Built for Australian Construction & Builders-Clean Operators
Win the next PCI before the builder calls the defect.
Rough-clean / final-clean / touch-up workflows, White Card and site-induction tracking, per-sqm quoting with complexity multipliers, and handover photo affidavits that survive PCI disputes — for residential, commercial fit-out and civil sites. All-in-one for $0–$69/mo — replaces Jobber + Xero + your COI-and-photo email chain.
Commercial? Commercial cleaning · End-of-lease? End-of-lease · Builders directly? Builders software.





The average builders-cleaner saves $150+/mo replacing Jobber + Xero + a quote spreadsheet + a photo-and-COI email chain with OneBookPlus.
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5Built for Construction Sites
Generic cleaning tools don't track White Cards, per-stage quoting, or PCI handover evidence. OneBookPlus is built for the construction cleaning workflow.
Rough clean (debris-out, gross-dust removal during fit-out), final clean (the proper detail clean before handover), and touch-up clean (defect-list cleanup post-PCI/handover). Each stage has its own scope template, pricing model, and crew loadout — track them separately, quote them separately, invoice them separately.
Every site worker in Australia needs a Construction Induction (White Card) card under WHS Regulations — Part 6.5. Track White Card numbers + expiry per crew member, plus per-site induction records the builder hands you. Crew gets blocked from a site if their site induction isn't current.
Construction-clean pricing typically goes per sqm of cleanable floor area, with multipliers for end-of-build complexity (sticker removal off windows, paint-flick on tiles, silicone-set on showers). Build the quote per stage with sqm × $rate × complexity, or fixed-price per stage. Either way the builder gets a clean PCI-ready quote.
Builders sign handover with the cleaning sign-off attached — your photo evidence has to survive a PCI defect dispute six weeks later. Per-room before-and-after photos auto-pin to the room's checklist item, exportable as a date-stamped PDF affidavit. When the builder claims the showers were chipped at handover, your photos show otherwise.
Most builders require $20m public liability minimum on residential sites and $40m+ on commercial. They'll ask for your COI on every new site. Store your COI alongside subbie agreements, then forward the COI to the builder in two taps. No more digging through email when the site supervisor calls on Monday.
Six tenant-customisable templates aligned to typical Practical Completion Inspection lists: residential single, residential multi-storey, townhouse, commercial fit-out, retail tenancy, civil sheds. Apply a template to a job in one tap — every PCI line item materialises as a checklist your crew ticks off on-site.
Free plan available · No credit card · Build your first PCI checklist today
Free Website Included
Stop paying $30–80/mo to Wix or Squarespace — and skip the $1,500–3,000 up-front for a designer. Every OneBookPlus builders-cleaner gets a branded booking page on the free plan. Want it on your own domain like a proper business website? $15/mo and we host it for you.
your-business.onebookplus.com.auoronebookplus.com.au/book/your-businessyourbusiness.com.au— custom branded domain, we host the siteA site supervisor books a Friday-PCI final clean at 7pm on Wednesday while you're off-site. The job lands in your dashboard with the site address and stage — ready to slot into Thursday's crew run.
Brand color picker in settings. Logo upload. Trade licence number shown on every page so customers know you're legit.
3-bed townhouse final clean $1,200. Rough clean from $4/sqm. Customers see prices before booking — kills the price-shopping phone calls.
70%+ of construction cleaning searches happen on phones. Your booking page is built mobile-first; loads in under 2 seconds on 4G.
Already own yourbusiness.com.au? Add the Booking Website app ($15/mo) and point your domain at the booking page we host for you. We don't sell domains — keep yours wherever you registered it.
Schema.org markup for construction cleaning services + suburbs you cover. Google finds you for 'builders clean in [suburb]' searches.
Builders-cleaners website cost — typical
Website builder
Wix, Squarespace or similar
Web hosting + SSL
Bundled in builders; separate if custom site
Designer (one-off)
Only if you want a custom-built site
Bookings on Calendly
Separate from your website
Typical recurring total
~$60–100/mo
+ $1,500–3,000 up-front if you hire a designer
With OneBookPlus
Your total
$0–15/mo
Real product screens
Not mockups — these are the real product screens construction cleaners use across rough, final, and touch-up jobs.
Every site's rough clean, final/builders clean and post-PCI touch-up tracked as separate jobs on one board — no mixing fit-out debris-out costs into the handover quote.

