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After builders cleaning in Barbican, EC2Y

From £212 all in: two cleaners for three hours with their own equipment and detergents. Every extra cleaner-hour is £30.

  • Crews of two or more, with their own kit
  • 7 days a week, 8am to 7pm
  • No payment online; a 50% deposit holds the date
A woman in a refurbished mansion-block flat with high ceilings and a parquet floor

Price your clean

  1. Step 1: Postcode
  2. Step 2: The job
  3. Step 3: Your details
Where is the job?

We cover London, Greater Manchester, Merseyside and north Cheshire.

What needs cleaning?

The property

The work that was done

For a 2-bed flat after a refurbishment we usually send 2 cleaners for 4 hours. Change it if you know the job better.

Cleaners
Hours
Add carpets, hard floors or outside windows
Carpet: bedrooms £36 each
Carpet: living rooms £43 each
Hard floor deep clean m², £6 a m²
Bedroom £36
Living room £43
Through lounge £61
Small room £29
Hallway £22
Landing £9
Flight of stairs £41
Rug up to 3 m² £35
Rug over 3 m² £51
Two-seat sofa £57
Extra sofa seat £26
Armchair £33
Mattress £35
Dining chair £13
Office chair £10
Curtains, short £35
Curtains, long £42

Which sides?

What kind of clean?

Floor area m²

Your price

£272

  • 2 cleaners for 4 hours, £30 an hour each£240
  • Equipment and detergents£32

Nothing to pay now. We confirm the details by phone, then a 50% deposit holds the date. This is the price for the choices shown when the page opened; if you change them, the office gives you the new price when it rings.

Your details
Add a note (access, parking, deadline)

No payment now. We ring or text between 8am and 7pm to confirm, then a 50% deposit secures the date.

We use your details only to arrange this job. Privacy

The Barbican Estate asks residents to keep home improvement work to 9am to 5pm on weekdays, so a builders clean here is booked inside those hours. Complete After Builders cleans a 1-bed flat after a refurbishment for £212 all in, and the fitted carpets can be cleaned on the same visit.

Barbican in numbers

Barbican Estate rules for contractors

The Barbican Estate, built from 1962 to 1982 on a raised podium above car parks, holds over 2,000 flats, maisonettes and terraced houses; the neighbouring Golden Lane Estate was finished in 1962 with 559 flats and maisonettes. The Barbican's communal living guidance asks residents to keep home improvement work to 9am to 5pm Monday to Friday, to confine drilling and other noisy work to 10am to 4pm, to warn the neighbours and to stop contractors leaving mess in the communal areas. Book the clean for a weekday inside those hours.

Dust from the works spreads to the corridors, lift lobbies and stairs on boots and trolleys. Tell the office when you book if the landing and corridor outside the flat should be on the list, and say where the van can stop and which lift the crew should use.

Listed flats: what the crew cleans and how

The whole Barbican Estate was listed as a single building in 2001 at Grade II, with Crescent House at Grade II*. The City has adopted listed building management guidelines for the Barbican and Golden Lane estates as planning documents, so work inside these flats falls under listed building controls, and the Barbican and Golden Lane conservation area has its own supplementary planning document from 2022. Within 800 m of the middle of Cripplegate ward there are 399 listed buildings and 22 conservation areas.

For the crew that means picking the product for each original surface and testing before it wipes anything that looks old. Kitchen units, worktops and splashbacks, the inside of empty cupboards, sanitaryware, tiles, grout and shower screens are cleaned as in any flat; see cleaning a new kitchen or bathroom. Windows are cleaned inside, with frames, sills and tracks. Outside glass is extra and only where it can be reached safely from inside.

Carpets and prices for a Barbican flat

Barbican leases ban wooden flooring in favour of wall-to-wall carpet, so most flats have fitted carpet that sat under the dust for the whole job. The crew vacuums every carpet as part of the clean. A deeper clean can go on the same booking, a bedroom at £36, a living room at £43 and a through lounge at £61; see carpet cleaning after building work. Allow several hours for the carpets to dry before furniture goes back.

A 1-bed flat after a refurbishment usually takes 2 cleaners for 3 hours: £212 all in at £30 per cleaner-hour plus £32 for equipment and detergents. A 2-bed is 2 cleaners for 4 hours, £272, and a 3-bed maisonette 2 cleaners for 5 hours, £332. Private renting is the City's largest tenure, 48.3% of households in 2021, so if the refit is timed to a new tenancy, give us the date. Every size is on our prices.

