town Centre — Multi-storey car parks with over 3,400 spaces need regular pressure washing to remove tyre marks, oil stains, and general grime from concrete decks
- Liffey Valley Shopping Centre — Surface and multi-storey car parks serving one of Dublin's busiest retail destinations
- Blanchardstown Centre — Ireland's largest shopping centre with extensive car parking requiring seasonal deep cleaning
- Office complexes — Underground and surface car parks at Sandyford, Citywest, and Docklands office developments
- Apartment block car parks — Underground and surface car parks for residential developments across Dublin
Car park pressure washing costs €1 to €3 per sqm. A typical 500 sqm surface car park costs €500 to €1,500. Multi-storey car parks are priced per level and deck area.
Building Facade Cleaning
Dublin buildings accumulate atmospheric pollution, biological growth, and weathering deposits that darken surfaces and degrade materials over time. We clean facades of all types:
- Brick facades — Hot water pressure washing removes atmospheric deposits, biological growth, and graffiti from Dublin's brick-built commercial and residential buildings
- Rendered surfaces — Soft wash treatment at low pressure with biocide kills algae, moss, and lichen without damaging the render surface
- Natural stone — Heritage stonework on Georgian buildings, churches, and public buildings cleaned using approved conservation methods
- Cladding panels — Metal, composite, and glass cladding on modern Dublin buildings cleaned to restore original appearance
- Concrete — Exposed concrete facades on car parks, bridges, and commercial buildings cleaned and treated with anti-graffiti coatings
Forecourt and Retail Entrance Cleaning
Petrol station forecourts, restaurant patios, pub beer gardens, and retail entrances across Dublin accumulate oil, food waste, chewing gum, and general grime. We provide regular forecourt cleaning using hot water pressure washing that cuts through grease and oil, removes gum, and leaves surfaces clean, safe, and presentable. Most Dublin forecourt cleaning is scheduled overnight (10pm–6am) to avoid disruption to trading.
Cobblelock, Driveway, and Patio Cleaning
Dublin's suburban housing estates — from Lucan and Clondalkin in the west to Swords and Malahide in the north, Dundrum and Dun Laoghaire in the south — are dominated by cobblelock driveways and patios. These surfaces are porous and prone to moss, algae, and weed growth between joints. Our driveway cleaning service includes:
- Pre-treatment with biodegradable herbicide to kill weeds and moss
- High-pressure cleaning of all block paving, flags, and natural stone
- Gully and drain clearing
- Re-sanding of joints with kiln-dried sand to prevent weed regrowth and stabilise blocks
- Optional sealant application for enhanced protection and appearance
Cobblelock driveway cleaning in Dublin costs €3 to €6 per sqm. A typical 3-bed semi driveway (40–60 sqm) costs €150 to €300.
Pressure Washing Pricing in Dublin
| Service | Price per sqm |
|---|---|
| Car park pressure washing | €1 – €3 |
| Forecourt / patio cleaning | €2 – €5 |
| Cobblelock driveway cleaning | €3 – €6 |
| Building facade soft wash | €4 – €12 |
| Chewing gum removal | €0.50 – €1.50 per piece |
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 office 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 office 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 office 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 office before the handover takes effect. There is no day on which the office discovers, after the fact, that their cleaner has changed.
Substitution is Optus Glean's operational problem, not the office'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.
Pressure Wash vs Soft Wash — Which Does Your Dublin Surface Need?
Using the wrong method damages surfaces. Here is a guide to which Dublin surfaces need which approach:
- High pressure (150–300 bar) — Concrete car parks, stone paving, brick paths, tarmac, cobblelock (properly jointed), metal surfaces, industrial floors
- Soft wash (under 100 bar + treatment) — Painted render, K-rend, timber cladding, composite cladding, delicate stonework, heritage buildings, roof tiles, UPVC fascia
- Hot water pressure wash — Oil-stained surfaces, grease traps, kitchen extraction systems, chewing gum, industrial degreasing
Optus Glean assesses every surface before cleaning and applies the correct method to deliver maximum clean without damage. We never use high pressure on surfaces that require soft wash.
