Crew sized to the job
One to four operatives depending on floor area, with a named supervisor and a mobile cover team for sickness. Aldgate gyratory red routes, tower-block concierge sign-in and lift booking.
City of London · EC3 · Commercial cleaning
Professional Commercial cleaning in Aldgate, EC3
Same-week slots · Fully insured · Local Aldgate fitters · Fixed written pricesCommercial cleaning for Aldgate (EC3) households — 4,914 of them, 98% in flats. From £22 fixed, one to four operatives depending on floor area, with a named supervisor and a mobile cover team for sickness Named, DBS-checked operatives, a written scope of work, and a digital sign-off left on file.
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- £5m public liability
- Licensed waste carrier CBDU300454
- Since 2019
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- Commercial cleaning in Aldgate EC3 from £22, fixed in writing
- Most booked here: office and commercial premises
- Mobilisation typically takes 7–10 working days from signed scope; urgent cover can start within 48 hours.
- City of London Corporation permits, ULEZ and the Congestion Charge itemised, never hidden
- Trustpilot 4.5· 3,100+ reviews
- Google 3.9· 1,426 reviews
- £5m public liability
- Licensed waste carrier CBDU300454
- Since 2019
- From, office clean, per hour per operative
- £22From, office clean, per hour per operative
- Aldgate homes are flats
- 98%Aldgate homes are flats
- Privately rented
- 48%Privately rented
- Households in Aldgate
- 4,914Households in Aldgate
Overview
Commercial cleaning in Aldgate EC3, explained
Commercial cleaning in Aldgate EC3 is a fixed-price visit for renter-heavy homes in City of London, most of them post-war. 4,914 households sit inside this EC3 patch, 98% of them flats, so we quote on access near The Gherkin at 30 St Mary Axe rather than a London average.
How it works
How commercial cleaning works in Aldgate
Five steps, the same on every EC3 job, so you know what happens before you commit. New-build and conversion flats lined with dot-and-dab plasterboard, as the Aldgate stock goes, a median age of 37 in this neighbourhood shapes what gets ordered here is what we plan for here.
Step 1
Site survey
We walk the floor, measure it and write the scope against what is actually there.
Step 2
Fixed proposal
Hours, headcount, frequency and price per visit — no vague 'as required' lines.
Step 3
Mobilisation
Fobs, inductions, RAMS and the consumables order sorted before day one.
Step 4
Daily delivery
Digital sign-off per visit so building management can see what was done and when.
Step 5
Monthly review
A supervisor audit against the scope, with the score sent to you in writing.
Why choose us
Why Aldgate customers book us
What follows is specific to Aldgate: its walls, its access and the paperwork City of London agents ask for.
Booked around your day
Mobilisation typically takes 7–10 working days from signed scope; urgent cover can start within 48 hours. Aldgate (Circle, Metropolitan) is the nearest station, so a EC3 visit rarely needs a whole morning set aside.
Aldgate walls, not generic walls
We expect with metal stud partitions between rooms — and dot-and-dab plasterboard over blockwork — the reality on the streets around The Gherkin at 30 St Mary Axe in EC3, and we carry the anchors, through-fixings and long bits that match. The mistake we spend most time undoing here is short screws that grip only the board and slowly lever it off the dabs on these streets — which is why City of London Corporation kerb rules get settled before the van is loaded.
Insured and documented
£10m public liability, employer's liability, DBS-checked operatives and a full RAMS and COSHH pack — the standard London managing agents ask for before issuing access.
Fixed prices
Commercial cleaning prices in Aldgate
Fixed prices for EC3 and the rest of City of London. Frequency, headcount and hours drive the price, not floor area alone. Out-of-hours access and single-visit weeks cost more per hour than a five-day contract.
| Job | From | Typical time | What sets the price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Office clean, per hour per operative | £22 | Min. 2 hrs | The London rate carries the London Living Wage, travel inside Zones 1–4 and the operative's DBS check and uniform. |
| Small office contract (up to 10 desks), per visit | £55 | 2 hrs | Desks, kitchen, washrooms and floors on a fixed scope, three to five times a week. |
| Retail unit daily clean, per visit | £65 | 2–3 hrs | Shop floor, fitting rooms, glass and back-of-house before opening — priced for a pre-7am start. |
| Out-of-hours premium | +15% | — | Nights, Sundays and bank holidays carry the enhanced rate we pay the operative, shown as its own line. |
| Periodic deep clean, per sq ft | £0.35 | Overnight | Hard-floor machine work, carpet extraction and high-level dusting, usually quarterly on a London office. |
Office clean, per hour per operative
£22 · Min. 2 hrs
The London rate carries the London Living Wage, travel inside Zones 1–4 and the operative's DBS check and uniform.
