Despite signs of a return to economic growth and a modest recovery the construction industry in London is still facing very challenging times.

The building industry as a whole is very important not just to London but to the wider UK economy. In the UK as a whole, it accounts for ten per cent of GDP and employs more than two million people.  It’s sometimes forgotten that it employs a range of highly skilled workers, including after builders cleaners.

During construction, and before a building is finished and handed over to a client, a construction company will want to ensure a project is properly cleaned to complete what may be months or years of hard work on the part of the builder.

Typically, depending on the project, a three tier cleaning solution will be needed – builders clean, re-clean, and sparkle clean.

After Builders Cleans – What’s Involved?

• After builders cleaners will need to de-tape and clean internal windows and frames.
• They will need to wipe over all surfaces to make sure the building is dust free. Cupboards, fixtures, and fittings will need vacuuming, and doors washed or damp wiped both sides.
• Floors will need to be swept, mopped, and residues, paint, and plaster removed.
• Finger and other marks will need to be removed from ceiling panels.
• Glass partitions and doors will need cleaning too.
• In toilets and showers tiled walls will need to be wiped over and dry buffed. Sanitary ware and shower heads will need to be wiped. Labels will need to be removed.
• Outside windows will need to be professionally cleaned including de-taping, and cleaning of glass and frames.
• Hard floors may need buffing and polishing.

Health and Safety

Building sites under construction can be dangerous places. Risk assessments will need to be carried out before cleaning starts to protect staff and ensure work is carried out in a safe, professional, and efficient manner.  After builders cleaners will need to be CSCS qualified and take a responsible approach to Health & Safety. They will need to wear personal protective equipment including gloves, protective safety boots with good grip and anti-slip properties, helmet, and high vis vest.

Sparkle Clean

With many commercial construction projects taking months or years of work to complete it is important that the finished project is handed over to a new client for use and occupation in sparkling condition. In this regard the importance of having skilled and experienced after builders cleaners with expertise in builders cleans and sparkle cleans cannot be over emphasised.

Starlet Cleaning is a leading provider of commercial after builders cleaning in London. We have a supply of highly skilled and qualified talent to help deliver and complete building projects. We can provide risk assessments, a health & safety policy, COSHH sheets. We are fully insured, and registered with the Construction Industry Scheme. As part of our commercial after builders cleaning in London we offer floor buffing and polishing services, and professional outside window cleaning.

In general most people working in London are simply doing whatever job they can to make ends meet. They may well be scouring the small-ads and looking through job sites online while they’re doing it; but they’re doing it all the same.

The truth is, as long as they are earning a decent wage and are given the chance to work in a pleasant work environment, they will more than likely find their present form of employment to be satisfying enough to be bearable.

Pleasant Work Environments
It goes without saying that working in a pleasant working environment can have a huge positive effect on the morale and attitude of individuals. This in turn can lead to consistently high levels of productivity. It is therefore in everyone’s best interests to ensure everything that can possibly be done to maintain this ideal environment is done.

One popular way in which companies try to achieve this is by encouraging employees to take part in team-building exercises, social activities and days-out. These initiatives can be very beneficial for all involved as they help staff to build positive relationships and learn how to function better as a team.

However, whilst exercise and initiatives such as these can often yield impressive results, they can also turn out to be quite pointless if certain other factors aren’t taken into consideration alongside them.

Order, Tidiness and Cleanliness
Even the most positive of employees will not feel inclined to perform to their best if they are forced to work in an environment which is cluttered, disorganised and chaotic. Therefore it is vital that companies put a commitment to keeping a neat, tidy and ordered workplace right at the top of their agenda for maintaining a pleasant working environment.

Creating and maintaining an ordered working environment comes from having everything in its correct place and fulfilling its proper function. This will not only help to keep a working environment clutter-free; it will also encourage workers (and managers) to develop a strong ‘clean and tidy’ culture.

Starlet Cleaning
We here at Starlet Cleaning are a professional office cleaning company in London that takes great delight in providing essential cleaning services to businesses that want to maintain a clean, tidy and pleasant environment for their employees. We are able to provide some of the most comprehensive office cleaning services in London so businesses that decide to take advantage of our assistance can rest assured their premises will always look neat and tidy and function in a manner which is truly fit for purpose.

To find out more about our commercial cleaning services in London, simply take a few moments to explore our pages further.

During the colder months, conditions like flu and the norovirus, also known as the winter vomiting bug, become more prolific.

Flu

The flu is a highly infectious and common viral illness that can be spread by coughs and sneezes. It’s more serious that the common cold and its symptoms tend to be more severe and last for longer. Among certain groups, such as pregnant women and the over-65s, the condition can have serious consequences.

In order to prevent the spread of flu, effective hygiene is required. The virus can be spread when people with the condition touch their eyes, nose or mouth and then contact hard surfaces like door handles. It’s no surprise therefore that flu quickly travels around workplaces.

