Florida law requires a milestone structural inspection of any condominium building three habitable stories or more in height by December 31 of the year it reaches 30 years of age, and every 10 years after that, with local enforcement agencies allowed to move that to 25 years for buildings near salt water (Fla. Stat. 553.899). Pompano Beach’s beachfront corridor is full of towers old enough to be in that cycle, which is why so many units there end up needing a post-construction clean nobody budgeted for: the association hires the engineer and the restoration contractor, and the owner is left with concrete dust on every interior surface.

This is a guide to that specific situation — your building is doing balcony, railing, stucco or impact-window work, and your unit is dusty in a way that a normal cleaning will not fix. Here is what the work actually involves, when to book it, and what it is not.

Restoration dust is not house dust, and it should not be dusted

Household dust is mostly fabric fiber, skin and pollen. The dust that gets into a unit during concrete restoration, balcony demolition or window replacement is ground stucco, concrete, mortar and glazing compound. Two properties change how it has to be handled:

It is abrasive. Dragging a dry cloth across concrete dust on glass, polished stone or a stainless appliance grinds the particles into the finish. This is the single most common way a well-meaning owner turns a dusty condo into a scratched one. Impact glass and marble windowsills are the usual casualties.
Cement-based dust is alkaline. Mixed with South Florida humidity it can leave a hazy film on glass and etch marks on polished marble and travertine if it sits. That is why we treat glass and natural stone as timed work, not as an end-of-day wipe-down.

The practical rule our crews follow: nothing abrasive gets moved dry. Surfaces are HEPA-vacuumed first, then wiped with a wet microfiber that is rinsed often, working top to bottom so nothing falls onto something already finished. Glass goes last, after the frames and tracks are clean, because a clean pane next to a dusty track is a pane that will be dirty again in an hour.

What gets dirty when the work happens outside your unit

Owners expect the balcony to need cleaning. The surprises are inside. On exterior-restoration jobs the dust path is almost always the same:

Slider and window tracks, and the weep holes in them. Tracks collect the heaviest grit, and the weep holes that drain rainwater out of the frame clog with mortar dust. A clogged weep hole is how a dusty condo becomes a wet one in the next storm.
Frames, sills and screens. New impact windows arrive with glazing residue, label adhesive and sticker glue on the frames as well as the glass.
The A/C return and supply vents. The air handler runs through the whole project and pulls fine dust into the system, then redistributes it. Vent louvers, grilles and the return face need cleaning, and the filter needs changing after the work is signed off, not during.
High horizontal surfaces. Door and cabinet tops, crown molding, ceiling fan blades, light fixtures, the top of the refrigerator. These read clean from eye level and will shed dust for weeks if they are skipped.
Soft surfaces. Upholstery, drapes, mattresses and rugs hold the fine fraction. These need vacuuming, not wiping, and they are the reason a unit can still smell dusty after every hard surface is spotless.
Inside closets and cabinets nearest the work. Dust travels under doors. We open and vacuum the cabinetry on the exterior wall as a matter of course.

When to book it: after your stack is signed off, not between phases

On a project the owner controls, the right answer is usually several cleans at different stages. We have measured this: on an 8,000 sq ft Coral Gables new build we cleaned the house three times as it moved toward completion — a crew of 15 for two consecutive days on the first pass, 12 after the painters finished, and 6 for the final detail before staging and photography. Each stage was a different job with different labor.

An association-run restoration is different, because you do not control the schedule. Crews move stack by stack and floor by floor, and a unit that is clean on Tuesday can be dusty again on Thursday if the stack above is still open. So the rule flips:

Ask the property manager or the restoration contractor when work on your stack and the stacks above you is complete — not when the building’s project ends, which can be a year later.
Book the clean after that sign-off, and plan it for after the final filter change and after any touch-up painting of interior frames.
If you are living in the unit through the work, an interim recurring clean keeps the dust load down, but treat it as maintenance. The full post-construction detail still has to happen at the end.
If you are renting or selling, work backwards from the first showing or guest check-in, not forward from the construction date.

