What should strata cleaning cover in a Mosman apartment building?

Mosman 2088 apartment owners pay premium levies and premium prices — and the lobby is the first thing every buyer, tenant and guest sees. Art-deco walk-ups near Military Road, harbour-view towers above Balmoral and boutique blocks in Beauty Point all share the same truth: the common areas either match the value of the apartments or quietly undermine it.

A committee reviewing its cleaning arrangement should start with the scope document, not the price. If the scope does not name every area, its tasks and its frequency, the building is buying a promise rather than a service.

Weekly service holds a boutique block of six to twelve units; buildings with lifts, gyms or heavy foot traffic need two to three visits, and large buildings justify daily attention to the lobby even if upper floors rotate. Bin rotation must be pinned to Mosman Council collection days regardless of the cleaning rhythm — a missed rotation is the fastest way to generate owner complaints.

Periodic work belongs in the annual plan rather than ad-hoc requests: pressure cleaning of paths and driveways each quarter, high dusting and light fittings twice a year, and carpet extraction in corridors annually.

Insurance first — $20M public liability with a certificate of currency issued to the strata manager before the first clean. Then police-checked staff, a named contact who answers within a business day, invoices carrying the strata plan number, and month-to-month terms so the building is never trapped in a contract it has outgrown. Photo reporting after each visit is cheap for the contractor to provide and gold for a committee that wants visibility without walking the building.