Cleanable floor area × $rate × sticker-removal / paint-flick / silicone-set multiplier, or fixed-price per stage. A PCI-ready quote the builder's QS can sign off in minutes.

GST invoice with your ABN, a Pay Now link, and the per-room before-and-after photos pinned to each PCI checklist item — the evidence that settles a chipped-shower dispute six weeks later.

Construction Workflow
Four steps mapping how construction-cleaning contracts actually run.
Builder hands you the site address + scope. You create the job, attach the relevant PCI template, and forward your COI to the site supervisor. Crew receives the site induction PDF for review before turning up.
Rough clean during fit-out, final clean before practical completion, touch-up after defect inspection. Each stage is its own job with its own scope checklist and its own invoice line — you don't mix the rough-clean costs into the final-clean quote.
Crew snaps before-and-after photos per room. Photos pin to specific scope items, time-stamped and signed off. When the builder claims a defect six weeks later, the photo evidence settles it.
Generate the handover affidavit PDF with all photos, scope-of-work sign-off, and any defects called out. Attach to the invoice the builder pays. No spreadsheets, no email chains, no 'send me that photo again' from a PM on holiday.
Most operators apply a PCI scope template within 10 minutes of signup
3
Clean stages tracked separately
$20m+
Builders' typical PL requirement
6
PCI-aligned scope templates
AUD
Native pricing — GST included
Builders-cleaner savings calculator
Adjust the numbers below to match your real monthly spend. The total updates live — and so does what you'd save by replacing the lot with OneBookPlus.
Accounting (Xero, MYOB, QuickBooks)
Monthly subscription
Jobs & quotes (Jobber, ServiceM8, Tradify)
Per-user/mo for trade tools
Website + hosting (Wix, Squarespace)
Builder + hosting bundle
Bookings (Calendly, Acuity)
Separate online booking tool
CRM (HubSpot, Pipedrive)
Customer pipeline tracking
Email marketing (Mailchimp, Klaviyo)
Newsletter + campaigns
Your current stack
$176/mo
= $2,112/year
With OneBookPlus Starter
$29/mo
Replaces everything in the list. One bill.
Free plan available · No card required · Cancel anytime
Scroll through the day from morning to 5pm: the AI receptionist answers and books a missed call, the work runs from the app, the GST invoice is sent on the spot, payment lands and the books balance themselves, a five-star review is requested automatically, and the day closes with the ledger already written.
6:45am
While you're mid final clean
A townhouse goes to PCI Friday and needs a final clean first. The site supervisor calls the first builders-cleaner he finds — you.
AI Receptionist
The AI answers in two rings, books 9:30 am and forwards your Certificate of Insurance — before smoko.
On site
Job card on your phone: site access, scope, the 47-item PCI checklist. Before-and-after photos stamp each item.
From the site
Checklist ticked, photo affidavit attached, one tap sends a GST invoice straight to the builder.
While you quote the next lot
Payment lands, the books update themselves, and $109.09 GST is set aside for BAS.
Reputation on autopilot
After handover the AI asks for a review. The supervisor leaves five stars — zero defects called on cleaning.
The day closes itself
One handover done, the next lot quoted. The book did the rest.
$0
collected
0
admin tasks done by AI
0
evenings lost
Builders-clean pricing
Start free, upgrade when the site contracts justify it. No contracts, no setup fees, no per-crew tax. Cancel any time.
Free
$0/forever
Quote your first final clean today — no credit card.
Starter
$29/mo
Replaces Jobber + Xero + your quote spreadsheet and photo email chain.
No card · Drops to Free if you don't upgrade
Growth
$69/mo
For operators running multiple crews across concurrent site handovers.
Prices in AUD inc. GST. Stripe processing fees apply to card payments (1.7% + 30¢ AU cards). See the full plan comparison
Already on another tool?
Most builders-cleaners move across in a single evening. Export your builders, sites and contacts as CSV, import them with the bulk importer, rebuild your PCI scope templates once, and you're quoting the next handover before the first crew clocks on tomorrow.
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Built-in AI
You're on a job across town — calls go to voicemail, and the quote goes to whoever picks up first.
OneBookPlus
AI Receptionist · incoming call
“Need an end-of-lease clean before Saturday — a quote?”
If you don't answer, the AI books it — End-of-lease clean · Fri 9:00am — and texts a confirmation.
Built in Melbourne, AU
ATO-ready from day one
256-bit encryption
No credit card needed
Common questions from construction and builders-clean operators.
