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Post-Construction Cleaning in Union City
Drywall and plaster dust out of gut-renovated multi-families, remodeled walk-ups and new Palisade Avenue condos before anyone moves in.
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Why Post-Construction Cleaning in Union City Is Its Own Job
Renovation in Union City usually happens with people still living in the building. A landlord guts the top-floor unit of a three-family off Bergenline Avenue while the family downstairs keeps cooking dinner, or a walk-up above a storefront in Union Hill gets a new bathroom while the neighbors across the hall come and go. The dust does not respect the plastic sheeting taped over the door. It rides the shared stairwell down to every landing and settles in units that were never part of the job.
The building stock makes it harder. Pre-war apartments on Summit Avenue have plaster walls, so any demolition produces a chalk-fine powder that hangs in the air far longer than drywall dust and works its way into the grain of original floors that were never sealed. Two- and three-family houses have basements and shared hallways where contractors staged and cut materials for weeks, and those spaces are almost never on anyone's cleanup list.
The new construction along Palisade Avenue has the opposite problem. Glass, quartz and stainless show every trace of sanding film, the developer's crew ran a broom and a damp rag through the unit and called it done, and the HVAC pulled a load of drywall dust into the returns before the first filter was ever changed. Buyers taking keys on a skyline-view condo expect it to look new, and it will not until someone cleans it properly.
Our Union City post-construction cleaning is built for those conditions. We work top down in multiple passes because fine dust keeps settling for days, we clean inside every new cabinet, closet and drawer, and we pull dust out of window tracks, radiator fins, vents and the balusters on the shared stairs. Where a project touched one floor of a two-family, we can clean the hallway and the neighboring unit the dust drifted into as well.
We also know how these buildings operate. Palisade Avenue condos want a certificate of insurance and a contractor-hours window, walk-ups near the Transfer Station have no elevator and tight stairs for carrying equipment, and street parking on the blocks off Bergenline means we plan arrivals around the bus and tunnel traffic rather than hoping for a spot.
What's included
What Our Union City Post-Construction Clean Covers
Every new surface, every cabinet and closet interior, and the hallways and stairs the dust traveled through.
Kitchen
- Remove cobwebs
- Dust light fixtures
- Dust all windowsills, window frames, and ledges
- Dust blinds
- Dust ceiling fans
- Clean and dry sink and soap dish
- Clean countertops and backsplash
- Clean microwave (inside and outside)
- Clean stovetop, burners, and control panels
- Clean exteriors of large appliances (fridge, oven, dishwasher)
- Clean all light switches and doorknobs
- Spot clean cabinets and clean all handles
- Sweep, vacuum, and mop floors
- Clean oven hood vent
- Wipe down exteriors of all cabinets and drawers
- Wipe down all doors and door frames
- Dust and wipe down baseboards
- Sweep, vacuum, and mop pantry floor and wipe down shelves
- Wipe down insides of cabinets and drawers
- Clean inside closets and wipe down shelves
Bathroom(s)
- Remove cobwebs
- Dust light fixtures and shelves
- Dust doors, windowsills, and window frames
- Dust blinds
- Clean and dry shower and tub
- Clean and dry sink, countertops, and soap dish
- Clean all mirrors and glass
- Polish towel racks and toilet paper holder
- Clean inside, outside, and around toilet
- Clean all light switches and doorknobs
- Wipe down and disinfect cabinets
- Sweep, vacuum, and mop floors
- Scrub tile grout in shower
- Wipe down all doors and door frames
- Dust and wipe down baseboards
- Wipe down inside of linen closet and shelves
- Wipe down inside all cabinets and drawers
- Clean inside closets and wipe down shelves
Bedrooms
- Remove cobwebs
- Dust light fixtures
- Dust windowsills and window frames
- Dust blinds
- Dust ceiling fans
- Dust furniture, lamps, and lampshades
- Clean all mirrors
- Clean all light switches and doorknobs
- Sweep, vacuum, and mop floors
- Wipe down doors and door frames
- Dust and wipe down baseboards
- Clean inside closets and wipe down shelves
Living Areas & Common Spaces
- Remove cobwebs
- Dust light fixtures
- Dust windowsills and window frames
- Dust blinds
- Dust ceiling fans
- Dust furniture, lamps, and lampshades
- Clean all mirrors
- Clean all light switches and doorknobs
- Sweep, vacuum, and mop floors
- Wipe down doors and door frames
- Dust and wipe down baseboards
- Clean inside closets and wipe down shelves
When to book
When Union City Renovations Need a Post-Construction Clean
After the Last Trade Leaves the Building
Book once the final sanding, tile cut and trim nailing are done. In a three-family off Bergenline that means the whole job, not just your floor, because a crew still working upstairs will re-dust everything below it.
Turning Over a Renovated Rental Unit
Landlords with walk-ups near 32nd Street and 43rd Street renovate between tenants. A post-construction clean before the listing photos means the unit shows the new kitchen instead of the film sitting on top of it.