Norovirus

Meanwhile, the norovirus is the most common stomach bug in the UK and can affect people of all ages. Between 600,000 and one million people in Britain catch the condition each year and it is particularly prevalent in winter.

It can be spread easily through hands and people can fall victim to it by touching contaminated surfaces or objects. It’s therefore vital that surfaces are regularly disinfected.

The savvy approach

Trying to clean your office yourself, or instructing your personnel to perform these tasks, may simply not be an option. You’ve no doubt got lots of things to be getting on with, so you probably don’t have time to get stuck into regular cleaning.

Thankfully, you don’t have to. Instead, you can take advantage of the office cleaning services in London that we offer here at Starlet Cleaning.

A thorough job

Cleaning offices takes far more than simply sweeping over floors with a dirty mop and spraying polish on a few surfaces. To ensure that your working area is hygienic, a really thorough job must be done.

Our teams will tackle every nook and cranny and will get your office spic and span, helping you to ensure you offer a clean and healthy environment for your staff members to operate in.

More details

Our cleaners are also insured should any accident occur on your premises. This means you can enjoy complete peace of mind. Meanwhile, we offer an eco-friendly service, so you can bolster your green credentials by coming to us.

You can also be sure that our office cleaners in London will be reliable, professional and friendly.

In addition, we will work around your schedule. Whether you want the cleaning to take place in the morning, evening, at lunch time or on Saturdays, we can accommodate your requirements. We can also clean daily, weekly or fortnightly, depending on your preferences.

For more information on our cleaning services, just take a look around our website.

Indeed, the new year is arguably the best time of all to tackle the dust, grease and mess that has accumulated in your property. Getting your house or flat spic and span can be a great feeling, and it sets you up for the months ahead.

Life getting in the way?

The trouble is actually getting around to this task. You might have the best of intentions, but life just keeps getting in the way. You may be busy with your family and social life, and then there is work to think about.

If you’re not careful, cleaning your abode from top to bottom may become one of many broken resolutions.

Turn to the experts

It’s important to realise that when life’s simply too hectic to get out your mop and bucket, there’s no shame in calling in the experts. This can make your life easier and ensure you have a lovely clean home to return to at the end of stressful days.

Here at Starlet Cleaning, we offer special spring cleaning services in London that may be ideal for you.

Kitchens

One area that you might dread cleaning is your kitchen. These areas can quickly get messy, with greasy cooker tops, stained surfaces and dirty bins. Also, there are those dreaded appliances to tackle. Climbing into your oven or fridge to scrub it clean may not be your idea of fun, especially if you have to do this during a rare moment off.

If you contact us to arrange spring cleaning in London, you don’t have to worry. We’ll do all of this for you. Our cleaners will leave no stone unturned, making sure the insides and outsides of your cupboards, oven, microwave, fridge and so on are spic and span. They’ll also do your window panes and frames, skirting, doors and other areas.

Bathrooms

Another area you might not enjoy cleaning is your bathroom. Again, our experts are on hand to get this part of your home gleaming and good as new. They will de-scale your bath, shower, tiles and shower doors and thoroughly disinfect areas like the lavatory.

All areas

As well as getting your kitchen and bathroom sorted, they will also clean the other areas within your home, including your bedrooms, living room, hallway, stairs and more.

This means that as soon as you step through your front door, you’ll be able to notice the difference.

A makeover

If your property hasn’t been deep cleaned for a while, this service could transform its appearance. While it’s much cheaper and quicker to use cleaning companies in London than it is to redecorate your property, the results can be almost as dramatic.

The full low down

If you’re keen to get the full low down concerning our spring cleaning services, just take a look around our website. With our assistance, you can get 2013 started in style.

Let’s take a look at some of the benefits of using a professional end of tenancy cleaning service:

Deep and thorough cleaning is very labour intensive work. Do you really want the hassle and hard work at the end of your tenancy when you will have many other things to think about?

Professional cleaning companies use cleaners trained and equipped with specialist equipment and products that will complete the job to a higher standard in a shorter time than you can achieve.

Many landlords will expect carpets to be professionally cleaned. A carpet cleaning expert will be equipped with a commercial grade carpet cleaning machine, and a wealth of knowledge, ensuring there is no damage to the carpets.

If you have little or no cleaning experience you could easily damage surfaces, items, or appliances by using powerful chemicals, materials, or methods.

A professional cleaning company has advance methods to safely remove tough stains to ensure a full refund from you landlord.

High level outside window cleaning is dangerous for the untrained, with the potential risk of falling from heights, so this job is best left to the experts.

Many cleaning companies often a highly convenient service to their customers. Services can be booked at short notice, and whilst your away from your home. Many companies will collect your keys from your work and return them after the job.

