Islington · EC1V · After builders cleaning
Post-Construction Cleaning EC1V — Old Street
Just finished works in EC1V? Our Old Street post-construction teams work across Islington and all of EC1V, EC1, taking a finished building site to handover standard — film and labels off, dust HEPA-lifted twice, glass and floors last on EC1V jobs — and 39% one-person households here, with 4,949 households on this patch.
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- Licensed waste carrier CBDU300454
- Since 2019
- Priced by the works and the dust — fixed before we arrive
- M-class HEPA extraction, film, labels and haze removed
- 72-hour re-sparkle promise on every clean
- London Borough of Islington permits and ULEZ inside the price
The service, locally
After builders cleaning in Old Street EC1V
Warehouse and shell conversions around Old Street roundabout and Bunhill Fields burial ground leave brick dust in the mortar joints, paint specks across steel-framed glazing and a grey line along every exposed service run — a slower, drier clean than a standard refurb in this 98% flats neighbourhood — and 4,949 households on this patch, with 52% social-rented stock nearby.
Conversions around Old Street leave a very particular mess — brick and mortar dust in the joints, steel-frame glazing with dozens of edges, exposed services at height and floor finishes that show everything around Old Street (Northern, Great Northern) — and 98% of homes here being flats, with a median age of 32 in this neighbourhood.
Typical works here: warehouse and shell conversions. Access and parking: Red-route roundabout with no kerbside loading, goods-lift booking in the towers and gated estate yards.
- Single-room refit from
- £145Single-room refit from
- Old Street homes are flats
- 98%Old Street homes are flats
- Re-sparkle promise
- 72hrRe-sparkle promise
- Households in Old Street
- 4,949Households in Old Street
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Price a builders clean in Old Street EC1V
£335–£385
6–8 hrs on site · 2 cleaners
- Some protection, some not. Plaster and MDF dust on every horizontal surface, paint specks on glass and ironmongery, grout haze on new tiles, silicone smears and sanding dust in the carpet pile. Two passes minimum, because dust falls again.
- Congestion Charge and ULEZ both apply at this address — both are already inside the band above.
- London Borough of Islington permits and bay suspensions are arranged and paid for by us, not added to your invoice.
- Includes the 72-hour re-sparkle promise: if dust settles again before handover, tell us within 72 hours and we come back to it free.
How the project runs
A builders clean in Old Street from programme to sign-off
- Tell us the works, not just the bedroomsA single kitchen refit, a rear extension, a loft, a whole-house refurb or a new-build handover are different jobs.
- Get a fixed price and a slot in your programmeThe estimate is fixed against the works, the dust level and any add-ons.
- Stage 1 while the last trades finish, if you need itContractors usually book a rough clean so the site stays workable: debris and sheeting out, floors HEPA-vacuumed, labels off, everything safe for second fix and snagging.
- Stage 2 — the full post-construction clean, top downOnce the site is clear, a DBS-checked team works ceiling to floor with HEPA extraction: high dusting, ledges, joinery, glass, sanitaryware, appliances, then floors last — twice over, because fine dust falls again.
Fixed prices
After builders cleaning prices in Old Street EC1V
| Project | Protected site | Full builders clean | Typical time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Single room refit (kitchen or bathroom) | £145 | £185 | 3–4 hrs |
| Two rooms or a knock-through | £205 | £255 | 4–6 hrs |
| Rear extension or loft conversion | £265 | £335 | 6–8 hrs |
| Whole flat refurbishment (1–2 bed) | £315 | £395 | 7–10 hrs |
| Whole house refurbishment (3 bed) | £425 | £525 | 1–1.5 days |
All prices are in GBP and are the price you pay. Domestic work is supplied VAT-free where the cleaner is self-employed; builder, developer, contractor and managing-agent contracts invoiced through the company are quoted plus VAT at 20%, with a purchase-order reference and payment terms agreed before the visit.
The three stages
Rough clean, main clean then the sparkle
3 stages · 26 checked items · every one of them in Old Street EC1V
Stage 1 — builders' rough clean
2–5 hrsAs the trades finish, before second fix
- Loose debris, offcuts and packaging bagged and removed
- +6 more checked in this stage
Stage 2 — the main after builders clean
4 hrs – 2 daysOnce all trades are off site
- Ceilings, coving, cornices and light fittings high-dusted
- +11 more checked in this stage
Stage 3 — the sparkle before handover
2–4 hrsHandover, photography or move-in day
- Second HEPA pass on every horizontal surface
- +6 more checked in this stage
Not included
- Rubble, plasterboard, tiles and heavy construction waste — that goes with your contractor's licensed disposal
- Asbestos-suspect material of any kind; work stops and you are told immediately
Add-ons and local costs
What can change the price in Old Street EC1V
| Add-on | From | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Builders' waste and packaging removal | £90 | 45–90 min |
| Post-construction carpet extraction | £55 | 40–60 min / room |
- Parking, permits and skip bays
- Red-route roundabout with no kerbside loading, goods-lift booking in the towers and gated estate yards. Any permit, bay suspension or dispensation in London Borough of Islington's zone is arranged and paid for by us. If a skip or hoarding licence is still live on the street we work around it rather than asking you to move it.
