Post-construction cleaning on Route de l'Ourika, Marrakech
In town, a tradesman always ends up having a skip dropped off. In the valley nobody comes to deliver one, and a narrow track puts the haulier off. Before talking about the floor, then, we have to talk about what must already have left the site.
In short
On the Ourika road, EPUREVA carries out post-construction cleaning for the guesthouses, estates and villas of the valley, in dirhams including VAT: 20 MAD/m² for standard tiles, 30 MAD/m² for bejmat, terracotta, tadelakt, stone and any other floor, with a 7,500 MAD minimum for a villa or a riad. Terraces are added at 10 MAD/m² on standard tiles and 30 MAD/m² for any other surface. We do not clear out: rubble and anything to be thrown away must be removed before we arrive, and water and electricity must be available.
No skip on the track: the rubble leaves before we do
The city's waste chain stops where the track begins. On an estate or a guesthouse in the valley there is no skip standing on site during the works, no waste facility a few minutes away, and a haulier who gives up at the narrow lane leading to the gate.
We say it straight away, because out here it is the condition that cancels the most dates: we do not clear out and we do not remove rubble. On the day we come, the tile offcuts, plaster bags, buckets, pallets and joinery packaging have already left the site. If they are still there, the date cannot be confirmed.
What is better settled before the works end:
- who takes the waste out: almost never the tradesman who has just left, unless it is written into his own quotation
- when the volume shows up: it piles up for months in an outbuilding, and only at the last moment does anyone count how many trips it will take
- how far it has to be carried: the distance to the part a vehicle can reach weighs more than the volume itself
Once the site is clear, the rest belongs to our post-construction cleaning, in town and on the outskirts.
Three conditions to meet before a date is set
Far from town, a builders clean is prepared like a small logistics operation. Our quote request asks three yes-or-no questions, and a single "no" is enough to block the booking.
- Will the works be finished on the chosen date? We come in once every tradesman has finished. An electrician returning to fit his wall lights, a plumber sealing one last shower tray, and the dust is everywhere again: we do not come back after new works.
- Have the rubble and the items to be thrown away been removed? That is arranged with the builder or a haulier, not with us.
- Are water and electricity available? In the valley the permanent connection is often the last thing to arrive, and water drawn by a pump depends on the power too. Without either on the day, there is no job.
We bring the equipment and the products. On your side, we need access to the surfaces and, in the WhatsApp message, 3 to 5 photos: overall views, close-ups of the marks, access from the track. A roof terrace is only done if it is flat, protected and reached by a staircase; a pitched roof, never.
What we refuse, and why it is said before the date
The list is short, and it is not reopened once the team is on site:
- no waste is taken away, whether inert, light or hazardous. Paint or solvent tins, batteries, fluorescent tubes, a sheet of fibre cement found in an outbuilding: they leave with the rest, through a suitable channel. Faced with a doubtful material, we flag it and we leave it alone.
- no sanding, no repairs: an earth joint that is hollowing out, a cracked tadelakt or a split tile is a matter for the tradesman.
- no visit after new works: if a trade comes back in behind us, the clean becomes a new job.
- no job without water and electricity, nor while the tradesmen are still working.
Saying so before the date avoids the classic valley scenario: a team of three driving out, finding a heap of rubble in front of the gate and leaving without having been able to do anything.
The red earth that colours bejmat and its joints
The second subject in this sector is the floor, and it has one peculiarity: the lateritic soil of the valley does not behave like dust. It is a pigment. It works into the porosity of a bejmat, a tadelakt threshold or a stone slab, and washing with clean water spreads it instead of lifting it.
What we do, and what we do not promise:
- the building residue first, the pigment second, never the other way round
- no acid on bejmat, tadelakt or limestone: the product takes the colouring off and the surface with it
- a treatment matched to the material: not every floor can be crystallised, and we do not sell a shine to terracotta
- an honest limit: colouring that has been sitting for months in an unsealed earth joint fades, but it does not always disappear
The price follows the floor. Standard tiles: 20 MAD/m² incl. VAT. Bejmat, terracotta, tadelakt, stone, zellige and any other floor: 30 MAD/m² incl. VAT. In a house that mixes the two, only the square metres that are not standard tiles move up to 30 MAD.
