Restaurant cleaning should be done during periods when food isn’t exposed such as after closing time. There are important daily cleaning tasks in a restaurant to consider, including washing and sanitising all surfaces, cleaning dining tables, sweeping and mopping floors, cleaning bar areas, kitchen cleaning including grease traps, fryers, and grills. Walls subject to food splatter need to be wiped down constantly. These areas are found by fryers, and food prep tables. Appliances should be wiped down making sure crevices of smaller machines are also cleaned. Coffee makers and beverage dispensers are hot spots for bacteria to thrive. Thorough floor mopping should be carried out twice a day, at opening and closing times. Floors should be kept dry and clean.

Aside from daily cleaning restaurants also require deep cleaning on a regular basis. Here are some points to consider when organising deep London restaurant cleaning.

Restaurant dining area cleaning

Vacuum restaurant floor, including all corners
Vacuum bar soft seating area, moving chairs and sofas.
Buff flooring
All window and door frames at reception and inside restaurant window frames
Clean dining table tops and bases.
Chairs – with furniture polish
Chair cushions and backs
Dust tops of paintings with a damp cloth
Dust all speakers around room with furniture polish
Scrub skirting boards
Detail clean ceilings and corners
Clean windows inside and out
Vacuum bar soft seating area, move chairs and sofas.
Scrub down kitchen door
Clean waiter’s station
All wood with polish
All glass – with window cleaner
All stainless steel – with stainless steel polish
Ice buckets and stands

Restaurants will also require professional carpet cleaning London services and upholstery cleaning on a regular basis to make sure carpets, sofas, and chairs are kept clean, fresh, and free of stains.

Restaurant toilet cleaning

Clean mirrors and glass
Bleach and scrub grout on tiled floors
Clean toilets – basin, lids, bowls (sanitizer spray/ toilet cleaner/ toilet brush)
Polish all stainless steel (taps/ flusher/ door handles)
Clean sink basins (sanitizer spray)
Scrub and then heavy duty mop floor

Restaurant Bar

All surfaces should be cleared off, washed down, and sanitized.
All fridges should be washed down and sanitized – beside, below and behind.
Wash down and sanitize the sink area, bottle bins, and stainless steel benches.
Wash down and sanitize under the sink area/ glass-washer area.
Seals for all fridges should be washed and sanitized, door runners vacuumed.
Scrub and mop floor
Bleach and scrub grout on tile floors in bar

Kitchen Cleaning

The food preparation and cooking areas of a restaurant are the most critical areas to keep clean. These areas are known to contain the most bacteria due to the handling and preparation of raw foods such as poultry and shellfish. It is important for these areas to be cleaned often. Using disinfectants is the best defence against germs and bacteria.

Wash and sanitize all surfaces including cutting boards and prep tables
Empty fridges and wash and sanitize them
Descale sinks and taps
Clean ovens
Clean grills and fryers
Scrub, sweep, and mop kitchen floors
Use drain cleaners on floor drains
Wash behind ovens, cookers, and fryers to cut down on grease build up
Clean and sanitize freezers
Wash walls and ceilings with disinfectant spray and sponge
Loading and refuse areas should be kept clean and rubbish free for pest control.

Following most or all of these deep cleaning tasks will ensure your restaurant is always spotlessly clean for diners to come and enjoy your cuisine.

Starlet Cleaning offers a range of commercial cleaning London services including pub, club, bar, and restaurant cleaning services in London

If you live in a busy London home, with a family and work commitments to juggle, you may well need someone to help you keep on top of chores and help you organise the running of your home.  Hiring a housekeeper from a London cleaning company maybe a good solution.

A housekeeper can be defined as domestic worker who takes care of the entire running of your home, carrying out responsibilities that go much further than only cleaning.

A housekeeper ensures the smooth running of your entire home, taking care of house cleaning, laundry and ironing, dealing with tradesmen, errands, shopping, and some basic food preparation.

At Starlet we look for housekeepers with several years of experience in taking care of a large busy home, working for customers who are particular about their needs. We only hire housekeepers who use their own initiative and are perfectionists in everything they do.

When employing our London housekeepers we ask for a proof of address, we check their entitlement to work in the UK, and we check at least two references from past employers.

When we have selected the right person we formally employ them, and take care of tax and national insurance contributions. This leaves you free of these procedures and responsibilities.

There’s no doubt hiring a housekeeper service can take the pressure off leaving  you free to concentrate on things that matter such as your family and career.

Starlet Cleaning offers a range of domestic cleaning London services, including housekeepers, cleaners, and ironing ladies.

