What does a day porter actually do?

Maintains the building visible presentation during business hours: lobby, elevators, washrooms, meeting rooms, and immediate incident response. Not the same as nightly cleaning — a porter keeps the building at the standard nightly cleaning already established.

What are typical porter hours?

8am to 4pm covers most buildings. High-traffic Class-A properties run 8am to 6pm or two overlapping shifts (7am-3pm and 11am-7pm). We match the shift to your tenant traffic pattern.

Is a day porter different from a concierge?

Yes. A concierge handles tenant services (packages, visitors, security). A porter handles building maintenance (cleaning, incidents, restocking). Some buildings combine both roles; more often we work alongside a separate concierge company.

What if the porter is sick or on vacation?

We assign a named backup porter familiar with the building. Vacation coverage is planned two weeks ahead with the property manager.

Do you provide uniforms and communication tools?

Yes — uniformed, radio or phone-equipped, and identifiable to tenants. Uniform style matches the building tone: business casual for Class-A office, more branded for hospitality and retail properties.

Simple Service — Entretien ménager commercial & industriel au Grand Montréal

Simple Service est une compagnie d'entretien ménager commercial québécoise. Nous desservons Montréal, Laval, Longueuil, Brossard et Terrebonne — la Communauté métropolitaine de Montréal (CMM). Bureaux, immeubles locatifs, entrepôts, cliniques, commerces de détail et événements. Équipes formées CNESST, superviseur bilingue dédié, rapports photo horodatés à chaque visite.

Commercial cleaning company serving Greater Montreal. We clean offices, apartment buildings, warehouses, medical clinics, retail stores, and event venues across Montreal, Laval, Longueuil, Brossard, and Terrebonne. CNESST-registered crews, bilingual supervisor, photo reports every visit. Free quote in 24 hours.

Nos services d'entretien ménager commercial à Montréal

Entretien ménager commercial — bureaux, immeubles à logements, commerces de détail. Programmes récurrents adaptés à l'achalandage réel.

Nettoyage de bureaux à Montréal, Laval, Longueuil — quotidien, hebdomadaire, ou aux 2 semaines.

Nettoyage industriel et nettoyage d'entrepôt — dégraissage industriel, lavage à pression, protocoles poussière fine.

Nettoyage après-construction et nettoyage post-rénovation — remise en état pour livraison de chantier.

Nettoyage d'événements — avant, pendant et après.

Nettoyage spécialisé — décapage et cirage de planchers, décontamination, désinfection profonde.

Our commercial cleaning services in Greater Montreal

Commercial cleaning — offices, apartment buildings, retail. Recurring programs sized to real traffic.

Office cleaning in Montreal, Laval, Longueuil — daily, weekly, or bi-weekly.

Industrial cleaning and warehouse cleaning — industrial degreasing, pressure washing, fine-dust protocols.

Post-construction cleaning — handover-ready cleanup for GC handoff.

Event cleaning — before, during, and after.

Specialized cleaning — floor stripping and waxing, decontamination, deep disinfection.

Territoire desservi — Communauté métropolitaine de Montréal

Montréal — Centre-ville, Vieux-Montréal, Plateau Mont-Royal, Griffintown, Mile End, Saint-Laurent, Anjou, LaSalle.

Laval — Chomedey, Sainte-Dorothée, Vimont, parcs industriels de l'Autoroute 440.

Longueuil — Saint-Hubert, Greenfield Park, parc industriel.

Brossard — Quartier DIX30 et zones commerciales de la Rive-Sud.

Terrebonne — Lachenaie, La Plaine, entreprises de la Rive-Nord.

Pourquoi Simple Service ?

Superviseur bilingue dédié pour chaque compte.

Équipes internes formées CNESST + sous-traitants spécialisés au besoin — un seul bon de commande.

Rapports photo horodatés et listes de contrôle numériques à chaque visite.

Facturation transparente, contrats sans engagement à long terme.

Devis en 24 h · Assurance responsabilité civile.

Business-hour building presence

Day porter services

A day porter is the visible face of building maintenance during business hours. Spilled coffee in the lobby, an overflowing washroom, a package that needs signing — someone on site handles it within minutes instead of you calling a work order that gets serviced tomorrow.

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Day porter scope

On-site presence, uniformed staff, real-time response.

Assigned porter

The same person each day, uniformed, on a written route through the building. Named backup for absences.

Lobby and elevator maintenance

Spot-clean throughout the day. Salt tracks in November-April cleaned as they occur, not overnight.

Washroom refresh

Every 90-120 minutes: restock, spot-clean, quick disinfect on high-touch surfaces.

Package and delivery handling

Signing, sorting to tenant floors, or holding at concierge per building protocol.

Meeting room resets

Between-meeting reset, garbage pull, glass wipe, chair reset. Coordinated with the booking calendar.

Real-time incident response

Spills, floods, damaged fixtures — porter responds within minutes, escalates to property manager as needed.

Where we work: the Greater Montreal area

Class-A office buildings across downtown Montreal, Old Port and the Yul-Griffintown corridor operate on a service standard that assumes visible cleanliness at all times. Overnight janitorial resets the building at 6am; a day porter maintains that state through the 8am-6pm business day. Together they define the tenant experience.

The typical day porter shift in the CMM runs 8am to 4pm or 10am to 6pm depending on the building. Standard scope includes lobby maintenance, elevator interior spot-cleaning, washroom refresh every 90-120 minutes, package handling, meeting room resets, and small-incident response. Larger buildings run two porter shifts to cover the full business day.

Service area: Montreal, Laval, Longueuil, Brossard, Terrebonne.

Frequently asked questions

What facility managers ask us most often.

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