Industry usage varies, but generally: rough clean (during fit-out, removes gross debris and dust so trades can keep working), final clean / builders clean (the proper detail clean before Practical Completion — windows, fixtures, kitchens, bathrooms, every surface), and touch-up clean (after the PCI defect list, you go back and re-clean anything trades dirtied while fixing defects). OneBookPlus tracks each as a separate job so quoting, invoicing, and scope are clean.
Yes. Anyone working on a 'construction site' as defined under model WHS Regulations Part 6.5 needs a Construction Induction (commonly called 'White Card') — it's nationally recognised. The card itself is the credential; many builders also run a site-specific induction before letting you on. OneBookPlus tracks White Card numbers and expiry per crew, plus per-site induction confirmations.
The two common models are per-sqm of cleanable floor area (e.g. $4–$8/sqm for residential final clean depending on complexity) or per-stage fixed price (e.g. $1,200 for a 3-bed townhouse final clean). Per-sqm scales fairly across job sizes and is what most builders expect. Add complexity multipliers for sticker removal, paint over-spray, silicone trim, or post-tenancy defects.
$20m public liability is the residential-site floor; commercial sites and Tier 1 builders often require $40m+. Personal accident / workers compensation is also non-negotiable if you have crew. Many builders refuse to let you start without a Certificate of Insurance in hand. OneBookPlus stores your COI and lets you forward it in two taps.
Yes. The scope-of-work PDF export includes every checklist item with status, your sign-off, the crew member who completed it, and any photos pinned to specific items. Time-stamped, watermarked with your business name and ABN, exportable as a handover affidavit the builder attaches to PCI documentation.
Many builders contract a 90-day post-handover touch-up clean — you go back after the defect period and re-clean. Set this up as a recurring job with a 90-day trigger from the practical-completion date. OneBookPlus auto-creates the job in your pipeline on the due date with the touch-up scope template pre-loaded.
If you're doing pre-demolition or pre-renovation cleans on pre-1990 buildings, asbestos awareness matters — but cleaners aren't typically licensed asbestos removers. Stay in your lane: track which sites are flagged 'pre-1990 — asbestos register required' on the job, and refuse to clean any debris of unknown origin. SafeWork AU publishes the awareness training requirements.
About the author
Founder & CEO, OneBookPlus
Bishal has over a decade of experience in digital marketing, web development, and small business consulting across Australia. He has worked with Australian construction cleaning operators on residential, multi-storey commercial fit-out, and civil project sites — building tooling around the real-world rough / final / touch-up workflow that protects cleaners through PCI handover disputes.
Most builders-cleaners run the business out of a phone gallery and a messaging thread. The site supervisor texts you a Friday-PCI deadline, you eyeball the floor plan to guess a per-sqm number, your crew ticks a paper job sheet that ends up coffee-stained in the ute, and the before-and-after photos scatter across three phones. Then six weeks after handover the builder claims the ensuite shower was chipped when you left and there is nothing date-stamped to prove the bench was spotless. Worse, the rough-clean labour gets quietly folded into the final-clean quote, so a job you thought made money actually bled it.
OneBookPlus rebuilds the operation around the site and the three clean stages. Apply a PCI-aligned scope template (residential single, townhouse, multi-storey fit-out, retail tenancy, civil shed) and every PCI line item materialises as a checklist the crew lead ticks on-site. The rough clean during fit-out, the final clean before practical completion and the post-defect touch-up are each their own job with their own scope, their own crew loadout and their own invoice line — so the builder gets a clean per-stage quote and you never subsidise the debris-out work. Per-room before-and-after photos pin to the exact checklist item, time-stamped and watermarked with your ABN, and export as a handover affidavit PDF that settles the chipped-shower argument before it starts.
The day starts on the ‘My Day’ view: which sites are at rough, final or touch-up, which crew is where, and per-house completion percentage as the checklists tick off. Crew leads clock in on-site, work the scope, and snap the photos that matter most for PCI — windows (sticker and paint-flick), kitchens (rangehood, splashback) and bathrooms (silicone set, shower glass). When a supervisor books a late final clean through your branded page, it lands tagged with the site address and stage, ready to slot into tomorrow's crew run. Every completed stage converts to a GST invoice with your ABN, a Pay Now link, and the affidavit attached — and a 90-day touch-up auto-spawns into the pipeline from the practical-completion date.
