NZ commercial cleaning quotes
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Describe or photograph

Type what needs doing, upload a photo of the site, or attach a PDF scope or plan. The AI reads all of it.

AI generates the breakdown

Materials, labour hours, and line items — priced in NZD to current New Zealand rates, broken down by trade.

Review, adjust, send

Edit any line item, apply your markup, export a branded PDF and email it to the client from the app.

What should a New Zealand commercial cleaning quote include?

Price the scope by area and frequency rather than as one monthly figure: the floor area in square metres, which spaces are included, how many cleans a week, and what is done nightly versus periodically. Split labour, consumables and periodic work — carpet extraction, hard-floor strip and seal, window and high-level cleaning — onto their own lines, then show 15% GST separately with your NZBN and IRD GST number. Say whether the price is in or out of hours, because after-hours and weekend work carry different rates, and state who supplies consumables and amenities: a client assuming you supply the toilet paper and hand towel on a per-square-metre rate is the most common margin leak in NZ contract cleaning.

What happens to the cleaners when a New Zealand cleaning contract changes hands?

This is the New Zealand rule most people quoting commercial cleaning miss, and it can decide whether a contract is profitable. Under Part 6A of the Employment Relations Act 2000, cleaning is a specified "vulnerable industry": when a cleaning contract transfers to a new provider, the employees who worked on that site have the right to elect to transfer to the incoming employer on their existing terms and conditions, including their accrued service. So when you tender for an occupied site you may be inheriting the existing crew and their wage rates, not staffing it at your own. Ask for the Part 6A employee information before you price the job, and note in the quote what wage assumption you have used.

Does the AI know New Zealand cleaning pricing?

Yes. Quotes are priced in NZD against current New Zealand rates — commercial cleaning per square metre and per hour, in-hours versus out-of-hours loadings, carpet hot water extraction, vinyl strip and seal, and end-of-tenancy work — with consumables costed the way NZ suppliers such as Bunzl, OfficeMax and Kimberly-Clark Professional sell them, and 15% GST applied rather than Australia's 10%. Wage lines are priced against New Zealand rates, not Australian ones, which matters because labour is most of a cleaning quote.

Do I need a licence to run a cleaning business in New Zealand?

There is no occupational licence for cleaning in New Zealand, so anyone can start — which is exactly why a properly itemised quote is what wins commercial work over a one-line price. What you do need is GST registration once your turnover passes NZ$60,000 in any 12-month period; once registered you must show 15% GST on your invoices. An NZBN is worth having — a company is issued one automatically and a sole trader can claim one free — and putting it on a quote is what lets a commercial client verify you, but it is not compulsory. You also carry duties under the Health and Safety at Work Act 2015, and cleaning chemicals are hazardous substances with their own labelling, storage and training requirements. Price the site-specific induction, safety data sheets and any working-at-height or confined-space work as their own line items rather than absorbing them.

Does Insta Quotes work for cleaners anywhere in New Zealand?

Yes. Insta Quotes prices cleaners quotes in NZD to current New Zealand rates nationwide, including Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, Hamilton, Tauranga, Dunedin and regional areas, with 15% GST applied. Generate and send a branded quote wherever the job is.