There is no time to waste, you need to find a good professional London cleaning company to help you. You can always try and do it yourself if you have only one room to be cleaned, but if it is the whole house that needs cleaning it’s a better idea to call a professional cleaning company specialising in after builders cleaning.

Google search will help you to find a cleaning company with good reviews. Invite one or two you like best to come and offer you a quote. Don’t try to hire the cheapest one. It’s not the best idea. Always remember – you often get what you pay for in life. If you want to be sure of high standards, and a professional approach, never go for the cheapest option.

Here are some step by step tips, and things to bear in mind, so you know if the cleaning company you are considering will provide you with a professional service.

Make sure the cleaning team you contract is supervised. There has to be someone who is responsible for the job and who you will deal with.

Double check if the cleaners will cover and protect your new floors, whether they are wooden or carpeted. Cleaning products or even water can damage flooring very easily.

Check that the cleaners will clean or replace the home’s air filter as it will help to clear the dust out of your home.

When it comes to after builders cleaning your biggest enemy is dust. Everything might be new in your property but all surfaces and any fixtures and fittings need to be wiped down from dust, which takes time. For example, one unit has to be wiped and the cloth rinsed, and repeated three times at least to get rid of stubborn dust. Then everything has to be polished with furniture polish and so on. This is very labour intensive work if the end result is to be a truly sparkling, dust free clean. This is another reason not to go for the cheapest price.

General cleaning

Builders dust needs to be trapped rather than spread into the air or it will just land in a new location. With high levels of dust produced during construction it will take several cleanings to remove it completely. That’s why all surfaces need to be vacuumed very thoroughly, using different kinds of attachments, brushes, and mops.

- Remove any rubbish and protection tapes left over from the building work.
- Professionally steam clean all carpets to remove dirt, dust, and marks left by paint or plaster.
- Professionally clean all internal and (optionally external) windows, sills, and frames of leftover debris, paint, and plaster.
- Remove all sticky labels from new doors, windows, appliances, and furniture.
- Dust all walls top to bottom with a micro fibre flat mop.

Kitchen cleaning

The kitchen is the most difficult area of the home to clean and will require the most attention.

- New kitchen units and appliances are usually fitted with protection tape, foil, and packaging. The best thing to do is to keep the removal of the protection to the end of the job. Then when all is ready and dust free you can peel off the foil, labels, and tapes and gently polish the cabinets with a soft micro fibre cloth.
-Always clean with the top to bottom system, starting with walls, lighting, wall fixings, and windows.
-Kitchen cupboards should be damp wiped inside and out, with handles wiped and polished.
-Appliances, should be damp wiped inside, (even if new), then polished with a soft cloth and optionally a stainless steel cleaning product.
-Vacuum, then damp wipe shelving, doors, ledges and skirtings.
-The floor should be thoroughly vacuumed, all around, behind, and under furniture where possible, then mopped with an appropriate product for wooden or marble tiled floors.

Living room, bedrooms, and hall

The living areas of your home will need a top to bottom cleaning approach to remove dust from every corner and crevice, including high to reach areas.

-Again, start with vacuuming around all corners, walls, fixtures and fittings to soak in as much dust as possible.
-Wash the windows and window frames inside, leaving them dust and debris free.
-Vacuum and damp wipe furniture, moving them around carefully if not too heavy, to avoid scratching the floors.
-Vacuum sofas, beds, and mattresses, if any there.
-Floors should be thoroughly vacuumed and mopped, making sure there is no debris left.

Bathroom cleaning

Bathrooms and toilets should be left gleaming and sparkling clean following a professional builders cleaning service.

-Vacuum all surfaces to get some dust out.
-Wash the window and window frame.
-Damp wipe tiles, fixings, lighting, mirrors, then dry polish it.
-Descale, disinfect, wipe, and polish showers, bath tubs, taps and
toilet bowls.
-Wipe down skirtings, doors with handles, all ledges and corners.
-Scrub and disinfect bathroom floors and toilet.

A professional after builders cleaning team, with the right cleaning equipment and materials, will soon transform your home after you have had the builders in. Within a short time they will work wonders putting the icing on the cake of your newly refurbished home.

Finally, after perhaps months of upheaval, you can sit back, relax, and enjoy your new home safe in the knowledge that all dust has been removed from every corner, and everything is sparkling clean!

Aga Malaczewska is a cleaning team manager with Starlet Cleaning who offer professional domestic and commercial after builders cleaning London wide.

