What is it?
The clean that makes a space liveable after building work. It is not an ordinary clean: drywall and saw dust settles everywhere, including window tracks, door frames and behind doors. It takes different equipment and a different method.
After the build · Quebec City & Lévis
Post-construction cleaning in Quebec City and Lévis Fine dust, site debris and windows, ready to live in
KMK Entretien Ménager handles end-of-site cleaning in Quebec City, Lévis and across the South Shore. After a new build, a renovation or a refit, we remove the fine dust, cutting debris, paint marks and stickers, until the surfaces are ready to hand over.
- Two passes included
- Timed to your handover date
- Residential and commercial
End of site
Renovation · 2nd pass
Ready to live in
100 %
2 passesfine dust settles over 24 to 48 h
Priced to fitby square footage and scope
24 hquote turnaround
RegisteredQuebec business
The essentials
Post-construction cleaning, in four answers
What a contractor or an owner needs to know before scheduling the handover.
Who is it for?
General contractors, renovators, developers and owners who have just finished work. Also office managers after a refit, and landlords turning a unit over between tenants.
Where do we work?
In Quebec City, Lévis, Bellechasse and across the South Shore. New builds, major renovations or straightforward refits. See the service area.
How does it work?
We visit the site or look at your photos to price it, then schedule around your handover date. The first pass happens as soon as the trades are out, the second 24 to 48 hours later.
The method
Why it takes two passes
This is the question we get most, and the answer is physics rather than workload. A building site puts a considerable amount of drywall, plaster and saw dust into the air. Some of it settles straight away, but the finest particles stay airborne for a day or two.
A single pass therefore produces a result that looks flawless that evening and is covered in a grey film the next morning. The first pass removes the bulk of the debris and gets the surfaces back to bare. The second, 24 to 48 hours later, redoes the horizontal surfaces, the windows and the floors, this time for good.
If your schedule only allows one pass, we will tell you plainly and price it that way. But be aware the result will not hold until the buyer or the tenant walks through.
- Scheduling built around your handover date
- Fine-filtration vacuums, never a dry broom
- Products matched to new and delicate surfaces
- We can coordinate with your other trades
- Registered Quebec business
What gets done
From bulk debris to final finish
Order matters: we always work from the ceiling down, and the floors are always last.
Debris and offcuts
First pass. Everything picked up by hand or shop vacuum before you can even call it cleaning.
- Drywall, timber and tile offcuts removed
- Floor protection and plastic sheeting taken up
- Masking tape pulled off frames and baseboards
- Shop vacuum over every surface
- Window tracks and door thresholds cleared
- Dust in outlets, switches and baseboard heaters
- Vent covers surface-dusted
- Debris removed per your disposal instructions
Fine dust
Second pass, and the longest. Always top to bottom, never with a dry broom that puts it back in the air.
- Ceilings, mouldings and light fixtures
- Tops of doors and frames
- Inside and outside of cabinets
- Counters, backsplashes and shelves
- Baseboards along their full length
- Radiators, baseboard heaters and grilles
- Stairs, handrails and balusters
- Closets, shelves and rails
Paint, stickers and marks
The most painstaking work. Every surface needs a different product and tool so that new finishes do not get scratched.
- Paint drips on floors and tile
- Paint on glass, taken off with a blade
- Stickers on windows, appliances and fixtures
- Adhesive and tape residue
- Dried grout and mortar on tile
- Caulk smears on adjoining surfaces
- Pencil and layout marks
- Fingerprints and handprints on new surfaces
Final finish and handover
The last stage, and the one the buyer, the tenant or the end client actually sees.
- Interior glass cleaned, frames and tracks included
- Mirrors and glazed surfaces
- Bathrooms fully disinfected
- Appliances cleaned inside and out
- Floors washed a second time
- Handles, fixtures and hardware polished
- Room-by-room check before we leave
- Any damage found reported, with photos
Exterior windows, carpets to shampoo or full duct cleaning: tell us at the quote stage and we adjust the estimate.
How many visits does a post-construction clean take?
Two, in most cases. The first pass removes the bulk of the debris, then the fine dust still in the air settles over the next 24 to 48 hours. The second pass gives the deliverable finish.
Other services
We also do
The same team and the same method, adapted to other kinds of spaces in Quebec City and Lévis.
Airbnb cleaning
Complete turnover between stays. Useful as soon as a new unit goes on the market.
Commercial cleaning
Offices, clinics and shops. The recurring upkeep that follows handover.
House cleaning
Weekly, biweekly or monthly upkeep, deep cleans and move-out cleaning.
Service areas
Quebec City, Lévis, Bellechasse and the South Shore. The full list of areas.
Free quote
When do you hand over the site?
Send us the square footage, the type of work and your handover date. We time both passes to your schedule and you get a price within 24 hours.