Post-Renovation Cleaning in Toronto and the GTA
Construction dust is finer than household dust, travels further, and keeps resettling for days after the trades leave. This is the clean that removes it properly, rather than moving it from one surface to another.
Post-renovation cleaning at a glance
Post-renovation and post-construction are the same service
Customers tend to say post-renovation; builders and property managers tend to say post-construction. The work is identical — we are removing the residue a project leaves behind.
What makes it different from any other clean is the dust itself. Drywall and plaster dust is fine enough to stay airborne for hours, settle into fabric and carpet, and coat every ledge, track and fixture in the property — including rooms the work never touched.
That is why it cannot be done in a single wipe-down. Surfaces are worked in sequence, from the top of the room down, and revisited once the air has settled.
Projects this is built for
Single-room renovations
A kitchen or bathroom refit, where dust has spread well beyond the room itself.
Whole-property works
Extensions, structural work or a full refurbishment before anyone moves back in.
Condo unit refits
Where building rules govern access, waste and working hours.
Pre-handover cleans
New builds and developer handovers that need to present properly.
When a property is actually ready for us
Booking this too early is the single most common way a post-renovation clean gets wasted. If the trades are still working, the dust simply comes back.
Ready for us
- All construction work is finished, not nearly finished
- Tools, materials and offcuts have been removed
- Paint and sealant are fully cured
- Protective sheeting and masking have been taken up
- Power and water are available on site
Not ready yet
- Trades are still returning for snagging
- Waste and debris are still on site
- Flooring or fittings are still to be installed
How fine dust actually gets removed
The order matters more here than in any other clean. Done in the wrong sequence, the work undoes itself.
Top down, room by room
Ceilings, light fittings and high ledges first, so nothing we disturb lands on work already done.
Captured, not spread
Surfaces are worked with a method that lifts dust rather than pushing it into the air or into fabric.
Let it settle, then repeat
Fine dust falls for hours. Key surfaces get a second pass rather than one hopeful wipe.
Floors last
Floors are always the final stage, because everything above them has to come down first.
Rooms and surfaces covered
Surfaces
- All horizontal surfaces, twice
- Walls spot-cleaned where marked
- Skirting and trim
- Interior doors and frames
Glass & frames
- Interior windows
- Sills, tracks and runners
- Glazed doors and panels
- Mirrors and splashbacks
Kitchens & bathrooms
- Inside new cabinetry
- Worktops and splashbacks
- New sanitaryware and fittings
- Appliance exteriors
Floors
- Vacuumed with fine-dust capture
- Mopped, usually more than once
- Grout haze addressed
- Edges and corners by hand
The places construction dust actually hides
These are the surfaces a general clean misses, and the ones that give away a property that has not been properly finished.
- Light fittings, shades and ceiling roses
- Extractor vents, grilles and air returns
- Door tops, architraves and picture rails
- Radiator tops, fins and backs
- Switch plates, sockets and thermostats
- Curtain poles, tracks and blind housings
- Stair spindles, handrails and nosings
- Wardrobe and cabinet tops
What the contractor needs to have done
We are a cleaning service, not a waste-removal one. These are the contractor's responsibility, and the clean cannot proceed properly without them.
What this service does not cover
Said plainly up front, because on a renovation the gap between expectation and scope is where disputes happen.
We do not do
- Waste, rubble or debris removal
- Paint, adhesive or grout removal from finishes
- Snagging, touch-ups or decorating
- Work at height beyond safe reach
Cannot be guaranteed
- Damage caused during the works
- Scratched, etched or marked new surfaces
- Dust inside sealed cavities or ductwork
- Carpet embedded with fine dust before we arrive
How it gets quoted
Tell us the project
What was done, which rooms, and how much of the property it reached.
Confirm it is finished
We check that the trades are done and the waste is gone before quoting hours.
Scope and passes agreed
How many surfaces, how many passes, and what is explicitly excluded.
Booked with settling time
Scheduled far enough after the works that we are not cleaning into falling dust.
Areas we serve
We run regular routes across Toronto and the GTA. Pick your area to see how the service works locally.
Elsewhere in the GTA? See the full coverage map.
Post-renovation questions
Yes. They are two names for the same service. Customers usually say post-renovation; trades and property managers usually say post-construction. Either way it is the removal of fine dust and residue after building work.
Once the trades are finished, the waste is off site and any paint or sealant has cured. Cleaning before that point is largely wasted, because dust keeps being generated and fresh finishes can be damaged.
Because construction dust resettles. Key surfaces need more than one pass, and every ledge, track, vent and fitting has to be done individually. A Deep Clean assumes ordinary household soiling; this does not.
No. Debris, offcuts and packaging are the contractor's responsibility and need to be gone before we arrive. We will tell you at quoting stage if the property is not ready rather than turning up and charging for a job we cannot do.
We will get the property livable and presentable, and we will do the multiple passes that requires. What no cleaner can promise is dust that has gone into ductwork, sealed cavities or deep into carpet before the clean — we will point that out rather than let you discover it.
Yes, and it is common. Tell us the building's rules for access, service elevator booking and permitted working hours when you book, because those shape the schedule more than the unit size does.
Get a post-renovation quote
Tell us what the project involved and whether the trades have finished. If the property is not ready we will say so rather than book a clean that gets undone.