What a day porter actually does: lobby and entrance upkeep, restroom checks and restocking on a set round, spill and incident response, high-touch disinfection of door handles, elevator buttons and railings, trash rounds before bins overflow, meeting room resets between bookings, and salt and mats through Durham winters.

Who needs daytime coverage: multi-tenant office buildings with shared lobbies nobody owns, medical and dental clinics with waiting rooms turning over all day, condo buildings where residents judge the lobby daily, car dealerships with showroom glass and customer lounges, retail and plazas during trading hours, and schools between periods.

How pricing works: day porter coverage runs $30 to $40 per hour in Durham Region, depending on scope of duties and hours required. Most buildings start with partial coverage during their busiest hours and adjust from there. We recommend a schedule during the walkthrough rather than selling you more hours than the building needs.

Day porter versus night cleaning: they solve different problems and most buildings need both. A night crew does the scheduled deep work with nobody in the way. A day porter handles what happens while the building is full — the spill at 11am, the restroom that ran out at 2pm, the lobby after a rainy morning. Night cleaning keeps the building clean; a day porter keeps it looking clean all day.

We are based in Courtice, so Durham Region sites get our shortest response times. Fully insured and WSIB covered. Serving Durham Region since 2022.

Lightning Cleaning provides day porter coverage throughout Durham Region — Oshawa, Whitby, Ajax, Pickering and Clarington, including Courtice and Bowmanville.