Environmental Compliance
Pressure washing waste water can contain oils, detergents, and biological contaminants that must not enter the storm water drainage system without treatment. Optus Glean complies with Dublin City Council and Fingal County Council regulations on waste water management:
- Waste water captured and disposed of through the foul sewer system (not storm drains)
- Biodegradable, phosphate-free cleaning agents used as standard
- Oil interceptors and gully mats deployed where required
- Method statements documenting waste water management available for inspection
Frequently asked questions
How much does office cleaning cost in Ireland in 2026?
A corporate office is priced as a fixed monthly fee per site (or per floor, for multi-tenant buildings), tied to a defined scope and frequency. The Contract Cleaning ERO 2026 sets a €14.80/hour labour floor across the sector, but reputable providers quote the contract — multi-year term, annual indexed review, single monthly Direct Debit — not the hour. Pre-opening reset windows and out-of-hours deep cleans are inside the fee.
What standards apply to office cleaning in Ireland?
The Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act 2005 obliges the employer to maintain a safe workplace, supported by the General Application Regulations 2007. The cleaning programme should produce a documented audit trail — chemical SDS, signed-off task records, training register — that supports the office manager's safety statement and ESG reporting on supply-chain labour standards.
Why is cleaning consistency such a problem in Irish office buildings?
Most Irish cleaning provision is delivered by part-time or casual operatives, frequently subcontracted from one agency to another without disclosure, often paid at or near the ERO floor with no continuity to the site. The result is a different cleaner most weeks, no real quality baseline across floors, and tenant complaints that surface six months into a 36-month contract.
What does ESG-aligned cleaning supply actually mean?
ESG-aligned cleaning means the labour in your supply chain is documented and lawful: PAYE-employed staff (not casual), paid above the Contract Cleaning ERO €14.80/hour floor, with paid leave and PRSI/pension contributions. It also means the chemical regime has SDS on file, waste streams are tracked under the Waste Management Acts, and the provider can answer a tenant or auditor question on day one. ESG is not a sticker — it is auditable supply-chain integrity.
What's the difference between PAYE and casual cleaning contracts in corporate?
A PAYE-employed cleaner is on payroll with the company that signs the contract, paid above the Contract Cleaning ERO floor, with paid leave and pension. A casual or self-employed operative is none of those things — and is often subcontracted in via a labour agency the buyer never signed with. PAYE staffing is the only model that supports a named primary cleaner per floor with continuity, and the only one that survives an ESG supply-chain audit.
How do I evaluate a cleaning provider for a multi-floor office?
Three checks. One: are the operatives PAYE-employed by the company that signs the contract, or subcontracted? Ask for a written commitment, not a tagline. Two: who is the named primary cleaner and named relief per floor or zone? Three: can the provider produce a transparent reporting pack — daily/weekly logs, audit scores, tenant feedback — that ties scope to evidence?
What should be in a cleaning contract for a corporate office?
Scope and frequencies per zone (workstations, meeting rooms, washrooms, kitchens, lift lobbies, reception), pre-opening reset window, named primary cleaner and named relief, the chemical regime with SDS, ESG and supply-chain confirmations, fixed monthly fee, annual indexed review, transparent KPIs and reporting, and a clean exit clause. No per-hour pricing. No undisclosed subcontracting.
How often should an office be professionally cleaned?
A typical corporate office runs a daily out-of-hours core clean (workstations, washrooms, kitchens, communal areas), a pre-opening morning reset where occupancy is heavy, weekly periodic tasks (high-level dusting, glass), and quarterly or six-monthly deep cleans (carpets, soft furnishings, fabric). In Dublin, multi-tenant buildings often add a midday washroom check and lift-lobby reset.
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Last reviewed: 2026-05-06