Small office contract (up to 10 desks), per visit
£55 · 2 hrs
Desks, kitchen, washrooms and floors on a fixed scope, three to five times a week.
Retail unit daily clean, per visit
£65 · 2–3 hrs
Shop floor, fitting rooms, glass and back-of-house before opening — priced for a pre-7am start.
Out-of-hours premium
+15% · —
Nights, Sundays and bank holidays carry the enhanced rate we pay the operative, shown as its own line.
Periodic deep clean, per sq ft
£0.35 · Overnight
Hard-floor machine work, carpet extraction and high-level dusting, usually quarterly on a London office.
Commercial work is quoted plus VAT at 20%. Contracts run rolling monthly with 30 days' notice — we do not use 12-month tie-ins. Consumables can be supplied at cost plus 10% or you can buy your own.
Scope
What's included in Aldgate
The same scope across EC3, whether the job is a single item or a full room.
Included in the price
- On EC3 jobs: named, DBS-checked operatives — the same faces, not a rota of strangers, agreed on the doorstep in Aldgate before anything is unpacked
- In Aldgate: rAMS pack, COSHH file and £10m public liability at mobilisation, timed against the walk in from Aldgate (Circle, Metropolitan)
- Colour-coded equipment and a written scope of work per area, noted on the Aldgate job sheet so the next visit starts from it
- Standard on City of London bookings: supervisor site visits and a digital sign-off sheet per clean, allowing for the 48% of EC3 homes that are privately rented and need the landlord's sign-off
- On EC3 jobs: trade-waste bagging and transfer, evidenced for your duty-of-care file, with 98% of homes here being flats, planned around the stair or the lift
Not included
- Specialist decontamination, sharps or clinical waste, handled by City of London Corporation or a specialist contractor instead
- External window cleaning above ground floor, and we will say so before the EC3 visit rather than on the day
- Consumables unless you add them to the contract, outside the fixed price on Aldgate bookings
- Deep-clean machine work, which is quoted separately as periodic work, quoted separately if you need it arranged in EC3
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Coverage
Where we work around Aldgate EC3
Commercial cleaning across City of London and the EC3 district, mapped below.
Also in this area
Other handyman work in Aldgate
Same fitters, same EC3 rounds, same fixed-price approach.
Upholstery and sofa cleaning in Aldgate
Sofas, armchairs, dining chairs and mattresses cleaned in place and dried the same day.
Carpet cleaning in Aldgate
Hot-water extraction for wool, synthetic and sisal, with stain and odour treatment.
One-off deep cleaning in Aldgate
The whole-property version, top of the wardrobes down to the skirting.
Driveway cleaning in Aldgate
Block paving, resin-bound and imprinted concrete driveways cleaned, resanded and sealed.
Pathway jet washing in Aldgate
Front paths, side returns and communal walkways cleaned without lifting loose flags.
Business clearance in Aldgate
Offices, shops and units cleared out of hours, with data-bearing kit handled properly.
Most booked alongside this in Aldgate EC3
Working in Aldgate
Aldgate EC3 at a glance
Published figures for the neighbourhood that covers Aldgate — the numbers that actually change a commercial cleaning quote.
Walk Aldgate from The Gherkin at 30 St Mary Axe outwards and the post-war pattern is obvious: 98% of the 4,914 households in EC3 live in flats, 2% in houses.
Private renting sits at 48% and owner-occupation at 37%; the first group books commercial cleaning at short notice, the second plans it.
Aldgate substrates run to with metal stud partitions between rooms — and dot-and-dab plasterboard over blockwork — the reality on the streets around The Gherkin at 30 St Mary Axe. Nothing is drilled until the wall has been sounded, because short screws that grip only the board and slowly lever it off the dabs on these streets — which is why City of London Corporation kerb rules get settled before the van is loaded is the mistake that costs a EC3 customer twice.
Anyone who knows Aldgate knows the pattern near The Gherkin at 30 St Mary Axe: eastern edge of the Square Mile where office towers meet Whitechapel's high street. We plan the EC3 visit around it. Aldgate sits inside the Congestion Charge zone as well as ULEZ, so both are itemised on the quote rather than absorbed into an hourly rate.