What we do, and what stays with the contractor

Our post-construction service is detailed surface cleaning only. We lift construction dust and drywall powder from every surface, remove paint, adhesive and grout haze from millwork, glass and fixtures, detail tracks, vents, cabinets and light fixtures, and clean floors and grout of haze. We do not haul away debris, construction materials or trash off-site — that stays with the association’s contractor, and you should confirm in writing that it will be gone before our crew arrives. A unit with material still stacked in it cannot be finish-cleaned.

Two more logistics that are specific to a tower rather than a house. First, the certificate of insurance: most South Florida associations run a vendor-approval process and want a COI naming the association and the management company. Give us your building name when you book so that paperwork is with management before the date. Second, the service elevator — vendor windows in Pompano Beach buildings are usually weekday blocks that have to be reserved, and a crew sitting in a lobby is the most avoidable problem in this business.

What it costs, and when a deep clean is the better call

Post-construction cleaning is priced as a flat rate by finished square footage: small (under 1,500 sq ft) $1,500, medium (under 3,000 sq ft) $3,750, large (under 5,000 sq ft) $5,000, extra-large (under 7,500 sq ft) $8,000, super (under 10,000 sq ft) $10,000. The full tiers are on our post-construction cleaning page, and our post-construction cleaning in Pompano Beach page covers the local service details.

That rate reflects construction-grade work: more crew, more passes, more time per surface. If your building’s work never opened your envelope — say the project was confined to the garage or a different elevation, and your unit is simply overdue — then what you want is a deep clean, which starts at $256 for a studio. We would rather tell you that on the phone than sell you the bigger service. Call 754-354-6072 with your square footage, your building and the stage of the work, and new customers get 10% off a first clean booked by phone.

Why we are comfortable saying all of this

Construction cleaning is a large share of what our crews do. The Coral Gables three-phase new build above, and an 8,000 sq ft skyhome penthouse at Regency Parc that needed a complete post-construction clean in a single pass before leasing showings began, are both written up in full on our customer reviews and case studies page, alongside 145 verified reviews averaging 4.9 out of 5. One of the shorter ones is the standard we aim at on a dust job:

“Not a spec of dust left. Absolutely would hire them again!” — Benji Vulakh, verified Google review

Miami House Cleaning serves Pompano Beach from our Miami office at 601 NE 39th St — we do not have a Broward location, and our crews travel to Broward jobs. You can see the whole county we cover on our Broward County cleaning services page, or the local list on cleaning services in Pompano Beach.

A note on dust and health

Thorough cleaning after construction work reduces your exposure to settled and airborne construction dust and to common indoor dust triggers. It is not a medical treatment, and it does not cure, treat, prevent or diagnose asthma, allergies or any other condition. If someone in the home has a respiratory condition and the building is doing demolition work, that is a conversation for their doctor and for your property manager about work scheduling — not something a cleaning company should advise on. We use eco-friendly products, and our cleaners are background-checked and insured.

Common questions

Can I just wait until the building’s whole project is finished?

You can, and if you are not living in the unit that is often the cheapest path. If you are living there, the fine dust keeps recirculating through the A/C, so most owners do an interim clean and then the full detail at the end.

Will one clean be enough?

Usually yes, if work on your stack is genuinely complete and nothing above you is still open. If the schedule slips and the stack above reopens, expect to need a second visit — which is why we ask for the contractor’s sign-off date rather than the building’s project date.

Do you clean the balcony and railings?

Yes, as surfaces. Balcony tile, railings, glass panels and the slider threshold are part of the clean. Any leftover construction material or debris out there has to be removed by the contractor first.

Do you do same-day or next-day cleans?

Sometimes, depending on the schedule. Call 754-354-6072 to check availability for your date — we will not promise it sight unseen.

Book it

If your Pompano Beach building is in restoration and you want the unit handled properly once, request a free estimate or call 754-354-6072 with your square footage, your building name and where the project stands. Miami House Cleaning · 601 NE 39th St, Miami, FL 33137 · support@miahousecleaning.com

Written by the Miami House Cleaning team with AI assistance; facts checked against our published services and pricing.