A cleaning business is a popular choice as a start up business. In theory all you need are some cloths, an apron, a bottle of detergent, and some elbow grease. However, the reality is often more complex.

Take, for example, the price of a professional cleaning company London service. The price of a cleaning job, whether it is one cleaner with a few domestic homes to clean every week, or a large commercial cleaning company with thousands of staff, will typically be made up of the following:

The cleaner’s wages and benefits, including holiday pay, and sick pay.

Employer’s National Insurance contributions.

Consumables such as cloths and cleaning chemicals.

Public Liability insurance, which covers accidents and injury to persons and property.

Employers Liability insurance, which covers accidents and injury to employees.

Product Liability insurance to cover the value of the customers goods that are being cleaned.

Vehicle costs such as fuel, servicing, MOT, road tax, insurance, and wear and tear.

Equipment costs such as machinery, servicing, and regular cleaning and care of the cleaner’s tools and equipment.

Administration, marketing, customer care, and consumer information.

HR costs including recruitment, training, and development of the cleaner.

Tax including VAT, Income Tax, and Corporation Tax.

Last but not least every cleaning business, large or small, has to make a reasonable amount of profit.

If the price you have been quoted for a professional cleaning job seems expensive you may understand why if you take into account most, if not all, of the above essential factors.

If, on the other hand, the job appears cheap then your cleaning business is unlikely to be a squeaky clean business.

Starlet Cleaning is a professional cleaning company offering end of tenancy cleaning London, domestic, carpet, office, and commercial cleaning London wide.

Here are Starlet Cleaning’s top tips for spring cleaning your London home and getting it looking great in time for Christmas!

In your kitchen your oven may need deep cleaning in readiness for cooking your Christmas turkey to perfection. Removing the burnt on grime and grease will put a shine back into your oven! Tiles and surfaces may need degreasing and descaling so they are sparkling again. Tidy and organize the inside of your kitchen cupboards so you know what ingredients and crockery you are short of, and what you need to stock up on. Defrost and clean out your fridge and freezer to make room for your Christmas food shopping, and ensure everything is clean and hygienic.

How about breathing new life into your carpets by booking professional London carpet cleaning services. At the same time you could treat your sofas and armchairs to professional upholstery cleaning services to ensure there are no unsightly stains.

Your toilets and bathroom tiles and surfaces, and shower screen may need descaling if you live in a hard water area. If you suffer from mould this could be removed too.

How about booking professional outside window cleaning to give all your windows the festive sparkly. It’s been a mild and dry winter so far but it would still be nice to have your window glass gleaming in time for Christmas.

Before you put up your Christmas tree and decorations it’s a good idea to have a general tidy and declutter. Tidy away old newspapers and magazines. Take any unwanted items to the local charity shop. This will create space for putting up all your decorations and Christmas cards.

Following these simple steps will ensure your home is looking great and ready for the Christmas celebrations that lie ahead.

If it all this seems too daunting to do on your own you could always organize a cleaner to help you by booking a domestic cleaning in London service. Let the cleaners do all the hard work leaving you to get on with the Christmas shopping, wrapping the presents, and writing your Christmas cards.

At Starlet Cleaning we use the best Ninja carpet cleaning machines, which are hot water extractor carpet cleaners.  They have 400 psi pumps, and powerful three stage vacuum motors for truly effective cleaning. The Ninja is suitable for cleaning carpets, mattresses, rugs, and upholstery in both domestic and commercial settings.

However,  the carpet cleaning machine is not the only part of the cleaning process; the pre-conditioning does the main work. This involves vacuuming to remove dry soil, pre-spray cleaners combined with agitation and finally not forgetting the dwell time of the cleaning solution. The carpet cleaning machine will act as a rinse aid in wet extraction, or an agitator in regards to low moisture or bonnet cleaning. There is no real fast cleaning system, all will need a catalyst to make them work better or faster, often heat would be the main one.

Our carpet cleaning technicians are all trained and experienced in both use of machinery. and the preconditioning and use of appropriate and effective cleaning agents depending on carpet type and staining and soiling.

Starlet Cleaning’s carpet cleaning London service provides domestic carpet cleaning London wide for large and small properties. We can professionally clean carpets in living rooms, bedrooms, stairs, and hallways.  We also offer professional upholstery cleaning for sofas, armchairs, dining chairs, and mattresses.  Whether you need your carpets freshened up as part of a spring clean, or deep cleaned for an end of tenancy we can be of help.

We also offer office carpet cleaning in London for large and small offices, and commercial buildings throughout London.

