Are Cheap Commercial Cleaners Worth The Cost?
Everyone is looking to reduce their costs - at home and in business. In fact, companies SHOULD review their outgoings regularly to ensure they’re meeting their financial goals.
Often that can mean looking for cheap options - cheaper office printer paper, cheaper coffee for the staff room - but what about cheap commercial cleaners?
We look at whether cheap commercial cleaners are worth the cost…
The Importance Of Commercial Cleaners
Maintaining a clean and tidy workspace is so important for the well-being of your staff - not to mention the smooth running of your business.
Commercial cleaners, the ones you trust with your building, have a vital role in helping you create a welcoming, comfortable and, above all, safe environment. This kind of clean atmosphere is usually a key component to encouraging productivity and professional connection.
Forget cheap commercial cleaners… Reliable and accredited commercial cleaners with the right expertise and team can give you so much more than a clean carpet and tidy desks. This is because regular and thorough cleaning reduces the risk of accidents and pests like ants and rodents and extends the lifespan of things like your furniture, fittings and any equipment you rely on.
This kind of attention to detail is helpful, particularly in built-up areas like London, where air quality can be a concern. Commercial cleaners help ensure a clean and fresh atmosphere so everyone can breathe easy and spend more time focusing on their work - rather than worrying about their health!
When you invest in the importance of commercial cleaners, you create a healthy and thriving workplace for your team.
Why Cheap Commercial Cleaners Are A Risk
The saying ‘buy cheap, pay twice’ comes to mind. When you pay less for something, you may reduce the financial impact, but at what other cost?
Cheap cleaners still need to make a living, so they may do this by cutting corners to reduce THEIR costs. You may need to be able to accept these drawbacks if getting a low price is what is most important to you.
To help you decide whether you’re simply looking for the cheapest solution or the best solution to commercial cleaning your building, here are the aspects that are often skimped on with cheap commercial cleaners…
Inexperience, limited training and no expertise
Would you use a hairdresser that just bought a pair of scissors and watched a YouTube video? Even if they were super cheap? It’s unlikely because you appreciate the skill that hairdressing takes. Commercial cleaning is more than pushing a mop about, and experience matters.
Lack of proper equipment, products & insurance
Commercial cleaners bring with them a truckload (sometimes an actual truckload!) of equipment and solutions because a quality job needs quality equipment. Cheap commercial cleaners often use budget things - including insurance coverage - that just isn't up to the job.
Bad cleaning
Sorry, but we’re calling a spade a spade. Cheap cleaning is all too often bad cleaning. A cursory swipe of a duster, a quick zap with a hoover and a few bin changes. And then they’re dashing off to the next job.
Why? Because cheap cleaners need to work twice as fast to make a livable wage. Which makes the ethical point, if the contractor you’re using isn’t paying their staff well, do you want to be part of that problem?
The cleaning industry has a reputation for using cheap labour, and ethical businesses like
LNC are making a stand against that. That means paying skilled cleaners their worth, which of course, impacts the cost, but also means every one of the team is happy to give their job their all.
The Hidden Costs Of Cheap Commercial Cleaners
Beware of the temptation to choose cheap commercial cleaners, as the consequences can far outweigh the initial savings.
Opting for low-cost commercial cleaning services puts you at a higher risk of property damage without proper insurance coverage. An unhygienic environment poses greater danger to your staff, increasing the chances of illness and accidents. It’s important to take into account the extra workload that awaits you or your team if you settle for subpar cleaners.
You'll end up either taking on the cleaning responsibilities yourself or wasting valuable time resolving issues. Make quality a priority by investing in trustworthy commercial cleaners to steer clear of these hidden pitfalls.
Cheap vs Quality
Paying less for something means there’s often a cost somewhere else. Paying a little more for your cleaning services may save you more time and money in the long run.
Cheap commercial cleaning has more significant long-term implications; time sorting issues, risks to your team and damage to your property. Let’s face it, if you’re already running or managing a business or commercial space, you don’t need anything else to worry about.
On the contrary, you need a team who will take the worry of cleaning and hygiene off your shoulders completely.
A quality commercial cleaning team comes with more benefits…
- Experience and training - they should be members of a professional body to demonstrate that they carry out a high standard
- Use professional-grade equipment - but don’t forget, the expertise in knowing how to use it is just as important!
- Consistent and accountable service - trust the people you’re allowing into your building & rely on a high standard of cleaning.
Cheap Now Or Cheap Overall
Cheap commercial cleaning is usually a short-term fix. Especially when you factor in the time you spend resolving issues or chasing the cleaner to resolve them, Plus, there’s the possibility of being unable to claim on their insurance if they break something. In short, going cheap just moves the cost down the road.
Perhaps we’re biased because we put value above cost and only offer quality cleaning services that our clients are delighted with, or perhaps it's because we’ve stepped in and picked up the pieces after cheap commercial cleaners have failed enough time to know - sometimes cheap is VERY expensive!
Cheap Commercial Cleaning Vs. Professional Commercial Cleaning…
Only you know your biggest priority when it comes to the hygiene and cleanliness of your commercial premises. If you’re looking to save money and don’t mind corners being cut, then cheap cleaners are a solid option, but at LNC, we will always deliver professional, quality commercial cleaning to a high standard that really gives you value for money.
To find out the cost of hiring a professional commercial cleaner, simply request a quote
here.