Getting to the door matters as much as the job: aldgate gyratory red routes, tower-block concierge sign-in and lift booking. Aldgate (Circle, Metropolitan) is the nearest station, and one to four operatives depending on floor area, with a named supervisor and a mobile cover team for sickness.
Area at a glance
Aldgate EC3 by the numbers
Who lives in Aldgate and what they live in decides how commercial cleaning is quoted and how long a visit takes. These are the published Census 2021 figures for the City of London neighbourhood itself — not City of London-wide averages, and not estimates.
8,583
Residents
City of London neighbourhood, Census 2021
4,914
Households
Median age 36.9
Flats vs houses
Flats 98%Houses 2%
Residents by sex
Male55%
Female45%
Single-person households
51%
Privately rented
48.3%
- Median age
- 36.9
- Owner-occupied
- 36.8%
- Social rented
- 14.9%
- Postcode districts
- EC3, E1
- Nearest station
- Aldgate
- Parking
- CPZ + C-Charge + ULEZ
Source: ONS Census 2021 via Nomis (TS008, TS041, TS007A, TS044, TS054, TS003), MSOA geography. Figures cover the ONS neighbourhood City of London (E02000001) — the published geography that covers Aldgate, not the whole borough. Neighbourhood names: House of Commons Library MSOA Names (OGL). Coordinates for the EC3 district: 51.5143, -0.0865 — Outward postcode centroid, postcodes.io (Ordnance Survey Open Data).
Common questions
Commercial cleaning in Aldgate EC3 — your questions.
How much does commercial cleaning cost in Aldgate EC3?
Office clean, per hour per operative starts at £22 in Aldgate on City of London bookings, with 2% of Aldgate homes being houses — and The Gherkin at 30 St Mary Axe a few streets away, and every job is quoted as a fixed written price before a fitter is booked. Frequency, headcount and hours drive the price, not floor area alone on the streets near The Gherkin at 30 St Mary Axe. Out-of-hours access and single-visit weeks cost more per hour than a five-day contract on EC3 jobs.
Do you clean small offices as well as large sites in Aldgate?
Yes — from a ten-desk office near The Gherkin at 30 St Mary Axe at £55 a visit up to multi-floor contracts, the scope and the operative headcount scale to the unit, not the other way round for Aldgate (EC3) addresses — and a median age of 37 in this neighbourhood, with this being a short walk from Aldgate (Circle, Metropolitan).
Can cleaning happen out of hours in Aldgate EC3?
Yes, with a +15% out-of-hours rate shown as its own line on City of London bookings. Many City of London managing agents prefer cleaning before 7am or after close in this 98% flats neighbourhood — and 37% owner-occupation locally, with 15% social-rented stock nearby, and we can supply the RAMS pack that a EC3 building needs before issuing fobs.
What does City of London Corporation expect for trade waste from a commercial clean?
City of London Corporation enforces the duty of care on the occupier on the Aldgate rounds, with 48% of EC3 homes being privately rented, so our contracts bag and transfer trade waste with evidence you can keep on file for an inspection, rather than leaving it as an assumption.
Are your fitters insured for work in EC3?
£10m public liability, employer's liability, DBS-checked operatives and a full RAMS and COSHH pack — the standard London managing agents ask for before issuing access around Aldgate (Circle, Metropolitan), with a median age of 37 in this neighbourhood. That paperwork is what most City of London letting agents and managing agents ask for before work starts in a leasehold flat in this 98% flats neighbourhood, with this being City of London Corporation territory.
What is not included in commercial cleaning in Aldgate?
Specialist decontamination, sharps or clinical waste; External window cleaning above ground floor; Consumables unless you add them to the contract; Deep-clean machine work on the Aldgate rounds, with 51% one-person households here — and this being a short walk from Aldgate (Circle, Metropolitan), which is quoted separately as periodic work. Anything outside that scope is quoted separately so the Aldgate EC3 price you agree is the price you pay on EC3 jobs, with City of London parking rules in play.
Who books commercial cleaning in Aldgate EC3 — tenants, landlords or owners?
All three. With 48% of Aldgate privately rented and 37% owner-occupied, roughly half the EC3 diary is agent- or landlord-instructed and invoiced separately from the person at the door on the Aldgate rounds, with 4,914 households on this patch.
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