Building Cleaning Services in Dubai

 The cleaning of condominiums often represents a reason for quarrels between condominiums in condominium assemblies. In fact, decisions on condominium cleaning are taken during the meetings of the condominium assembly by an ordinary majority in which the related expenses are discussed, voted on, and approved. You can opt for: entrusting the task to Building Cleaning Services in Dubai with a regular contract; assign a person to the condominium, or the so-called do-it-yourself which involves shifts between condominiums to clean the common areas, but used in smaller condominiums.

The cleaning operations of condominiums are many: washing the stairs and landings, cleaning floors, cleaning the entrance doors, cleaning the internal and external courtyards, arranging the gardens, cleaning the cellar areas and box, cleaning of glass, windows, windowsills, and balconies through Rope Access Services in Dubai , cleaning of elevators, cleaning of courtyards and porches, facades and everything in common use, the service of changing garbage bags and other complementary activities. All the areas mentioned are subject to the continuous passage of people and animals, in constant contact with the dirt of all kinds at a high risk of infections.

Precisely because cleaning condominiums is delicate and includes a long series of activities, it is preferable to rely on the experience and professionalism of specialized companies, also to avoid unnecessary disputes between condominiums. To save a few euros, you choose to alternate in condominium cleaning, but most of the time you risk giving rise to conflicts between the various tenants with the birth of unpleasant situations that do not please anyone.

Furthermore, never before has cleaned in a condominium been essential. In the midst of the health emergency linked to the spread of the coronavirus, contagion can also occur in common condominium areas through contact with doors, push-button panels, handles, handrails, elevators, etc., on which the virus can resist for a long time, as explained by the directives of the ‘Higher Institute of Health.

To safeguard the health of the condominiums, given the urgency and exceptionality of this situation regarding the coronavirus, the administrator should intervene to sanitize the common parts of their condominium. It has no legal obligation, as there is no law that requires this operation periodically, but only interpretations of the Civil Code that go towards the health of the condominiums.

Art. 1135, paragraph 2, of the Civil Code states that “The administrator cannot order extraordinary maintenance work unless they are of an urgent nature”. The health of the condominiums is in fact a valid reason to intervene with extraordinary sanitation operations of the common parts, aimed at avoiding coronavirus contagion. Obviously, the administrator in these cases is required to notify the condominiums about the date and time of the intervention to avoid and limit access to the treated premises. The procedure should be repeated at least twice a month. If there were commercial activities or b & bs in the condominium, the frequency could be higher. The intervention must be carried out by specialized staff in full compliance with the safety requirements provided for by law, or they must work while maintaining the required safety distances, wearing masks and gloves.

The condominium administrator has the custody responsibility provided for in art. 2051 of the Civil Code is therefore the person in charge of the common parts, therefore he has the duty to supervise the common systems and take care of their ordinary and extraordinary maintenance. In the event that the administrator is in default in this sense, he would be called to respond in civil and criminal terms. Lifts are therefore very delicate, but their use cannot be prohibited. Some have dictated common-sense rules such as using one person at a time with disposable gloves in order to be able to touch surfaces in total safety and masks.

This does not exclude a thorough cleaning of the lift cabin with disinfection of the surfaces. The administrator can in fact arrange for periodic sanitation of the system even without the consent of the assembly, as this is an urgent and complex situation. The activity is carried out by specialized firms.

In general, for all common areas, the administrator will have to evaluate through common sense and the information available to him whether the choice of sanitation is still appropriate. In the event that, after careful evaluations, it is not considered appropriate to move towards sanitization, it is still advisable to increase the cleaning activities.

The distinction between Cleaning and Sanitation

I always remember that cleaning must be distinguished from what is the sanitization of the common parts, despite both being

o essential operations at this time to try to contain the spread of the infection.

Cleaning, in fact, constitutes the set of operations designed to remove “visible dirt” of any nature (dust, grease, liquids, organic material …) from any type of environment, surface, machinery, etc. Preliminary and indispensable operation for the purposes of the subsequent phases of sanitation and disinfection.

Sanitation, on the other hand, consists of an intervention aimed at eliminating any bacteria and contaminating agents that cannot be removed with common cleaning. Sanitation is carried out — using chemical detergents — to bring the microbial load back to acceptable and optimal hygiene standards that depend on the intended use of the environments concerned.

However, it must be remembered that extraordinary maintenance is necessary for the occurrence of an event that, even if foreseeable (such as that of the coronavirus infection from the moment of the proclamation of the national emergency), could not be avoided with ordinary maintenance interventions.

Apartment building cleaning — conclusions

To conclude, the cleaning of condominiums is an activity that should not be neglected and requires high professionalism and competence from those who perform them. Each building is different from one another, with its own characteristics, consequently, the services necessary to keep the common parts in perfect condition, as well as the expectations of the condominiums themselves, differ. We, therefore, suggest that you use a cleaning company with the necessary credentials with which to enter into a contract. You will define frequency, hours, activities, areas of intervention, products, and machinery used. Nothing should be left to chance.