Will this get my full deposit back?

We guarantee the cleaning element, which is the most commonly disputed part of a check-out. If the report flags cleaning within 72 hours we return and re-clean free. We cannot cover damage, missing items or wear and tear — deposit schemes assess those separately from cleanliness.

What if the agent isn't happy — do you re-clean?

Yes. Send us the check-out report within 72 hours of our visit and we return to re-clean the flagged items at no cost, usually within 48 hours. We also give you a photo record and completed checklist on the day, which resolves most Islington queries before a re-clean is needed.

Do you cover all of EC1V, EC1?

Yes — every street in EC1V, EC1, including Old Street and the neighbouring Islington areas. Boundary postcodes are covered too; enter the full postcode in the quote form and it confirms coverage instantly.

Do I need to be there, and should the property be empty?

You do not need to be there — key collection, a key safe or agent key release all work. The property should be empty of your belongings and furniture where possible, because we clean inside cupboards, behind appliances and along skirtings. Utilities need to be on: no hot water or power means no proper clean.

Do you clean carpets as well?

Carpet steam cleaning is an add-on at £45 per room using hot-water extraction, and it is booked on the same visit so you get one receipt for the agent. Vacuuming and traffic-lane treatment are already included in the tenancy clean itself.

How far in advance should I book around Old Street?

Seven to ten days is comfortable for EC1V, and month-end Fridays are the busiest slot in Islington by a wide margin. We can often cover a next-day booking, and same-day when a check-out moves at short notice.

Do I need a visitor parking permit in Islington?

No. Red-route roundabout with no kerbside loading, goods-lift booking in the towers and gated estate yards. Where London Borough of Islington operates a controlled parking zone at your address we check the hours at booking and arrange a visitor permit, a suspended bay or a dispensation ourselves. You are never asked to buy a permit and it is not added to your invoice.

Is Old Street in the ULEZ or Congestion Charge zone?

Old Street is inside the ULEZ and part of Islington falls inside the Congestion Charge zone. Both are already inside the fixed price we quote — there is no separate line on your invoice.

Can you access a building with a concierge or fob entry?

Yes. Tell us the access process at booking and we register the team, book the service or goods lift where the managing agent requires it, and send ID and insurance documents to the concierge in advance. Key-safe and agent key release both work too.

Do you handle hard-water limescale?

Yes, and it matters here: London's water is hard in every borough, and scale on screens, taps and toilets is the second most common reason a check-out clean gets rejected. We use acid-safe descaler with proper contact time rather than abrasives, so chrome and glass are not scratched.

Do you offer same-day or last-minute cleans in EC1V?

Often, yes. Genuine same-day bookings carry a £40 premium and depend on a team being free; next-day slots carry no premium at all. Call 020 3633 4555 for same-day availability — the online form covers everything from tomorrow onwards.

End of Tenancy Clean EC1V, Old Street

The service, locally

End of tenancy cleaning in Old Street EC1V

Much of EC1V is managed apartment living — concierge sign-in, booked goods lifts, integrated appliances and balconies — so access is arranged with the building before the Old Street team arrives, not at the intercom.

Access and parking here: Red-route roundabout with no kerbside loading, goods-lift booking in the towers and gated estate yards.

Studio check-out from: £165Studio check-out from
Old Street privately rented: 28%Old Street privately rented
Re-clean guarantee: 72hrRe-clean guarantee
Households in Old Street: 4,949Households in Old Street

Instant estimate

Price your Old Street check-out clean in under a minute

Pick the property size and any extras — the estimate updates as you go, and it is the same fixed price we hold on the day.

Instant estimate

Price your check-out clean in Old Street EC1V

Property sizeFurnished?

Add-ons

Your fixed price band

£285–£330

Typically 5–7 hrs on site. Oven deep clean is always included.

Congestion Charge and ULEZ both apply at this address — both are already inside the band above.
London Borough of Islington parking permits are arranged and paid for by us, not added to your invoice.
Includes the 72-hour re-clean guarantee if the check-out report flags cleaning.

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Check-out cleaning in this postcode

How an Old Street EC1V check-out actually works

Four steps from first quote to the photo record your agent signs off — the same process on every EC1V tenancy we clean.

