Commercial office cleaning is cleaning done to a written specification under a contract, rather than booked visit by visit. The specification lists every area of the building and what happens there.
Desks, kitchens, washrooms and bins are usually done every working day. Meeting rooms and reception are done daily or more often, depending on how hard they are used. Carpets, hard floors, high-level dust and internal glass usually go on a weekly, monthly or quarterly cycle, and external windows on a schedule of their own. Most London offices are cleaned at the start or end of the day, so the work stays out of working hours; buildings that are busy all day add a daytime cleaner for washrooms and kitchens. The specification also records what changes from one building to the next: floor types, access and keys, alarm codes, where the waste goes and who to call when something is wrong. It is reviewed whenever the way the building is used changes.
Office cleaning contracts usually fail in two places. The cleaner changes every few weeks, so nobody learns the building. And when something is missed, there is no one person whose job it is to put it right. The list below is built around those two problems.
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Who runs the office changes what the cleaning has to do. If you operate a co-working space, members use the kitchens, booths and hot desks at all hours. If you provide serviced offices, offices change hands between clients and reception has to sell the space. If you lease your own floor in a building run by a managing agent, you are the customer but the building sets the rules. Each has its own page, and corporate headquarters and single-company buildings are covered here.
We clean offices in every London borough and out to the M25. Because our window cleaners are our own team, daily cleaning, deep cleans and windows can sit on one contract with one set of people.
An audit is a walk round your office with a checklist built from your specification. Each area is scored, and anything below standard becomes an issue with an action and a date.
Audits follow an agreed schedule and score each area against the specification you signed off, and you can ask for one before a board meeting or a client visit.
Each failed item is given a person to fix it and a target date, and is closed only once it has been checked again.
Because every office we clean is audited the same way, we can see when a problem appears in several buildings - a product that streaks, a task that is often missed - and retrain the teams before it reaches yours.
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Every Bayleaf FM office cleaning contract is audited on a structured schedule. Across our London office cleaning portfolio we have completed 1,000 quality audits, with an average audit score of 95% and 92% of audits rated excellent or good.
An office cleaning price comes from three things: the hours needed to clean your specification, the times of day the work has to happen, and any periodic work such as deep cleans or windows. We walk the building first, write the specification with you and quote against it, so the scope and the price are agreed before anyone starts.
Office deep cleaning starts from:
£34
per hour
Carpets, hard floors and high-level areas
Booked over a weekend or a quiet week
Equipment included
Daily office cleaning starts from:
£20
per hour
Products, equipment and uniforms included
Trained, vetted cleaners
Early-morning or evening as standard
Office window cleaning starts from:
£21
per hour
Internal and external glass
Our own window team
Access planned for your building
Partnering with Bayleaf for our housekeeping services has made a notable difference.
Their attention to detail and commitment to excellence elevate our guest experience to new heights.
Site Manager
W Hotel
The BFM team understand our culture and values, which is what sets us and them apart.
Their experience and unrivalled service delivery has helped out people and business to deliver class-leading customer experience and helped our clients to achieve amazing things too. I highly recommend them.
CEO
Uncommon
Bayleaf FM support and invest in their cleaners ensuring they are all rewarded and acknowledged for their efforts.
They consistently deliver ensuring the highest standards are met at all times, with the added benefit of working with people that you can trust.
Director of Construction
Serpentine Galleries
BFM’s attention to detail and commitment to maintaining the highest cleaning standards within our flagship St James’s Street store truly sets them apart.
I highly recommend them to any premium retailer seeking a company that goes the extra mile.
F&B Manager
Holland & Holland
Almost every office contract is built from the same three parts: cleaning every working day, a deeper clean a few times a year, and windows inside and out.
The core of the contract. Desks are cleared and wiped, kitchens and washrooms cleaned and restocked, bins emptied, floors vacuumed or mopped, and touch points such as door handles, lift buttons and kettle handles wiped. Meeting rooms are put back ready for the next day.
The work a daily clean does not reach: carpets extracted, hard floors machine-scrubbed, high-level dust, vents and light fittings, kitchen appliances inside and out, and washrooms descaled. Usually booked over a weekend or a quiet week, and often before or after an office move.
Internal glass, partitions and external windows. Our own window team works from the ground with water-fed poles, from a cherry picker, and by rope access on taller buildings.
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A standard office clean covers desks and workstations, kitchens, washrooms, bins and recycling, floors, meeting rooms and reception. Cleaners also wipe touch points such as door handles, lift buttons and kettle handles. Desks are cleared and wiped, washrooms are cleaned and restocked, and meeting rooms are put back ready for the next day. The daily visit does not include deep cleaning, carpet extraction or window cleaning. Those are booked as separate jobs, usually at a weekend or in a quiet week, and written into the same specification.
Yes. Every office cleaning contract includes the products, machines and uniforms, so there is nothing extra to buy or store. Products are agreed surface by surface: stone, timber and polished concrete floors each get one suited to them, and carpets, glass and kitchen worktops are treated the same way. Vacuums and floor machines arrive with the cleaning team. The cleaners work in uniform, which helps in a reception area or managed building where visitors and other tenants pass through.
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Office cleaning in London starts from £20 an hour for the daily clean, and the price already covers what we bring: cleaning materials, machines and uniforms. The final price comes from three things: the hours your written specification needs, the time of day the work has to happen, and any periodic work such as deep cleans or windows. We walk the building first, agree the specification with you and quote against it, so the scope and the price are settled before the first shift. Early-morning and evening cleans are the usual pattern.
A London office usually needs kitchens, washrooms, bins and desks cleaned every working day. Meeting rooms and reception are done daily or more often, depending on how hard they are used, and store rooms can be done less. Carpets, hard floors, high-level dust and internal glass tend to follow a weekly, monthly or quarterly cycle, and external windows run on a schedule of their own. The specification records each frequency area by area, and it is reviewed when the way the office is used changes.
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Yes. Most London offices are cleaned at the start or end of the day, so the work stays out of working hours. Early-morning cleans finish before staff arrive, and evening cleans start once they leave. Weekend cleaning is available for buildings open seven days, and late or out-of-hours cleans can follow events. If an office is busy all day, a daytime cleaner can be added for washrooms and kitchens, so they stay in order before the evening clean. Access, keys and alarm codes are recorded in the specification.
Yes. London offices are run in different ways, so each of these three has its own page. Co-working operators have members in at all hours and need an overnight clean plus daytime rounds. Serviced office providers have offices changing hands between clients, with move-out cleans and a reception that has to sell the space. Tenants leasing a floor in a managed building follow the building's rules on access, waste and paperwork. Headquarters and single-company offices are covered on this page.
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Reviewed by Paul Babai, Managing Director, Bayleaf Facilities Management.
First published 24 March 2025 · Last updated 15 October 2026
Bayleaf FM has cleaned London commercial property since 2001. ISO 9001:2015 and ISO 14001:2015 certified under Citation certificate 460282024, valid to 13 August 2028.