Landlords are happier when they know professionals have cleaned their property. Indeed, many will insist on it and require an invoice from your cleaning service as proof you have had the property professionally cleaned.

To achieve all of these benefits, it’s important that you contract a quality cleaning company to carry out the cleaning at the end of your tenancy.

Check that the company provides written quotation, terms and conditions, and insurance.

Starlet Cleaning’s professional end of tenancy cleaning service in London offers all of the above benefits and more. Contact us for a free quote today!

For example, when tenants move out, they can leave a real mess behind them. In the past, this may have forced you to roll up your sleeves, reach for the rubber gloves and get stuck into some serious cleaning. However, there’s another option and that is to take advantage of specialist end of tenancy cleaning services London.

Why make life difficult for yourself?

Once you’ve experienced the joys of using professional cleaners to get your property ship shape when tenancies come to an end, you might wonder how or indeed why you ever coped without them in the first place.

Life’s too short for worrying about these issues when there are highly capable service providers on hand to do the dirty work for you.

Taking advantage of end of tenancy cleaning London can make the task of being a landlord much easier. It leaves you to get on with the other important tasks you face, such as keeping your own home in check and getting on with your work.

How we can help

Here at Starlet Cleaning we offer a range of services and may be perfectly placed to help you get your property in order before new tenants move in. We will make sure the bathroom is spic and span using disinfectants, de-scalers and other specialist products. Also, kitchen areas won’t be neglected. Our teams will set to work on your floors, surfaces, windows and skirting boards, as well as any appliances you have.

Also, our cleaners will make sure that the other areas of your property, including your hallway, living room and bedrooms look and smell great. To find out more about our services, just take a look around the relevant section of our website.

A worthwhile investment

Using services like this can be a worthwhile investment. It can help minimise your stress levels and make being a landlord that little bit easier.

Also, we offer superb value for money, meaning you won’t have to break the bank in order to take advantage of our cleaners London.

A good time

Meanwhile, now seems to be a great time to be a landlord. Recently, the Daily Telegraph drew attention to Rightmove figures that suggested average UK rents have increased by 13.6 per cent since 2009.

The publication also noted that the proportion of UK households renting has risen in the past decade from 31 per cent to 36 per cent. This is according to Census statistics.

Among those who own investment properties at present are housing expert and TV personality Sarah Beeny, former Blue Peter presenter Konnie Huq, one-time Bond girl Fiona Fullerton and ex-tennis star Tim Henman. No doubt some of these individuals take advantage of special cleaning services to keep their properties in tip top condition.

Our cleaning company in London offers a range of different services to help ease this burden on your daily life. Here are just a few of the ways in which we can make your life more fun and relaxed.

Domestic Cleaning Service London

It doesn’t matter whether you require a cleaning service daily, weekly or even fortnightly, our domestic cleaners can step in to clean your home for you. We clean all sizes of property – all you need to do is book a three-hour minimum slot between 9am and 6pm Monday to Friday, which you can  do easily either online or by phone.  If you’ve never employed a cleaning service before, you needn’t worry about security. All of our cleaners are fully reference checked and vetted, and are also given full training and supervised regularly.

Our cleaning staff will carry out all regular domestic cleaning tasks, including dusting, sweeping, vacuuming, mopping and dishwashing, and we do ask that you leave a list of the tasks you would like completing when booking your appointment.

Housekeeping London

For a more comprehensive service, why not check out our housekeeping London service? One of our efficient housekeepers can help to keep you on top of all of your chores, errands and general household organisation. It doesn’t matter whether you don’t have the time to spend looking after your home, or if your household is generally just too large for you to keep track of, our reliable and trustworthy housekeepers will always offer a premium and quality service.

Housekeepers can help you with your household cleaning, ironing and laundry, shopping, day-to-day errands and even deal with tradespeople or take deliveries for you, meaning you don’t have to use up your valuable annual leave to do it.

Ironing and Laundry London

You may just want to offload the tasks that you dislike the most. For many of us, that’s dealing with the ironing and laundry, particularly if you have a large family. Rather than having to tackle a large pile of ironing when you least want to because you’ve nothing left to wear, our friendly staff will take care of it for you.

As a general rule, it would be acceptable to expect the property to be left in the same condition it was found in. If you use our end of tenancy cleaning London service to maintain your properties before and after tenants arrive and depart, this will require them to leave it in pretty good condition indeed! If you are required to use our cleaning London service in order to make sure a property is in spotless condition before the next tenants move in, then do make sure you deduct the costs from the previous tenants’ deposit. Of course, you may also want to take advantage of our quality service when you first purchase the property and before any initial tenants move in, so that you get the process off to a good start.