Tell us the property size and check-out datePick studio to 5-bed, say whether it is furnished or empty, and give us the date the keys go back. No survey and no site visit.
Get a fixed price, on screenThe price is fixed against the property size and add-ons you choose. Parking, permits, ULEZ and the Congestion Charge are already inside it.
Book your slot, often within 48 hoursMost London check-outs are booked within 48 hours, including weekends. Peak weeks in late June to September fill fastest.
Full room-by-room clean against the agent checklistA DBS-checked team works the inventory list: oven interior, appliance seals, limescale, cupboard interiors, skirtings, sockets, window tracks, floors.
Photos, checklist and a free re-clean if flaggedYou get a photo record and the completed checklist to send your agent. If the check-out report flags cleaning within 72 hours, we return and re-clean those items free.

Illustration of an inventory clerk checking a room-by-room end of tenancy checklist against a freshly cleaned London flat — Old Street, EC1V

The checklist

Everything we clean room by room

This is the list an independent inventory clerk works from, and it is the list we work from in Old Street. You get it back completed, with photographs, to forward to your agent.

Kitchen

Oven interior, roof, sides and base degreased
Racks, trays and shelf runners dip-tank cleaned
Oven door glass split and cleaned inside
Hob, burners, pan supports and control knobs
Extractor hood, canopy and filters degreased
Fridge and freezer defrosted, drawers, shelves and seals
Washing machine drawer, seal and filter
Dishwasher filter, seal and spray arms
Microwave inside, outside and turntable
All cupboard and drawer interiors and runners
Worktops, splashback tiles and grout
Sink, drainer, taps and plughole descaled
Bin recess and under-sink area
Kickboards, skirtings and floor edges

Bathroom and WC

Limescale removed from shower screen and glass
Taps, shower head and hose descaled
Tiles and grout scrubbed and rinsed
Bath, basin and shower tray
Toilet bowl, rim, seat, hinges and cistern
Extractor fan cover and vent
Mirrors, cabinet interiors and shelves
Towel rails, radiators and pipework
Sealant lines wiped and checked
Floor washed to the edges and behind the pedestal

Bedrooms and living areas

Skirting boards wiped along their full length
Sockets, switches and thermostat faces
Doors, frames, handles and top edges
Wardrobe, drawer and shelf interiors
Radiators front, back and valves
Cobwebs, ceiling corners and light fittings
Picture rails, cornices and dado where fitted
Mirrors and internal glass
Behind and under freestanding furniture

Floors

Full HEPA vacuum including edges and under furniture
Hard floors mopped with the right product for the finish
Carpet traffic-lane treatment (steam extraction as an add-on)
Stairs, landings and stair edges
Door thresholds and floor vents

Windows and doors

Internal glass cleaned streak-free
Window frames, sills and handles
Window tracks and drainage channels cleared
Trickle vents wiped
Front and back door glass, frames and letterplate

Not included

Exterior windows above ground floor without access equipment
Garden clearance, jet washing and green-waste removal
Mould caused by damp or disrepair — that is a landlord repair, not a clean
Items, furniture or rubbish left in the property (we can quote a clearance)
Repainting, filling holes or making good damage
Loft, cellar or garage contents unless booked as an add-on
Communal hallways, stairs and bin stores outside your demise
Curtain and blind laundering (blinds are dusted, not washed)

Why Hello Services

What Old Street tenants and landlords get from us

Deposit-back re-clean guarantee

If the check-out report raises a cleaning issue within 72 hours of our visit, send us the report and we return to re-clean those items free of charge. No quibbling, no second invoice.

Agent and landlord approved checklist

We clean to the same room-by-room list independent inventory clerks work from, and you get the completed checklist plus a photo record to forward to your agent.

DBS-checked, insured cleaners

Every cleaner is identity-checked, reference-checked and DBS-screened, and we carry £5m public liability plus treatment risk cover. Certificates on request before the visit.

All equipment and products included

Teams arrive with an oven dip tank, HEPA vacuum, steam unit, acid-safe descaler and a colour-coded microfibre system. You do not need to leave anything behind for us.

Oven and appliance deep clean as standard

The oven interior, racks, door glass, hob and extractor filters are inside the price on every tenancy clean — never a bolt-on, because it is the first thing the clerk opens.

Concierge and lift booking handled in Old Street

In Old Street's managed blocks we register the team with the concierge, book the goods lift and clear loading-bay time before the visit, so the clean starts on the hour instead of at the intercom — and integrated appliances are opened, not wiped around.

Fixed prices

End of tenancy prices in Old Street EC1V

Priced by property size, not by the hour, so the number does not move on the day. Parking, permits, ULEZ, the Congestion Charge, products, equipment and the oven deep clean are all inside it.