- Waste — what we can and cannot take
- Packaging, sheeting, offcuts and light debris go with us under our waste carrier registration and you get a transfer note. Rubble, plasterboard, asbestos-suspect material and anything hazardous stays with your contractor's licensed disposal route.
This housing stock
Where construction dust hides in Old Street homes
Radiator fins, backs and the wall behind them
Plaster and sanding dust falls straight into a radiator and then gets blown around the room the first cold evening in this 98% flats neighbourhood, with a median age of 32 in this neighbourhood.
Coverage
Builders cleans around Old Street EC1V
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Related services
Other cleaning we run in Old Street EC1V
Appliance and oven cleaning
Ovens, hobs, extractors and fridges in Old Street brought back after the build, dip-tank cleaned off site where they can be removed.
Jet washing
Driveways, patios and EC1V frontages pressure washed once the skips and scaffold have gone.
One-off deep cleaning
Once the dust is gone and you are living in it again, this is the Old Street reset for grease, limescale and lived-in soil.
End of tenancy cleaning
Refurbished a EC1V rental before re-letting? The inventory-standard check-out clean, worked against the agent's list.
Regular domestic cleaning
Keep the new place looking new: weekly or fortnightly visits with the same cleaner across EC1V.
Carpet cleaning
Post-construction extraction for EC1V carpets, always dry-lifted before anything wet.
Window cleaning
New glazing in EC1V cleaned inside and out, including mortar splash, render spray and frame reveals.
Oven cleaning
Manufacturing residue in a brand-new oven, or the old one before it leaves a Old Street kitchen.
Pre-sale cleaning
Refurbished to sell? The Old Street photography-day clean that makes the listing images work.
Office cleaning
Commercial fit-outs in EC1V handed back to occupancy standard, then maintained on contract.
Commercial cleaning
Retail, hospitality and workplace projects around Old Street, cleaned to a programme with out-of-hours access.
Hoarder clean-up
When a Old Street property has to be cleared before the builders can even start, this is where to begin.
About the area
Old Street in context
Ask anyone in EC1V what marks Old Street out and Old Street roundabout and Bunhill Fields burial ground comes up first on the Old Street rounds, with 19% owner-occupation locally.
Where Old Street sits in our coverage
Old Street sits inside the coverage published on our after-builders cleaning in Islington page, which sits under after-builders cleaning across London. Same-week crews working this postcode also cover after-builders cleaning in Clerkenwell EC1 (0.4 miles), after-builders cleaning in Barbican EC2 (0.6 miles), after-builders cleaning in Angel N1 (0.8 miles), after-builders cleaning in Hoxton N1 (0.8 miles) and after-builders cleaning in Shoreditch E1 (1.8 miles). If your address sits on the boundary, book the closest page — the price and the crew are the same. For every trade we run at this postcode, see all services in Old Street.
Most booked alongside this in Old Street
- Postcode districts
- EC1V, EC1
- Nearest station
- Old Street (Northern, Great Northern)
- Housing stock
- Warehouse and office conversions, new towers with concierge, and Peabody-era estate blocks.
- Landmark
- Old Street roundabout and Bunhill Fields burial ground
- Access, parking and permits
- Red-route roundabout with no kerbside loading, goods-lift booking in the towers and gated estate yards.
- Charging zones
- ULEZ and Congestion Charge
Area at a glance
Old Street EC1V by the numbers
Who lives here and what they live in decides how a clean is priced and how long it takes. These are the published Census 2021 figures for the Old Street & St Luke's neighbourhood itself — not Islington-wide averages, and not estimates.
10,675
Residents
Old Street & St Luke's neighbourhood, Census 2021
4,949
Households
Median age 31.5
Flats vs houses
Residents by sex
Single-person households
38.9%
Privately rented
28.3%
- Median age
- 31.5
- Owner-occupied
- 19.2%
- Social rented
- 52.2%
- Postcode districts
- EC1V, EC1
- Nearest station
- Old Street
- Parking
- CPZ + C-Charge + ULEZ
Source: ONS Census 2021 via Nomis (TS008, TS041, TS007A, TS044, TS054, TS003), MSOA geography. Figures cover the ONS neighbourhood Old Street & St Luke's (E02000576) — the published geography that covers Old Street, not the whole borough. Neighbourhood names: House of Commons Library MSOA Names (OGL). Coordinates for the EC1V district: 51.5268, -0.0978 — Outward postcode centroid, postcodes.io (Ordnance Survey Open Data).
Questions
Old Street EC1V after builders cleaning questions, answered
A single-room refit in Old Street is £145 on a protected site and £185 after a normal builders' aftermath for Old Street (EC1V) addresses, with 2% of Old Street homes being houses.
A deep clean tackles grease, limescale and lived-in soil in an occupied home on EC1V jobs.
In Old Street, yes, and most projects need it. Stage 1 is a rough clean so the site stays workable during second fix in this 98% flats neighbourhood. Ask for it in writing before the EC1V visit and it is on the job sheet.
Source: ONS Census 2021, borough totals via Nomis (table TS008, TS041, TS007A, TS044, TS054, TS003). Figures describe the whole borough, the smallest area ONS publishes every one of these tables for.
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