A spring clean is all about making sure that at least once a year you take the time to sort out your home and ensure that it looks as good as it can.  Over the course of a year you will miss bits of cleaning, in hard to reach areas for example, which can build up over time to make an even bigger mess.

A professional spring cleaning London service will come with all the materials and equipment to tackle the most stubborn dirt and grime, and get into every nook and cranny.  Experienced spring cleaners can blast away charcoaled up ovens, remove limescale from bathrooms and kitchens, steam clean your carpets, clean your curtains, wash your windows, clean and tidy inside your kitchen windows, and much more.

Spring cleaning helps us feel better about our homes and living environment, and at the same time ensures dust and dirt like mould doesn’t cause us health problems.  Using a professional home cleaning services in London will leave your home sparkling for a special occasion such as Christmas, or an important visitor or guest.  It will also help you keep on top of the house cleaning in the months that follow.

Let’s face it deep cleaning, washing down, wiping, scarping and scrubbing, is physically demanding work, so why not treat yourself once a year and leave all the hard work to the experts by booking a spring cleaning London service.

For instance, we are the official distributors of products from Green Planet Solutions, who have gained the European Union Ecoflower accreditation for their environmentally-friendly products. If its house cleaning in London you require, we use these products to great effect in every corner of your home, leaving a shining finish but no chemicals that can upset people with allergies or which harm the planet.

Environmental awareness is also important in the office – some people complain of ‘sick building syndrome’ which gives them headaches and other symptoms of ill-health, and it could be possible that chemicals in the environment could be to blame. Our eco friendly cleaning in London will help to protect your office environment from harmful chemicals while maintaining the high standards of cleanliness you and your co-workers require.

Our professional carpet cleaning in London services are also much in demand, particularly for deep-down spring cleaning London to spruce a place up from top to bottom. You shouldn’t ever have to think about cleaning – that’s just something you can leave up to us. And you can trust us with the environment, too!

The quality of the cleaners you use has a direct bearing on the quality of the job that’s done, and at Starlet Cleaning we employ all of our own cleaners and vet them to a high standard. We encourage them to take part in training, too, so they continuously improve their cleaning skills.

Customers use our services for a variety of purposes, ranging from after party cleaning in London to end of tenancy cleaning London, as well as specialist services including carpet cleaning London and housekeeper services London.

So why do they feel it’s worth their while to employ a professional company like Starlet Cleaning? First, they know they will obtain that sparkling finish that is so difficult to achieve, and second, they know it will save them time.

For instance, if you are a landlord you will know that some tenants leave a home in a grubby state that can take hours to clean up. If you use our eco-friendly house cleaning in London you can carry on with your important daily business safe in the knowledge that the place will be shining when we are finished with it.

No hassle or messy work for you to do, and a good, efficient service – that’s the Starlet Cleaning promise.

The first factor we had to consider was how heavy duty the machine should be.  We do a lot of end of tenancy cleaning London flats and houses where speed is of the essence if we are going to make a profit. So we needed a durable machine for lugging in and out of a van every day, and with the ability to deep clean dirty carpets quickly with perfect results.

The size and weight of the machine was also an important factor as we needed a machine capable of being used by a single operator.

There are many different types of carpet cleaner on the market. After some research we decided to opt for a hot water extractor machine as it is the most effective method for cleaning carpets and upholstery. A hot water cleaning solution is sprayed onto the carpets and then immediately extracted leaving carpets clean, fresh, and quickly dry.

Like every business we have a budget.  However, we felt it important to invest in a quality commercial machine at the high end as this would offer the best and quickest return on our investment.

Tank size and how often you need to change and add water was another factor we had to consider.  The most tedious part of cleaning carpets is emptying the dirty water tank and refilling the clean water tank, and having a bigger tank means less refilling.

Aside from carpet cleaning we also offer upholstery and curtain cleaning so we needed to consider what attachments and accessories come with the machine, for example a curtain cleaning tool, and a upholstery tool.

In the end we opted for the Prochem Steempro Powermax carpet cleaning machine as we felt it best combined all the attributes we were looking for in a professional carpet cleaning machine.  It has a generous 35 litre clean water tank, and a high power vacuum and pump system making it one of the most powerful portable extractors on the market. It’s 100 psi pump is powerful enough to use a 50 foot hose, which means easy use for a single operator in most flats and houses.

The machine came with a free training voucher, which was an added bonus enabling us to train up more of our carpet cleaning technicians.

Starlet Cleaning is a London carpet cleaner that offers carpet cleaning London wide. We also offer professional upholstery and curtain cleaning.