Fixed end of tenancy cleaning prices for Old Street, EC1V
Property size	Furnished	Unfurnished	Typical time	What's included
Studio	£185	£165	3–4 hrs	Full check-out clean: oven interior, hob, extractor filters, fridge and freezer, all cupboard interiors, bathroom descaled, floors, skirtings and internal glass.
1 bedroom	£225	£199	4–5 hrs	Everything in the studio clean plus wardrobe and drawer interiors, bedroom skirtings, sockets and switches, window tracks and sills.
2 bedroom	£285	£255	5–7 hrs	Two-cleaner team, both bedrooms, all appliances inside and out, second WC or ensuite where present, hallway and internal doors.
3 bedroom	£350	£315	6–8 hrs	Team clean to inventory standard including stairs, landings, two bathrooms, radiators, cobwebs and full appliance strip-down.
4 bedroom	£425	£385	8–10 hrs	Full team, whole house, every appliance, all internal glass, utility room, loft-room bedrooms and second kitchen where fitted.
5 bedroom+	£495	£445	9–12 hrs	Large-house and HMO check-out clean: all bedrooms, shared kitchens, multiple bathrooms, communal hallways inside the demise.

All prices are in GBP and are the price you pay. Domestic end-of-tenancy cleaning is supplied VAT-free where the cleaner is self-employed; landlord and letting-agent contracts invoiced through the company are quoted plus VAT at 20%.

Add-ons and local costs

What can change the price in Old Street EC1V

Add-ons are optional and priced up front. Everything in the right-hand column is already inside your quote — we publish it so there are no surprises on the day the keys go back.

End of tenancy cleaning add-ons in Old Street
Add-on	From	Time	Detail
Carpet steam cleaning	£45	30–45 min / room	Hot-water extraction with pre-spray, traffic-lane and pet treatment; the receipt agents ask for.
Upholstery cleaning	£75	45–60 min	Extraction clean with fabric test patch and deodoriser; armchairs from £35.
Exterior window cleaning	£60	1–2 hrs	Reach-and-wash glass, frames and sills to third floor. Above that needs access equipment.
Balcony or patio clean	£45	45–60 min	Decking or tile wash-down, railings, glass balustrade and drain clear.
Single oven deep clean	Included	included	Dip-tank clean of racks and trays, door glass split and cleaned — standard on every tenancy clean, never an add-on.
Double oven or range	£35	+45–90 min	Range cookers, double ovens and Agas need extra dip time and a second technician pass.
Fridge-freezer defrost	£25	+60 min	Defrost, drawer and seal clean, drip-tray flush. Turn it off 24 hours before if you can.
Heavy limescale treatment	£30	+45 min	Extended acid-safe descaler contact time on screens, taps, tiles and toilet — London water is hard everywhere.
Mattress clean	£40	30–45 min	Extraction clean and sanitising both sides; often requested for furnished lets.
Garage, loft or store	£55	1–2 hrs	Sweep-out, cobwebs, shelving wipe-down. Waste removal is quoted separately.

Parking and permits: Red-route roundabout with no kerbside loading, goods-lift booking in the towers and gated estate yards. Any permit, suspension or dispensation in London Borough of Islington's zone is arranged and paid for by us.
Controlled parking hours: London Borough of Islington operates controlled parking across most of Islington; we check the exact street's hours at booking so the team is not moving the van mid-clean.
Congestion Charge: Part of Islington sits inside the Congestion Charge zone. The charge is inside your fixed price — it is never added afterwards.
ULEZ: Every Hello Services vehicle is ULEZ-compliant, so there is no ULEZ line on your invoice anywhere in London.
Walk-up access: Lift or ground-floor access here, so no stair-carry allowance is needed in the timing.
Concierge and lift booking: No managed-building sign-in needed at most addresses here; tell us at booking if yours differs.
Same-day and next-day: Next-day slots carry no premium. Genuine same-day call-outs are +£40 when a check-out moves at short notice, subject to a team being free.

Deposit protection

What loses deposits in Old Street and how we stop it

Cleaning is the most disputed item at check-out in every deposit scheme's published data. These are the entries that actually appear on Islington check-out reports for this housing stock — we clean them first, then photograph them.