Parking, waste and City rules around the Barbican

The whole City is one controlled parking zone, controlled 7am to 7pm Monday to Friday and 7am to 11am on Saturdays. Payment bays are paid only through RingGo, at £5 to £10 an hour depending on the vehicle, with a four-hour maximum stay, which is shorter than many builders cleans. The City has proposed charging from 7am to 8pm Monday to Saturday (consultation dates on the council site). We ask for a free space where one can be found, and paid parking is passed on at cost.

The City has no reuse and recycling centre of its own, and its A to Z guide says building waste should be dealt with by the company doing the work. The council's bulky collection, £42.50 for up to three items, excludes paint, building materials and anything left by builders. So the contractor removes the rubble, offcuts and packaging, and the crew does not take builders' waste.

The City Plan 2040, found sound by inspectors on 7 October 2026, plans at least 1,706 net new homes across the Square Mile. Clerkenwell is to the north-west, builders cleans in Shoreditch to the north-east and Blackfriars (EC4V) to the south-west.

What a builders clean costs here

CleanersHours£30£32 kit

Every crew brings its own vacuums, cloths, ladders and detergents; the £32 covers them once per job. The table shows our usual starting point for a standard refurbishment. Lighter or heavier work moves it, and you can set your own crew and hours in the form.

Price my clean
Suggested crews and prices for a standard refurbishment
PropertyCrewPrice
Studio flat2 × 3 h£212
1-bed flat2 × 3 h£212
2-bed flat2 × 4 h£272
3-bed flat or house2 × 5 h£332
4-bed house3 × 4 h£392
5+ bed house3 × 5 h£482
Some rooms only2 × 3 h£212

Prices include travel from central London streets, which costs a little more: the form shows the total for your postcode. Parking: we ask for a free space or a visitor permit; paid parking is added at cost. A site visit for big or unusual jobs costs £20. All prices

Prices as of October 2026

Barbican builders clean questions

Anything else? Ring 07418 351088.

Can the crew work outside the Barbican's contractor hours?

The estate asks for home improvement work between 9am and 5pm on weekdays, so the clean is booked inside that window. A weekday booking keeps to the estate's guidance.

Do you clean the communal corridor after the works?

Yes, if you add it when you book: the crew cleans the landing and corridor outside your flat that the builders used. The estate asks residents to stop contractors leaving mess in communal areas.

How much does a builders clean cost for a 2-bed Barbican flat?

2 cleaners for 4 hours after a standard refurbishment: £272 all in. Carpet cleaning is added per room.

Where can the crew park near the Barbican?

City payment bays have a four-hour limit and are paid through RingGo, so a free space nearby helps. Any paid parking is passed on at cost.

Nearby areas

Sources for the local facts on this page

  • Barbican Estate built 1962 to 1982 on a raised podium above car parks, over 2,000 flats, maisonettes and terraced houses; Golden Lane Estate completed 1962 with 559 flats and maisonettes; Barbican listed as a single building in 2001 (Grade II, Crescent House II*); listed building management guidelines adopted as planning documents. cityoflondon.gov.uk
  • Barbican Estate communal living: home improvement work 9am to 5pm Monday to Friday, noisy work 10am to 4pm, warn neighbours, no contractor mess in communal areas; leases ban wooden flooring in favour of wall-to-wall carpet. cityoflondon.gov.uk
  • Barbican and Golden Lane conservation area has its own supplementary planning document from 2022. cityoflondon.gov.uk
  • 22 conservation areas within 800 m. planning.data.gov.uk
  • 399 listed buildings within 800 m. planning.data.gov.uk
  • Census 2021: 48.3% of City of London households rent privately; 98.0% live in flats. nomisweb.co.uk
  • Whole City one CPZ, 7am to 7pm Monday to Friday and 7am to 11am Saturday; payment bays RingGo only, £5 to £10 an hour, four-hour maximum; proposal to charge 7am to 8pm Monday to Saturday. cityoflondon.gov.uk
  • The City has no reuse and recycling centre of its own; building waste should be dealt with by the company doing the work. cityoflondon.gov.uk
  • City bulky collection £42.50 for up to three items or ten bags; excludes paint, building materials and anything left by builders. cityoflondon.gov.uk
  • City Plan 2040 found sound with main modifications on 7 October 2026; at least 1,706 net new homes from 2025/26 to 2039/40. cityoflondon.gov.uk

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