Home cleaners serving Pasir Ris.

Planning home cleaning in Pasir Ris

The housing here

Most homes in Pasir Ris are HDB flats. The Census 2020 dwelling data for the Pasir Ris planning area counts about 44,800 resident households. About 67% of them live in HDB flats, 29% in condominiums and other apartments, and 4% in landed homes. The HDB flats here are mostly large. About 17,200 households live in 5-room or executive flats and about 11,800 in 4-room flats. Only a few hundred live in smaller flat types. So most cleaning jobs here cover several bedrooms, two bathrooms and a lot of floor and window area. Expect a longer job or a bigger team than for a small flat.

HDB counts its towns differently from the census, and HDB's Pasir Ris town does not follow the same boundary as the planning area. HDB's property information dataset lists 441 residential blocks with about 30,900 flats. About 88% of those flats are in blocks completed between 1987 and 1997, and the median block completion year is 1993. No block is taller than 18 storeys. In flats this age, a deep clean usually means stained grout, grease built up in kitchen cabinets and window tracks full of dust, as well as general tidying.

Planning a job

• Pick the right service. Regular cleaning keeps an occupied home in order. A deep clean deals with the build-up that regular visits miss. Move in or move out cleaning is easiest when the unit is empty. Post-renovation cleaning removes fine dust from ledges, tracks and fittings, and should be booked only after all contractors have finished.
• Upgrading works. The Home Improvement Programme was extended in 2018 to flats built from 1987 to 1997. A precinct is upgraded only if at least 75% of eligible Singapore citizen households vote yes. Works in each flat take about 10 working days and can include replacing waste pipes and repairing spalling concrete. If your precinct goes ahead, plan a post-renovation clean for after the works.
• Cleaning is not repair. If a cleaner finds a leak or a damaged socket, do not ask them to fix it. In HDB flats, plumbing work must be done by a PUB licensed plumber. Work on power points and switches needs an EMA Licensed Electrical Worker.
• Condo residents. Cleaning inside a private home does not need an NEA Cleaning Business Licence, but cleaning condo common property is not covered by that exemption. Keep the cleaner's work inside your unit. You must also follow your MCST by-laws, and any change to common property needs the MCST's prior written approval.

Before you book, ask the cleaner to list exactly what the quote covers in a larger flat. Check whether it includes the insides of cabinets, window grilles and tracks, and both bathrooms. Two quotes for a 5-room flat can look alike and still cover very different amounts of work.