Taking Keys on a Palisade Avenue Condo
Developer cleaning in the new buildings on Palisade Avenue is a broom and a rag. Schedule us between the punch-list walk and the movers so the quartz, glass and appliances are actually clean before furniture goes in.
After a Kitchen or Bath Remodel in an Occupied Multi-Family
When one floor of a two-family gets a new kitchen, the dust ends up in the shared hallway, the basement and the unit downstairs. We clean the remodeled rooms and every space the dust traveled to.
Before Family Moves Back Into a Summit Avenue Apartment
Plaster dust from a pre-war renovation lingers in the air and coats everything twice. Give it a few days to settle, then have us clean right before the grandparents move back in rather than the day the crew leaves.
Why choose us
Why Union City Owners and Contractors Book Us for the Final Clean
Built for Shared Stairwells and Occupied Buildings
Most Union City renovations happen with tenants or family still living downstairs. We clean the finished unit and the hallway, stairs and neighboring units the dust reached.
Plaster, Original Floors and New Quartz
Summit Avenue plaster dust, unsealed pre-war hardwood, fresh quartz and glass on Palisade Avenue all need different handling. We match the method to the surface instead of running one product through the building.
Multiple Passes, Not One Wipe
Fine construction dust keeps settling after the first clean. Our rough pass, detail pass and follow-up touch-up are planned from the start, so the film that shows up two days later is handled too.
Condo COIs, Walk-Up Stairs and Bergenline Parking Handled
We send the certificate of insurance Palisade Avenue buildings ask for, carry equipment up walk-ups with no elevator, and plan arrivals around Lincoln Tunnel traffic and side-street parking.
Recurring plans
Keep Your Renovated Union City Home Clean After the Dust Is Gone
Set it and forget it — we'll keep your home spotless on your schedule
Weekly
Best for busy homes and families with kids or pets
15% OFF- Most popular
Bi-Weekly
Perfect balance of clean and value for most homes
10% OFF Monthly
Great for light maintenance and smaller spaces
Quarterly
A deep refresh every 3 months. Perfect for seasonal maintenance.
Life in Jersey City moves fast. Between the PATH commute, work in Manhattan, weekends at Liberty State Park, kids' activities, and everything in between, who has time to clean? Our flexible scheduling lets you choose the frequency that fits your lifestyle. Need to skip a week or reschedule? No problem — just give us 24 hours notice.
Reviews
What Our Customers Say
“We gutted the second floor of our three-family while my mother stayed downstairs, and the dust came through her ceiling fixtures and down the stairs. They cleaned the new unit, the hallway and her apartment in one day. She has stopped complaining about grit on her table.”
Odalys G.
Bergenline Avenue, Union City
“Took keys on a new condo on Palisade Avenue and the developer's clean left film on the quartz and dust inside every cabinet. They handled the COI with the building, came during contractor hours and cleaned the returns and the window tracks. We unpacked into a clean unit.”
Casimir P.
Palisade Avenue, Union City
“I renovated a one-bedroom in my walk-up near 32nd Street between tenants. They carried everything up four flights, pulled the sawdust out of the closet shelves and the grooves of the new floor, and the unit rented off the first showing.”
Efrain D.
32nd Street, Union City
“Plaster demo in a pre-war Summit Avenue apartment is a different animal. The powder hung in the air for a week and settled on the original floors and the radiators. They did two passes a few days apart, which is exactly what it needed.”
Jonas S.
Summit Avenue, Union City
“New bathroom in our walk-up above the store in Union Hill, and the grout haze and drywall dust were on everything down the hall. They scrubbed the haze off the tile, wiped inside the vanity and cleaned the hallway the crew had tracked through. Sensible price for the work.”
Giselle V.
Union Hill, Union City
FAQ
Post-Construction Cleaning in Union City: Common Questions
Post-construction cleaning generally runs $215 - $960+. A bathroom renovation in a one-bedroom walk-up in Union Hill sits at the low end, while a full gut of a three-family off Bergenline Avenue with all three units, the shared hallway and the basement runs toward the top and may take more than one visit.
Yes, and that is the most common job we do in Union City. We clean the renovated unit first, then work the shared stairwell and hallway and any occupied unit the dust drifted into, coordinating access with whoever lives there.
Yes. We provide the certificate of insurance the building manager requires, book inside the building's contractor hours, and handle fob or front-desk access so you do not need to be there. Ask for a punch-list clean before your movers arrive.
Plaster and drywall dust stays airborne and settles for several days, especially in pre-war Summit Avenue buildings where radiators keep the air moving. Our process includes a touch-up pass for exactly this reason, and we recommend changing any HVAC or window-unit filters once the work ends.
If you want us to. In two- and three-family houses the basement and the hallway are usually where materials were staged and cut, so they carry as much dust as the renovated unit. Add them to the booking and we scope them with the rest.
A single bathroom or kitchen remodel in a walk-up apartment usually takes two to four hours. A whole-unit gut or a full multi-family runs six to ten hours or more, sometimes across two visits, and a Palisade Avenue punch-list clean lands in between depending on how much the developer's crew actually did.
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