What a cleaning crew needs to get into a property in DIFC: building management approval, out-of-hours permits and security escorts on some floors
Access is the part of a cleaning job that goes wrong before anybody picks up a cloth. A crew turned away at a gate, a service lift that was never booked, or a working-hour rule nobody mentioned costs a morning and sometimes a whole visit.
In DIFC, building management approval, out-of-hours permits and security escorts on some floors almost all work here is scheduled overnight or at weekends
What we arrange before a crew is dispatched
- Gate or building registration in the property owner's name, in advance
- Service lift booking where the building requires one
- Confirmation of permitted working hours and any quiet-hours rule
- Parking and the equipment route from the vehicle to the door
- Water and power points inside the property
- Any building method statement or insurance documentation required
What the property owner needs to provide
- The unit or villa number and the community entrance you use
- A contact who can authorise entry on the day
- Any building rule you already know about, including waste disposal
- Access to water and power, which is all we need beyond that
Access questions in DIFC
Where the community requires one, yes, and we arrange it in advance rather than on the day. building management approval, out-of-hours permits and security escorts on some floors
Where the building or community permits it. Several communities restrict contractor hours, which is why the schedule is agreed before the crew is dispatched.
For a routine visit, usually a working day. For anything needing a service lift, a permit or out-of-hours access, a little more.