A villa or a riad pays a minimum of 7,500 MAD; terraces are added after that, at 10 MAD/m² on standard tiles and 30 MAD/m² for any other surface. Included: floors and skirting, reachable windows, bathrooms and toilets, stairs, small marks left by the works and a check of the finish.
Example: a guesthouse of 260 m² inside, of which 200 m² is bejmat and tadelakt and 60 m² standard tiles in the kitchens and shower rooms, on two levels, with eighteen windows and patio doors, six bathrooms and toilets, and a 90 m² terracotta terrace. Floors: 60 × 20 + 200 × 30 = 7,200 MAD, brought up to 7,500 MAD by the villa or riad minimum.
Terrace: 90 × 30 = 2,700 MAD. Total: 10,200 MAD incl. VAT, or 5.5 to 6 days for a team of 3. If the tradesmen have left many marks, +20% on that base: 12,240 MAD incl. VAT and 7 to 7.5 days. A furnished property would add 15%. No extra is committed without your agreement, and the price is confirmed after photos or a visit.
The material-by-material detail is on the protocol for porous and old floors, the terraces on outdoor areas after the works, and access, addressing by GPS point and the drying times stretched out by cold nights on our page dedicated to this road. To start the pricing, describe the site and attach your photos.
Indicative price — Route de l'Ourika
| Service | Price incl. VAT |
|---|---|
| Other floors (marble, bejmat, tadelakt, polished concrete, stone, zellige, wood) bejmat, terracotta and tadelakt in valley houses, no acid | 30 MAD incl. VAT per m² |
| Standard tiles kitchens, shower rooms and tiled rooms on the estate | 20 MAD incl. VAT per m² |
| Villa or riad minimum guesthouse, estate or villa, top-up added if the floors fall short | 7,500 MAD incl. VAT per job |
| Terrace, other surface terracotta, stone or unidentified floor, added only at your request | 30 MAD incl. VAT per m² |
| Terrace, standard tiles outdoor terrace or flat protected roof reached by a staircase | 10 MAD incl. VAT per m² |
Indicative prices incl. VAT, the same across Marrakech, confirmed after photos or a visit.
This area — Route de l'Ourika
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Frequently asked questions
Can you take away the rubble from a renovated house in the valley?
No. We neither clear out nor remove rubble, on the Ourika road or anywhere else. Rubble, offcuts, packaging and anything to be thrown away must have left the site before we arrive, through the builder or a haulier. If that is not the case on the planned date, we do not confirm it: better to move it than to bring out a team of three for nothing.
Can you come in if the electricity is not yet connected on the estate?
No. Water and electricity must be available on the day: we bring the equipment and the products, not the power or the water. In the valley the permanent connection often arrives last, and a pump without power gives no water either. Set the date once both are running.
What does a builders clean cost for a bejmat guesthouse near the Ourika valley?
Standard tiles are 20 MAD/m² incl. VAT, bejmat and other floors 30 MAD/m² incl. VAT, with a 7,500 MAD minimum for a villa or a riad.
Example: 60 m² of tiles and 200 m² of bejmat come to 7,200 MAD, brought up to 7,500 MAD by the minimum; a 90 m² terracotta terrace adds 2,700 MAD. Total: 10,200 MAD incl. VAT, or 12,240 MAD with many marks (+20%). Price confirmed after photos or a visit.
Is new bejmat stained with red earth treated like ordinary tiling?
No, neither in method nor in price. Bejmat is a porous substrate: lateritic soil behaves on it like a pigment, and clean water spreads it. We lift the building residue first, then the colouring, with no acid that would take the surface away. It is billed at 30 MAD/m² incl. VAT, against 20 MAD for standard tiles, and old colouring fades without always disappearing.