# Blog | Handover Insights for Builders & PMs > Guides and industry insight from the Builders Clean crews: handover programs, pre silicone cleans, final clean day and everything between. Source: https://www.buildersclean.com.au/blog/ · Builders Clean · 0467 624 049 · sales@buildersclean.com.au Insights ## From the field. Practical guides written from the sites, for the builders, PMs and developers **running the handover.** Guides · Latest ### [The Practical Completion Clean: What Has to Be Done Before PC Is Signed](https://www.buildersclean.com.au/blog/practical-completion-clean/) Practical completion is a contract milestone, but the walk that signs it off is a cleanliness test. What PC means, what the walk checks first, and where the final clean belongs in the last two weeks. Builders Clean · 26 October 2026 · 6 min read Guides #### [Who Pays for the Builders Clean: Builder, Developer or Owner?](https://www.buildersclean.com.au/blog/who-pays-for-the-builders-clean/) On almost every project the builder pays, because the contract makes a clean site the builder's job. Here is how it sits on a house, a development and a fitout, and what happens when nobody put it in the budget. Builders Clean · 26 October 2026 · 5 min read · Guides #### [Commercial vs Residential Builders Cleans: What Actually Changes](https://www.buildersclean.com.au/blog/commercial-vs-residential-builders-clean/) A home handover and a commercial closeout are the same trade playing two different games. Scope, compliance, access, programming and sign off all change. Here is how. Builders Clean · 14 August 2026 · 3 min read · Industry Tips #### [DIY Builders Clean vs Hiring Professionals: An Honest Breakdown](https://www.buildersclean.com.au/blog/diy-builders-clean-vs-professional/) A cleaning company telling you when NOT to hire one: where DIY genuinely works, where it is false economy, and the three jobs that go wrong: glass, silicone and dust. Builders Clean · 14 August 2026 · 3 min read · Guides #### [Builders Clean Cost in Australia: The 7 Factors That Set Your Quote](https://www.buildersclean.com.au/blog/builders-clean-cost-factors/) We price hundreds of builders cleans a year. Here are the seven factors that actually set the number, how to bring your quote down, and the red flags in a suspiciously cheap one. Builders Clean · 14 August 2026 · 4 min read · Guides #### [The Builders Clean Checklist: Every Item, Room by Room](https://www.buildersclean.com.au/blog/builders-clean-checklist/) The actual room by room checklist our crews work to. Use it to scope your own clean, brief a contractor, or check the one you paid for actually happened. Builders Clean · 14 August 2026 · 3 min read · Guides #### [Switching Office Cleaning Contractors Without the Drama](https://www.buildersclean.com.au/blog/switching-office-cleaning-contractors/) Most offices tolerate a mediocre cleaner for years because switching feels like a project. Here is the entire process, honestly: it is one email, one walkthrough and one overlap week. Builders Clean · 14 August 2026 · 3 min read · Industry Tips #### [The Defect Walk: What We Check Before You Sign Off a Handover Clean](https://www.buildersclean.com.au/blog/what-a-defect-walk-covers/) Before any site is called finished, a supervisor walks it against the scope with your site manager. This is the actual checklist, and why each item is on it. Builders Clean · 14 August 2026 · 3 min read · Guides #### [How Long Does a Builders Clean Take? Real Numbers From Real Programs](https://www.buildersclean.com.au/blog/how-long-does-a-builders-clean-take/) The most common question we get, answered with the numbers we actually run: apartment, custom home, multi res and tower, plus the five things that move the number. Builders Clean · 14 August 2026 · 4 min read · Industry Tips #### [5 Things Builders Get Wrong on Final Clean Day (and How to Avoid Them)](https://www.buildersclean.com.au/blog/5-things-builders-get-wrong-on-final-clean-day/) We turn up at hundreds of handover days a year. The mistakes that kill a PC date are almost always the same five. Here they are, ranked, with what to do instead. Builders Clean · 5 June 2026 · 5 min read · Guides #### [Pre Silicone vs Final Clean: When You Need Each One](https://www.buildersclean.com.au/blog/pre-silicone-vs-final-clean/) Pre silicone and final cleans are two different scopes that happen at two different points in the build program, and on most jobs you need both. Here's when each goes in, and why the order matters. Builders Clean · 5 June 2026 · 4 min read · Guides #### [What Is a Builders Clean? A Complete Guide for Project Managers](https://www.buildersclean.com.au/blog/what-is-a-builders-clean-guide-for-project-managers/) A practical guide for builders, PMs, and developers on what a builders clean actually is, what's included, when to book it, what it costs, and how to spot a contractor who can deliver on a tier 1 site. Builders Clean · 5 June 2026 · 5 min read ### Less reading, more handovers. Send plans or site details and we respond with a clear, itemised quote inside 24 hours. [Get a quote](https://www.buildersclean.com.au/contact/#quote) ## Get a quote Send the suburb, build type, stage, floor area or unit count, dates, and plans or photos through the form at https://www.buildersclean.com.au/contact/, email sales@buildersclean.com.au or call 0467 624 049. Builders Clean replies with a written, itemised quote within 24 hours.