Connect your business bank account via CDR Open Banking and transactions flow in daily. Builder progress payments match against open invoices automatically; consumables from Bunnings or a chemical supplier categorise as job materials; fuel, insurance premiums and equipment hire are classified by the AI engine that learns your patterns. Come BAS time the GST summary is already prepared — GST collected on cleaning stages, GST credits on purchases, net owing — exportable in one click, shareable with your accountant, or lodged direct to the ATO via the Tax Lodgement app.
Sign up free — no credit card, no lock-in. Choose “Construction cleaning” as your business type and OneBookPlus pre-configures the three-stage workflow, six PCI scope templates, an AU chart of accounts, and invoice templates with your ABN. Store your White Cards and your $20m/$40m Certificate of Insurance so you can forward the COI to a site supervisor in two taps. Import your builders and sites via CSV from Jobber, ServiceM8 or a spreadsheet. Most operators apply their first PCI template within ten minutes and send a per-sqm quote on a real site the same afternoon.
Three-stage workflow, White Card tracking, per-sqm quoting, handover photo affidavits — built for Australian construction cleaners. Free to start, AUD billing.
Get Started FreeLast reviewed and updated: by Bishal Shrestha
Authoritative sources
Construction cleaning falls under model Work Health and Safety law, the cleaning-services modern award, and the Australian Standards referenced on PCI handover. We cite the primary bodies so you can verify the claims on this page directly.
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From the blog
Practical guides and explainers from the OneBookPlus blog, grouped by topic.
A practical AU guide for cleaners on building recurring residential and commercial contracts that survive the first six months — pricing, frequency, contract terms, cancellation policy, and the route-density maths that decide whether you actually make money.
A practical guide to pricing bond cleans across Australia — the per-bedroom / per-bathroom benchmarks, the add-ons every quote should isolate, and the margin math that separates profitable operators from the race-to-bottom.
The five marketing channels that actually get a new cleaning operator from zero to five paying clients in the first 60 days — without burning cash on Google Ads.
How much public liability cover does a cleaning business actually need in Australia, what it costs, what it covers, and the three claim scenarios every operator should be insured against.
Who it's for
Residential framers, commercial fit-out specialists, townhouse cleaners, retail tenancy operators.
Single-storey and townhouse final cleans. Needs per-sqm quoting, sticker removal multipliers, photo handover affidavits.
Multi-storey CBD fit-outs with phased handover. Needs three-stage workflow, $40m PL insurance, site-induction tracking.
Quick-turn shop fit-outs before opening. Needs same-day scheduling, after-hours work flagging, COI on demand.
Industrial sheds and civil project sites. Needs WHS compliance, hi-vis crew, scope flexibility for off-spec sites.
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Real-world scenario
How a Sydney builders-cleaner handles 8 townhouse final cleans across a 3-day handover window
Monday: builder calls — 8 townhouses going to PCI on Friday, needs final cleans done by Thursday close. Tom creates 8 jobs in OneBookPlus from his Townhouse Final Clean template, each pre-loaded with the standard 47-item PCI checklist.
Tuesday: crew of 4 starts on Block A, 2 townhouses per day. Crew lead clocks in on-site, ticks scope items off the checklist as they go, snaps before-and-after photos for windows, kitchens, and bathrooms (the three categories most likely to attract PCI defects).
Wednesday-Thursday: same pattern. Tom monitors the OneBookPlus 'My Day' view to see per-house completion percentage in real time. House 5 has a sticker-removal issue on the upper windows — crew lead flags it, Tom dispatches a second crew member with a steam gun.
Thursday close: all 8 houses signed off. Tom generates the handover affidavit PDF — 376 photos, 47 ticked items per house, time-stamped and watermarked — and emails the bundle to the builder's site supervisor.
Friday PCI: only 2 defects called on cleaning (silicone smear in one shower, fingerprints on one stainless rangehood). Tom dispatches a 30-minute touch-up clean Saturday morning, photographs the fix, invoices the original job + touch-up as separate line items. Builder pays both in 7 days.
How we compare
How the AU-native platform compares to the generic options.
| Feature | OneBookPlus | Jobber | Paper job sheets | Niche builder software |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Three-stage workflow (rough/final/touch-up) | Yes | No | No | No |
| White Card + site-induction tracking | Yes | No |
| No |
| No |
| Per-sqm + complexity-multiplier quoting | Yes | No | No | No |
| Handover photo affidavit PDF | Yes | No | No | No |
| COI forwarding in two taps | Yes | No | No | No |
| AU-native (GST, ABN, BAS) | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| Free plan available | Yes | No | No | No |
| Price | From $0/mo | $49+/mo | $0 + hours | USD only |