Communal Stair & Close Cleaning · Edinburgh
Communal stair cleaning for Edinburgh tenements.
Recurring common stair and close cleaning for factors, property managers, landlords, and stair committees. The full common area — steps, banisters, windows, entrance, and back-court — done on a weekly, fortnightly, or monthly schedule. Photo-verified each visit, fully insured.
Fully insured
Public liability on every clean
Vetted cleaners
Right-to-work checked & ID verified
Photo-verified
Every clean documented on completion
Fixed pricing
The price you see is the price you pay
Edinburgh-wide
Every neighbourhood covered
The shared stair every Edinburgh flat knows
If you own or manage a tenement flat in Edinburgh, you share a common stair — the close — with your neighbours. It's communal property, and keeping it clean is a shared responsibility, usually organised by a factor, a stair committee, or a rota among the owners. Left to a rota it slips; handed to us it just gets done.
We run regular communal stair cleaning across Edinburgh's tenement neighbourhoods — Marchmont, Bruntsfield, Leith, Stockbridge, Newington, Tollcross and beyond — on a fixed schedule that takes the close off everyone's to-do list. One contact, one invoice, the same standard every visit.
What's included on every visit
Stairwell & steps
The full flight mopped top to bottom, including landings between every floor.
Banisters & handrails
Wiped down and the most-touched surfaces in the close kept clean.
Entrance & vestibule
The first impression of the building — entrance floor and vestibule cleaned each visit.
Stair windows & sills
Communal stair windows and sills cleaned so the close stays bright.
Light fittings & cobwebs
Cobwebs cleared and communal light fittings dusted, corners and ceilings included.
Communal door glass
Front door and internal glass wiped clear of marks and handprints.
Bin store / back-court
Bin store and back-court entrance tidied so the rear of the building isn't neglected.
Photo-verified
Every visit documented on completion — owners and factors see the standard delivered.
Stair cleaning is one of the recurring services we run on contract. Managing whole portfolios? We also cover letting-agent cleaning.
Who we clean stairs for
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Factors & property managers
Regular cleaning across every block you manage, on account with one schedule, one contact, and one monthly invoice.
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Landlords with tenement flats
Keep your close presentable for tenants and viewings without organising it yourself each fortnight.
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Stair committees & owner groups
Where there's no factor, we take the close off the rota — one team, one invoice, split among the flats as you choose.
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HMOs
Busy shared-occupancy buildings that need their common stair kept to a consistent, documented standard.
Communal stair cleaning — FAQs
How much does communal stair cleaning cost in Edinburgh? +
It's quoted per stair, because closes vary so much — the number of flats, how many floors, whether there's a vestibule, back-court, or bin store, and how often you want us. As a guide, a typical tenement stair on a fortnightly schedule starts from a few pounds per flat per visit, which most stairs split across the owners. Tell us the address and the schedule you want and we'll send a fixed per-visit price for that specific close.
How often should a communal stair be cleaned? +
Most Edinburgh tenement stairs run on a fortnightly clean, which keeps a busy close presentable without over-servicing it. High-traffic closes, ground-floor entrances near the street, or stairs with a lot of flats often go weekly; quieter stairs are fine monthly. We'll recommend a frequency when we see the close, and you can change it any time.
What's included in a communal stair clean? +
Every visit we mop the stairwell and steps, wipe banisters and handrails, clean the entrance and vestibule, do the stair windows and sills, clear cobwebs and light fittings, wipe the communal door glass, and tidy the bin store or back-court entrance. It's the full common area, top to bottom — not just a quick mop of the landing. Every visit is photo-verified so owners and factors can see the standard.
Do you work with factors and property managers? +
Yes — a large part of our stair work is for factors and property managers running blocks across Edinburgh. We set you up on account with a regular schedule, one point of contact, photo-verified visits, and a single monthly invoice covering all your closes. We're fully insured and will provide our certificate for your approved-contractor records.
Can owners in a stair split the cost between flats? +
That's how most self-organised stairs do it. Where there's no factor, a stair committee or one nominated owner arranges the clean and the cost is shared between the flats — usually equally, or per the share set out in your title deeds. We invoice one contact for the whole stair to keep it simple; how the owners split it among themselves is up to the close. We're happy to help you work out a fair per-flat figure.
Get your close cleaned on schedule
Tell us the address and how often you'd like us, and we'll send a fixed per-visit price for your stair. Fully insured, photo-verified every visit.
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