Oven interior, racks and door glass — the single most flagged item on any check-out report
Limescale on shower screens, taps and toilets; London's water is hard in every borough
Integrated appliances — the fridge, dishwasher and washer-dryer behind matching doors
Balcony glass, drainage channel and railings, always on the managed-block inventory
Underfloor-heated tile grout and the ensuite screen, where scale builds fastest

Your rights at check-out

Under the Tenant Fees Act 2019, a tenancy signed on or after 1 June 2019 cannot require you to pay for professional cleaning as a condition of the tenancy. What the landlord can require is that the property is returned as clean as it was at check-in, evidenced against the inventory. Your deposit must be in a government-approved scheme, and a disputed deduction goes to that scheme's free adjudication — which weighs photographic evidence heavily. That is why we hand you a dated photo record with the completed checklist on the day. General guidance, not legal advice.

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Coverage

Check-out cleans around Old Street EC1V

We cover EC1V, EC1 and the streets around Old Street roundabout and Bunhill Fields burial ground, and we work across borough lines. The areas below are ordered by real distance from the EC1V centroid.

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Related services

Other cleaning we run in Old Street EC1V

Appliance and oven cleaning

Every appliance in a EC1V let cleaned to inventory standard, including the parts the clerk photographs.

Hoarder clean-up

Heavily overloaded Old Street properties cleared with care before the tenancy clean can even begin.

Jet washing

Paths, patios and bin stores at Old Street addresses jet washed so the exterior matches the check-out standard inside.

Pre-sale cleaning

Selling rather than re-letting in EC1V? The photography-day presentation clean instead of the inventory one.

Deep cleaning

A full reset for Old Street homes that are staying lived in — same detail, no inventory report.

Regular domestic cleaning

Weekly or fortnightly visits with the same cleaner across EC1V, from two hours.

After builders cleaning

Fine-dust removal after a Old Street refurbishment, before the property is re-let or photographed.

Oven cleaning

Standalone dip-tank oven clean in EC1V when the rest of the property is already done.

Carpet cleaning

Extraction cleaning for EC1V flats where the carpet is the last thing on the report.

Upholstery cleaning

Sofas and mattresses in furnished Old Street lets, cleaned and deodorised on the same visit.

Window cleaning

Internal glass is in the tenancy clean; exteriors to third floor are booked here for EC1V.

Airbnb changeover

Short-let turnarounds in Old Street with linen change, restock and a photo report before check-in.

Communal area cleaning

Blocks around Old Street: entrance glass, corridors, stairs, lift interiors and bin stores.

Office cleaning

Commercial leases in EC1V that need the same check-out standard when the lease ends.

About the area

Old Street in context

Ask in EC1V what marks Old Street out and Old Street roundabout and Bunhill Fields burial ground comes up first. The roundabout, tech offices and warehouse conversions on the City fringe. A spa and pleasure-garden suburb that filled with Georgian and early Victorian terraces, then gentrified hard from the 1970s.

Warehouse and office conversions, new towers with concierge, and Peabody-era estate blocks. Islington's tenure split — 28.3% owned, 31.2% private rented, 40.2% social (ONS Census 2021) — puts Old Street firmly in the managed apartment blocks bracket, and the clean is priced and staffed for that.

Getting a team, a dip tank and a HEPA vacuum to the door is a real constraint here. Red-route roundabout with no kerbside loading, goods-lift booking in the towers and gated estate yards. Part of Islington sits inside the Congestion Charge zone and all of it is inside ULEZ. London Borough of Islington's permit map is checked at booking and any permit, suspension or charge is priced up front.

Managing agents in Old Street's blocks inspect with the building's own handover sheet as well as the inventory: integrated appliances opened, balcony checked, and communal corridors excluded from your demise. Expect the ensuite screen and the utility cupboard to be photographed.

Where Old Street sits in our coverage

Old Street is one of the neighbourhoods on our end of tenancy cleaning in Islington page, which sits under end of tenancy cleaning across London. Same-week crews working this postcode also cover end of tenancy cleaning in Clerkenwell (0.4 miles), end of tenancy cleaning in Barbican (0.6 miles), end of tenancy cleaning in Angel (0.8 miles), end of tenancy cleaning in Hoxton (0.8 miles) and end of tenancy cleaning in Shoreditch (1.8 miles). If your address sits on the boundary, book the closest page — the price and the crew are the same.

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

Flats 98.3%Houses 1.6%

Residents by sex

Male48.3%

Female51.7%

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 end of tenancy questions, answered

A 2-bedroom end of tenancy clean in Old Street starts at £255 unfurnished and £285 furnished, and normally takes a two-cleaner team five to seven hours. That price includes the oven deep clean, appliance interiors, limescale removal, all cupboard interiors and internal glass, plus every parking, permit and ULEZ cost in Islington.

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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End of Tenancy Cleaning in Old Street, EC1V