London commercial cleaning · Central London
We work in Lambeth every week — south bank culture, brixton's markets and the victorian grid running out to streatham. Commercial cleaning is priced against that reality, not a national average.
Fixed prices
| 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.
Working in Lambeth
The stock in Lambeth is victorian terraces and conversions, edwardian mansion blocks and estates such as angell town, and the mix changes street by street — Balham (SW12), Brixton (SW9) and Clapham (SW4) each behave differently on the day.
On the ground, red routes on the a23 and a3, seven-day cpzs in brixton and clapham, and heavy nightlife loading pressure. Locally that means very tight cpz, narrow streets and art deco blocks with small original lifts and market and nightlife congestion, red routes on the a23 and permit-only side streets. Part of Lambeth sits inside the Congestion Charge zone, so the charge is quoted as its own line rather than hidden in the labour rate.
Most managed buildings in Lambeth require a RAMS pack, proof of £10m public liability and DBS-checked operatives before a cleaning contractor is issued fobs. We supply all three at mobilisation rather than in week three.
Why it looks like this: marshland drained for pleasure gardens, then covered in victorian terraces; the windrush generation reshaped brixton from 1948.
Scope
Method
Step 1
We walk the floor, measure it and write the scope against what is actually there.
Step 2
Hours, headcount, frequency and price per visit — no vague 'as required' lines.
Step 3
Fobs, inductions, RAMS and the consumables order sorted before day one.
Step 4
Digital sign-off per visit so building management can see what was done and when.
Step 5
A supervisor audit against the scope, with the score sent to you in writing.
Coverage
Also in this borough
Sofas, armchairs, dining chairs and mattresses cleaned in place and dried the same day.
Hot-water extraction for wool, synthetic and sisal, with stain and odour treatment.
The whole-property version, top of the wardrobes down to the skirting.
Block paving, resin-bound and imprinted concrete driveways cleaned, resanded and sealed.
Front paths, side returns and communal walkways cleaned without lifting loose flags.
Offices, shops and units cleared out of hours, with data-bearing kit handled properly.
Office clean, per hour per operative starts at £22 in Lambeth, and the ladder runs up to £0.35 for the largest job on the table above. 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. Part of the borough is inside the Congestion Charge zone, so a £15 daily charge is added as its own line when the job falls inside the charging hours.
We cover the whole borough: SE1, SE11, SE19, SE24, SE27, SW12, SW16, SW2, SW4 and SW8 and the rest of the Lambeth outward codes. On the ground that includes Balham, Brixton, Clapham, Gipsy Hill, Kennington and Norbury.
Mobilisation typically takes 7–10 working days from signed scope; urgent cover can start within 48 hours. Central London is covered by crews already working in the borough, so travel time is not billed on top.
Red routes on the A23 and A3, seven-day CPZs in Brixton and Clapham, and heavy nightlife loading pressure. Where a permit or a bay suspension is needed we arrange it with London Borough of Lambeth and show the cost in the quote before you agree it. Nothing is added afterwards.
Yes. Victorian terraces and conversions, Edwardian mansion blocks and estates such as Angell Town is exactly the stock we work in daily. Where there is no lift, the crew size is set by the floor level at quote stage, so a third-floor walk-up is priced as a third-floor walk-up rather than re-quoted on the doorstep.
£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. Certificates go out with the booking confirmation, which is what London Borough of Lambeth tenancies and most local managing agents ask for.
One to four operatives depending on floor area, with a named supervisor and a mobile cover team for sickness. Vehicles are ULEZ-compliant, which matters in every Lambeth postcode, and the crew carries everything needed to complete the job in one visit.
Specialist decontamination, sharps or clinical waste, External window cleaning above ground floor and Consumables unless you add them to the contract. If something on that list turns up in Lambeth, we tell you at survey and point you at the right trade rather than taking the booking anyway.
Free quote · 1-hour reply
Send a few details and you get a written quote for your Lambeth address, with permits and charges shown separately.
No deposit is taken until the price and slot are confirmed in writing.
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