Carpet cleaning in City of London
In the Square Mile 98% of households live in flats, so we ask about the lift and the parking before anything else. £101 covers a one-bed flat with the living room and hallway.
- Price on screen before you book
- Cleaned in your home
- Office open 8am to 7pm, every day
Price your clean
The City, for a carpet clean
| Homes that are flats | 98% of households nomisweb.co.uk |
|---|---|
| Renting privately | 48.3% of households nomisweb.co.uk |
| Weekday pay bays | £5 to £10 an hour, 8am to 7pm, four hours at most cityoflondon.gov.uk |
| Sundays and bank holidays | Street parking free cityoflondon.gov.uk |
| Water | Thames Water, which calls its whole region hard thameswater.co.uk |
| Conservation areas | 28, one of them Barbican and Golden Lane cityoflondon.gov.uk |
| Bulky items | Book through the Contact Centre, 020 7606 3110 cityoflondon.gov.uk |
Parking in the Square Mile
A City pay bay costs £5 to £10 an hour on weekdays between 8am and 7pm, depending on the vehicle, and nobody can stay longer than four hours. On a City job the parking takes more planning than the carpet does.
When the office rings to check the details, they'll ask whether your building has a car park, a loading bay or a space the concierge can hold for a few hours. If none of that exists, the cleaner pays for a bay and the parking goes on your bill at what it cost. Nothing is added on top.
Some days are kinder than others:
- Sundays and bank holidays: street parking is free.
- Saturdays: £2 for any stay between 8am and 11am.
- From May 2027, maybe longer hours. The council is consulting until 2 December 2026 on charging from 7am to 8pm, Monday to Saturday.
Weekends book up first. If you want a Sunday, ask a week or two ahead.
Barbican, Golden Lane and the lift question
The Barbican Estate was built between the 1960s and 1982 on a raised podium above car parks. It holds over 2,000 flats, maisonettes and terraced houses, and it was listed at grade II, as one building, in 2001. Golden Lane next door was finished in 1962 with 559 flats and maisonettes. Together they make up one of the City's 28 conservation areas.
For a clean, the layout matters more than the listing. A maisonette has its own flight inside, priced at £41 for the stairs and £9 for the landing. If you live above the first floor and there's no lift, or the lift is out that week, the cleaner carries the machine up by hand, and that's £10 a floor.
So tell the office the block, the floor and whether the lift is working. It saves a phone call from the podium on the day.
Nearly half the City rents privately
48.3% of City households rent from a private landlord, out of 4,914 households in the 2021 Census. That means a steady run of move-outs. If you're the one leaving, book the clean for a morning a day or two before the check-out. Carpets usually dry in 5 to 7 hours and a sofa in 12 to 15, so a morning start gives the carpets the afternoon and the sofa the night.
Landlords and letting agents can have the invoice split room by room. Handy when the inventory clerk only flagged the bedroom.
On licensing, the City keeps it simple: it licenses houses in multiple occupation under the national mandatory scheme (five or more people from two or more households), and that's the only scheme it runs.
What we clean in City of London
- Carpet cleaningRooms, stairs and landings, priced room by room.
Upholstery and sofasSofas, armchairs and fabric dining chairs, by the seat.
Rug cleaningRugs washed where they lie, priced by size.- Hard floorsTiles, vinyl, stone and sealed wood, by the square metre.
MattressesMattresses cleaned on the bed, both sides where they turn.
CurtainsCurtains cleaned on the rail, priced by the pair.
When a carpet is past saving
Some carpets are finished. Bleach marks, burns and old set-in stains may not shift, and the cleaner will tell you on the day. We clean the whole carpet either way, with stains and traffic lanes pre-treated as part of the price, but we can't promise a mark comes out.
If you decide to replace it, City residents book bulky collections through the Contact Centre on 020 7606 3110. Furniture, mattresses, fridges and washing machines all go that way; a charge may apply, and they'll ask whether the items could still be used by someone else. You can also take bulky things to the Tower Hamlets Reuse and Recycling Centre, and the City's recycling A to Z has reuse routes for old carpet.
If it's a rug that's tired, rug cleaning happens on your floor, with the fringes done by hand. Prices for every room and item are on the full price list, and the smallest job is £67.
How booking works
- Price it herePick the rooms and the furniture. The price adds up as you go.
- The office calls youBetween 8am and 7pm, about access, parking and stains, and to agree a day. A 50% deposit holds it.
- The cleaner comes overCarpets, rugs, sofas and mattresses are cleaned in your home. Nothing is taken away.
Questions from City flats
- Can you come on a Sunday?
Often, yes, and it suits the City because street parking is free that day. Sundays are the first days to fill, so ring early. A 50% deposit by card or bank transfer holds the date.
- Is there a charge for carrying the machine upstairs?
Only above the first floor when there's no lift to use. Then it's £10 a floor. A working lift means no carry charge at all.
- Do you clean office carpets in the City?
Yes, when the office arranges it. The card on this page prices homes, so for an office or a shop ring 020 3129 1949 and talk it through with them.
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Where these facts come from
- 98% of City of London households live in flats (Census 2021, 4,914 households). nomisweb.co.uk
- 48.3% of City of London households rent privately (Census 2021). nomisweb.co.uk
- City on-street pay bays cost £5 to £10 an hour depending on the vehicle, weekdays 8am to 7pm, four hours at most; Saturday is £2 for any stay between 8am and 11am; Sundays and bank holidays are free. cityoflondon.gov.uk
- A consultation from 22 October to 2 December 2026 proposes charges from 7am to 8pm Monday to Saturday from May 2027. cityoflondon.gov.uk
- Thames Water says its whole supply region has hard water. thameswater.co.uk
- The City has 28 conservation areas, including Barbican and Golden Lane. cityoflondon.gov.uk
- The Barbican Estate was built from the 1960s to 1982 on a raised podium above car parks, has over 2,000 flats, maisonettes and terraced houses and was listed grade II as a single building in 2001; Golden Lane was finished in 1962 with 559 flats and maisonettes. cityoflondon.gov.uk
- The City licenses only houses in multiple occupation under the national mandatory scheme (five or more people in two or more households). cityoflondon.gov.uk
- Bulky collections of furniture, fridges and washing machines are booked through the Contact Centre on 020 7606 3110; a charge may apply; bulky items can also go to the Tower Hamlets Reuse and Recycling Centre. cityoflondon.gov.uk
- The City's recycling A to Z lists mattresses and furniture as bulky waste and suggests reuse routes for old carpet. cityoflondon.gov.uk
See your price in City of London
Pick your rooms and furniture and the card adds it up, or call the office on 020 3129 1949.