For builders, GCs, developers, and renovating homeowners
Post-construction cleaning for builders, contractors, and renovating homeowners across Greater Boston, taking a site from working condition to a space ready for photographs, handoff, or occupancy.
Nothing is finished until the dust is gone. That is why the final clean so often lands on the critical path, even though nobody planned for it there. Ethos provides post-construction cleaning across Canton and Greater Boston for builders, general contractors, developers, and homeowners at the end of a renovation. We take a site from working condition to a space that is ready for photographs, for a handoff, or for a family with a moving truck idling at the curb. We schedule around the build rather than asking the build to schedule around us.
Months of careful work tend to be judged in the first minute a client spends walking the finished space, and dust along a light fixture will draw the eye faster than any of the joinery you got right. We understand how a site comes together and how a punch list grows, and we work alongside your crew without adding to the traffic. The standard we hold reflects on your name. Done properly once, this tends to become a standing arrangement, which is how we prefer to work.
Our Post-Construction Cleanup Task List
The standard scope includes:
- Construction dust removal
- Vent and register cleaning
- HVAC system dusting
- Window and glass cleaning
- Sticker and adhesive removal
- Floor debris and material removal
- Cabinet interior cleaning
- Trim and door top wiping
- Outlet and switch plate wiping
- Punch-list touch-up cleaning
Rough, final, and touch-up
Construction cleaning is a sequence rather than a single visit, and we clean to whichever phase the build is in. Each phase asks for something different. The rough clean clears debris and construction waste so that the trades can keep moving without working around their own mess. The final clean is the detailed pass, top to bottom, that makes the space read as finished rather than merely complete. The touch-up follows the punch list, catching the dust and the marks that appear after the last tradesman has gone, so that the walkthrough is a formality.
What we handle
Where a clean is usually rejected
The reason a post-construction clean comes back is almost always fine dust. It settles into vents and registers, along the tops of doors and trim, on the blades of fixtures and the upper edges of glass, and it keeps settling for days after the work has stopped. We address it at the source, the HVAC system included, and we check the places a crew in a hurry skips, since those are precisely the places a walkthrough looks. Adhesive and sticker residue comes off windows and fixtures deliberately and without marking the new finishes, because a scratched pane costs considerably more than the clean did. The aim is to pass the first time.
Ready for photos, handoff, or occupancy
When we finish, the space is ready for whatever the calendar says comes next, whether that is a photographer at eight, a client with a clipboard, or an owner who has waited a long while to move in. Ethos is bonded and insured, and we arrive equipped for job-site conditions rather than household ones. Give us the handoff date. We will build the clean around it, and we will treat the finished build with the care that went into it.
If a handoff date is on the calendar, call Ethos at (781) 562-1661 and we will scope the site and build the clean around your schedule.
FAQ
What is post-construction cleaning?
It is the removal of construction dust, debris, and residue from a newly built or renovated space. It reaches considerably further than a standard clean, because construction leaves fine material in vents, along trim, and in the upper reaches of a room that routine cleaning never touches.
What does it include?
We clean construction dust from vents, registers, and HVAC systems; windows, glass, and tracks, with adhesive and sticker residue removed; floors, detailed and cleared of debris and leftover material; and fixtures, cabinets inside and out, trim, outlets, and switch plates. If something on the site needs particular handling, tell us before we arrive.
Do you do rough, final, and touch-up cleans?
Yes, and we clean to whichever phase you are in, with a rough clean to keep the trades moving, a detailed final clean once the work is done, and a touch-up after the punch list has been closed. Most builds want all three.
Do you work with general contractors and builders?
Regularly. We coordinate around your crew and your schedule, we hold a standard that reflects well on the handoff, and most of these jobs become standing arrangements rather than single visits.
Are you insured for job sites?
Ethos is bonded and insured, and we arrive with equipment suited to job-site conditions rather than to a household clean.
How much does post-construction cleaning cost?
It is scoped by the size of the project and the phases involved, and we give you a clear figure once we have walked the site.
