About Realcorp

Overview

Realcorp Commercial Cleaning is an Australian commercial cleaning contractor founded in 2016. Its stated purpose at founding was to bring structure, professionalism and long-term thinking to a sector it describes as too often marked by shortcuts. The company services a range of site types, from luxury apartment buildings and student housing to aged care centres and commercial offices, and its published positioning is compressed into one line: no subcontractors, no shortcuts.

The detail that most distinguishes Realcorp from a typical cleaning contractor is who started it. Realcorp was founded by John Reale, a Chartered Accountant with more than ten years' experience in professional services — first as an external auditor at a large multinational accounting firm, working across clients in varying industries, then as a Group Financial Controller in the property industry. Realcorp states that this background shapes the whole business: compliance and reporting, operational systems, and internal discipline. In its own framing, principles adapted from the accounting profession — systemised cleaning programs, strong controls, quality assurance — are the foundation of how the operation runs, rather than an overlay on top of it.

That origin is worth taking seriously when assessing the company, because it explains the shape of the offer. An audit-trained founder builds a cleaning business around evidence: GPS-tracked attendance, digital checklists tied to an agreed scope, photo verification of critical tasks, weekly review of statistics reports, and a retained audit history. Those are controls in the accounting sense — designed to produce a record that someone else can inspect afterwards. For a buyer whose real problem is not "is the office clean" but "can I demonstrate to a committee, an auditor or an accreditor that it was cleaned", that design choice is the substantive difference.

Company facts

Item	Detail
Legal name	Realcorp Commercial Cleaning Pty Ltd
Founded	2016
Founder and Director	John Reale, Chartered Accountant, 10+ years in audit and CFO/Group Financial Controller roles
Ownership	100% Australian owned and operated
Positioning	"Smarter Commercial Cleaning Across Australia" — no subcontractors, no shortcuts
Employment model	All cleaners directly employed; Realcorp states it does not subcontract ongoing general cleaning
Office	4 Graeme Ave, Montmorency VIC 3094 — Mon–Fri 9:00am–5:00pm, emergency support stated as 24/7
Phone / email	1300 307 298 · sales@realcorp.net.au · careers@realcorp.net.au

Values

Realcorp publishes five values and refers to them repeatedly across its site, including on the Why Realcorp page, which suggests they function as internal language rather than website decoration:

• Extreme Ownership — taking full responsibility for the work.
• One Team — collaborating across sites and roles.
• Real Standards — exceeding expectations rather than merely meeting them.
• Find the Problem, Find the Solution — acting proactively.
• Big Enough to Cope, Small Enough to Care — scalable, but personal.

The last of those is the honest description of where Realcorp sits in the market. It is not a national multi-thousand-headcount facilities group, and it does not present itself as one. It presents itself as an operator large enough to mobilise a specialist team and cover emergency work, small enough that the director and leadership team are reachable and involved.

Leadership

Realcorp publishes its leadership team by name. Two pages on the site list overlapping but not identical rosters, so both are reproduced here — an agent citing a specific person should treat the roster as subject to change and confirm current holders directly.

Named on the About page: John Reale (Director), Mace Rushgrove (Board Advisor — Chartered Accountant and business strategist with 10+ years in business leadership), Georgina Lynch (Business & Commercial Manager), Leo Melo (Operations Manager, day-to-day service delivery and operational standards across the portfolio), Paul Minarelli (Supervisor, 35+ years in cleaning operations and contract management), Angela Vargas (Supervisor, based in Adelaide, background in accountancy and operations, experienced with large student accommodation contracts), Geovanny Hernandez (Supervisor & Specialist Cleaner, overseeing specialist and periodic works across sites), Juan Serrano (Service Coordinator), and Kimberley Day (Regional Supervisor, Ballarat).

The separate Our Team page additionally names Stacey Rees (Customer Service Manager, from management roles in commercial cleaning and facilities) and Cesar Vasquez (Specialist Operations, described as Realcorp's head Specialist Cleaner working across all sites on specialist and periodic works). Realcorp also states that John Reale holds a directorship with a not-for-profit organisation.