If you have a gap between leaving tenants and new ones arriving, it is usual to expect that potential tenants would be coming to visit the property. If this is the case, the last thing you would want is for them to be put off by an unclean house or apartment. Instead, you’d want the place to appear inviting, hygienic and appealing, which is certainly not going to be achieved through a dirty refrigerator or a grease-lined hob and oven. Our cleaners will make sure the property is pristine in record time so you won’t have to risk losing potential new tenants and consequently losing out on that much-needed tenancy income.

Our end of tenancy cleaning services London aren’t just for landlords, however. As a tenant you may want to employ our fantastic cleaners just to ensure that you can recoup your full deposit (provided you’ve not incurred any other reason for losing your deposit, of course!) from your landlord. No matter how regularly you clean your house or flat, it will rarely be in the same condition when you come to move out as it was when you moved in and you really can’t risk losing out on that deposit money, particularly if you need it to fund another flat or even buying your first property.

No matter whether you need a quick and easy improvement on your own cleaning efforts or a full and intensive deep clean, our cleaners here at Starlet Cleaning can make sure your property sparkles just as much as it did when you arrived. We offer extensive cleaning of your bathroom and kitchen, including disinfecting and de-scaling of even the most difficult and unpleasant areas such as the plughole and oven, as well as a thorough clean of all other rooms in the property.

Some might say that it wasn’t a good party unless there is a pile of empty wine bottles, a few soiled carpets and spills on the coffee table, and overflowing ashtrays left at the end of the night. If you’re a guest at the party, this isn’t your concern, but if you are the host, there is little you can do to stop the disaster zone from ensuing. Paper plates and plastic cups may reduce the amount of washing up there is to do, but they won’t prevent spills and rubbish.

Instead of ruining your enjoyment of the Christmas party by worrying about how you’re going to clean it all up afterwards, why not give yourself an extra Christmas present by hiring our After Party Cleaning London service? This will allow you to relax and enjoy yourself not only for the party itself, but all the next day too!

As the best of the cleaning companies London has to offer when it comes to after party cleaning services, we will take care of all the cleaning essentials you need to get the house or function room looking tip top again. This includes disposing of all rubbish, cleaning every room from top to bottom (including dusting, vacuuming, mopping and disinfecting) and even washing any plates and glasses that were used for the party. Meanwhile you are free to do whatever you like instead – take yourself back to bed to sleep off the hangover, go out for a leisurely breakfast or even finish some last minute Christmas shopping.

Whether you are the owner or manager of a function room or it is your own house which has become the scene of the after party disaster zone, it may be that you just do not have the time to spend cleaning it up, never mind the inclination. You may have another set of guests due to arrive within a couple of hours, or you may need to spend the next day nursing your poorly head at your desk rather than performing a clean-up. Whatever your reasons, employing our after party cleaning company London will ensure that you have the time to do whatever you need to but still have a spotless house or function room at the end.

So, in the interests of creating a nicer environment and of protecting the wellbeing of your personnel, it may be wise to take advantage of office cleaning services in London. Arranging such help is now easier than ever before and it could make a real difference to your working space.

Some worrying stats

Writing on Business 2 Community recently, David Eaves pointed to some worrying statistics when it comes to office hygiene. He noted that millions of us spend a “huge amount” of time at work, so it’s important to think about taking good habits from the home and applying them to the office.

According to the blogger, these environments are the perfect breeding ground for germs. He also noted that while many people think communal toilets are the dirtiest areas in their workplaces, desks can in fact be worse. He pointed to research which suggested that only 30 per cent of people bother to clean these surfaces. This means desks have been found in some cases to be much less clean than toilet seats.

Spilling crumbs

Mr Eaves went on to state: “Heavy workloads make eating at desks a tempting (and sometimes a necessity!) but beware, tiny crumbs and bits of food falling in between the keys make an ideal environment for bacteria to breed, which is why you are likely to find 70 per cent more bacteria here than on a toilet seat.

“It doesn’t stop with the keyboard though; the office phone is the next great problem area. Close proximity to your mouth and contact from your hands means the average telephone has around 25,000 germs per square inch.”

The martyr effect

Another risk to hygiene occurs when workers who are ill head into the office anyway. Mr Eaves drew attention to figures indicating that while an average of 72 per cent of individuals believe that working while they feel ill is likely to spread the condition to colleagues, 52 per cent still feel bad for calling in sick.

Conclusion

Summing up his thoughts, the writer remarked: “As businesses strive to stay healthy in today’s economic climate, it pays to invest in a clean and healthy working environment for staff.”

What we can do

Here at Starlet Cleaning we appreciate the importance of this issue and we offer impressive office cleaning London. By coming to us, you can rest assured your working space will be spic and span.

The best thing is, you won’t have to worry about trying to clean the area yourself. You’ve no doubt got lots of other tasks to complete, so the last thing you’ll want to do is spend time thinking about hygiene.

To find out more about our services, just take a look around the relevant section of our website. We’re a cleaning company in London you can rely on.