For a kitchenette shared by several tenants, have building management create one responsibility map for the room. Separate common surfaces from tenant-owned food, appliances and supplies. Confirm which cleaning scope covers each area and who releases it for the visit. Multiple contracts should not leave the same sink simultaneously assumed covered and inaccessible.
That’s the standard a building should be held to. If you’d rather have it in writing, tell us about the space — we walk it and come back with a scope of work and a price, usually within one business day.
Start with the room, not each tenant’s assumptions
List the sink, counters, floor, waste containers and appliance exteriors in one document. Beside each, identify the party responsible for the task and the actual scope that includes it. Ask management to resolve gaps before the first visit. A tenant’s cleaner may have access to its suite without access to common-area storage or the building’s collection route; do not infer one permission from the other.
Give tenant property a visible boundary
Have tenants identify personal appliances, food shelves and shared supplies under management’s agreed rules. The map should explain who clears dishes and belongings before surfaces become available, not merely who pays for cleaning. Keep disposal decisions with the appropriate owner. If a new tenant adds a coffee machine or storage cart, review its effect on access before it becomes a permanent obstacle in a supposedly shared counter area.
Use one channel for unresolved room issues
Choose a building contact who can resolve access, missing stock and conflicting tenant instructions. The visiting team should not have to decide which tenant’s verbal request overrides the room plan. Record the affected surface and send the issue to that contact without including personal information from food labels or documents. Update the responsibility map after a tenant change, appliance replacement or revised common-area arrangement, and remove obsolete copies.
Published scope and the limits of this guide
The published JAS scope says: “Lobbies, corridors and elevator cabs” — Read the source service page
This organizational map does not interpret leases, determine legal liability or expand any tenant’s cleaning contract. Management must approve the actual shared-space responsibilities and access arrangements.
Related decisions before you schedule
Check common-room tasks against the correct agreement. Written scope responsibilities
Resolve who provides and stores shared consumables. Supply ownership
Give shared-room issues one accountable contact. Resolving cleaning exceptions
Frequently asked questions
Should each tenant send separate cleaning instructions?
Use one approved common-room plan. Tenants can raise requests through management so contradictory directions are resolved before the visit.
Does building access include supply storage?
Not automatically. Identify the storage location, authorized access method and person responsible when it is locked or empty.
Who handles a shared appliance failure?
Name the appliance owner or maintenance contact in the room map. Cleaning responsibility does not establish repair responsibility.