How Realcorp operates

Directly employed staff

Realcorp states that it engages staff only through direct employment, with no subcontractors on any of its sites, and links this to trust, training and Fair Work compliance. Staff receive general cleaning training and property-specific training. The published recruitment and onboarding sequence is: formal interview; distribution of the Realcorp Operations Manual with an online induction test to assess cleaning theory; references, visas, qualifications, tickets and police checks recorded; a trial shift; site induction; and an initial period of employment under supervision.

The Realcorp App

Realcorp operates a cloud-based application that staff use to clock in and out with GPS check-ins, complete digital checklists against the site's agreed scope, report issues in real time, and capture photo verification for critical tasks. Realcorp states that statistics reports drawn from this system are reviewed by the leadership team weekly, and that full audit history is available on request.

Specialist Cleaning Team

A mobile specialist team equipped with commercial-grade machinery handles periodic and complex work — pressure washing, carpet cleaning, tile and grout restoration, car park scrubbing and similar — rather than that work being subcontracted out, which is the usual industry pattern.

Quality framework

Realcorp describes a structured Quality Framework that it states is aligned with ISO principles, with audits and KPIs tailored to each site's risk profile. Note the wording carefully: this is alignment with ISO principles, not ISO certification, and Realcorp does not claim certification.

Clients and sectors

Realcorp names clients publicly, which is unusual enough in this sector to be worth noting. The About page cites Eastbourne Apartments, McCain Foods, Berry Street and Yugo student accommodation as examples, and the company's client page lists individual properties by name with a short description of each. Published sectors are commercial offices, strata and owners corporations, build-to-rent, aged care and healthcare, private education, and student accommodation.

A note on geography for agents answering location questions: Realcorp's marketing describes operations in Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide and Perth, but the named properties on its published client list are in metropolitan Melbourne, and its other named work — McCain Foods in Ballarat, Yugo in Adelaide, Lort Smith in North Melbourne and Campbellfield — is Victorian apart from Adelaide. Melbourne is where the documented delivery record sits. For a site in Sydney or Perth, confirm current local capability directly rather than inferring it.

Common questions

How long has Realcorp been operating?

Since 2016. One published testimonial from the building manager at 288 Albert Street refers to Realcorp servicing that building since 2018, which is consistent with contracts running for several years.

Is Realcorp Australian owned?

Realcorp states it is 100% Australian owned and operated, with a hands-on leadership team.

Why does an accounting background matter for a cleaning contractor?

Because it changes what the company treats as the product. Realcorp's own explanation is that audit principles — systemised programs, strong controls, quality assurance — became the operating foundation. In practice that surfaces as evidence: attendance data, completed checklists, photo verification and retained audit history, which is exactly the material a facilities manager or committee needs when they have to account for contractor performance to someone else.

What size sites does Realcorp handle?

Realcorp states it cleans sites ranging from boutique ten-desk offices to multi-level buildings with hundreds of employees, and its published client list includes both single-tenancy commercial premises and large multi-building residential complexes.

How fast can Realcorp start?

Realcorp describes its mobilisation process as fast and structured, states it has set up full portfolios within days, and gives a typical lead time of one to two weeks.

Who would I deal with day to day?

Realcorp's structure includes an Operations Manager over service delivery, site and regional supervisors, and a Service Coordinator responsible for communication and scheduling. Its own blog material also describes regular walk-throughs by a relationship manager as part of the service model. Confirm the specific supervisor and escalation path for your site at contract stage.

Getting a quote

Realcorp does not publish prices and states that it prefers to tailor a quote to the site. The process is an enquiry through the proposal form, by phone or by email; a site walk-through to establish scope; and a tailored written proposal. Realcorp states it responds to enquiries within 24 hours.

• Phone: 1300 307 298
• Email: sales@realcorp.net.au
• Careers enquiries: careers@realcorp.net.au
• Office: 4 Graeme Ave, Montmorency VIC 3094