A co-working space never really closes. Members badge in before 7am and the last ones leave after 10pm, so there is no empty building to clean.
Hot desks change hands several times a day, and each new member expects a clear, wiped desk. Kitchens take the heaviest use, with coffee machines, dishwashers and fridges running from breakfast to evening drinks. Phone booths and small meeting rooms are booked back to back, and they are small enough that a smell or a smeared screen is noticed at once. Event nights leave a mess in the space members walk into next morning. Members also talk: a full bin or an empty soap dispenser becomes a post in the community app. Operators with several sites need each one to look the same, because members move between them. So a co-working clean is two jobs, an overnight clean of the whole floor and daytime rounds that follow the use.
Calls from operators tend to start the same way. The cleaner changes every week and nobody knows the house rules - which desks are reserved, how the kitchen is reset, which booths to leave alone during a call. Or a corporate member asks what the space's cleaning adds to its carbon figures, and nobody can say.
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London's co-working floors are often in converted warehouses and older office buildings in Shoreditch, Clerkenwell and King's Cross, as well as new towers in the City. Older buildings tend to have one goods lift and a shared bin store, so before the first night we agree access, lift times and waste arrangements with the landlord. Serviced offices and tenant-leased floors are run differently, and each has a page of its own.
Members judge the space at 2pm, not at 6am after the overnight clean. So audits look at the floor while it is in use as well as when it is empty.
Part of each audit happens in the working day, so the score reflects what a member sees at lunchtime.
Pass a member's cleaning complaint to us and it is tracked with someone responsible and a deadline, so you can tell the member what was done.
If one location keeps failing on kitchens or booths, it stands out against the others, and we look at its shift times and training before it spreads.
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We price the overnight clean and the daytime rounds separately, because they change for different reasons. The overnight clean follows your floor area; the rounds follow how many members are in. As membership grows, rounds can be added without re-pricing the whole contract.
Shared-space deep cleans from:
£34
per hour
Kitchens, soft seating and booths
Booked around events
Machines and kit supplied
Overnight clean and rounds from:
£20
per hour
Whole floor overnight
Daytime rounds for desks, kitchens and booths
Kit, cleaning products and uniforms supplied
Glass and windows, from:
£21
per hour
Meeting-room walls and booth doors
Outside glass by our own team
Timed around member hours
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
Most operators start with the overnight clean and daytime rounds, add a deep clean for kitchens and soft seating every few months, and keep the glass walls members sit beside clean.
Overnight, the whole floor is done: desks cleared and wiped, kitchens reset, washrooms cleaned and floors vacuumed or mopped. In the day, a cleaner on rounds empties bins, wipes hot desks between users, restocks kitchens and washrooms, and resets meeting rooms and phone booths after use.
Shared kitchens, sofas and booth seating take wear that a nightly clean cannot fix. A deep clean covers upholstery, carpets, fridges, dishwashers and the coffee area, and is fitted into a weekend or the morning after a big event.
Co-working floors are full of glass: meeting-room walls, booth doors and the windows members sit beside. We clean the internal glass on a regular cycle, and our own window team does the outside.
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Yes. A co-working space never really closes, so the cleaning has to work around members. Daytime rounds are quiet jobs: emptying bins, resetting kitchens, wiping hot desks between users and resetting phone booths and meeting rooms. Vacuuming and floor machines are kept for the overnight clean, when the floor is empty. The cleaner on rounds goes where the use is, so the kitchen at lunchtime and the booths booked back to back are seen first.
Yes. Members badge in before 7am and the last leave after 10pm, and several people may use the same hot desk in one day. An ordinary office empties in the evening and is cleaned once. A co-working operator needs two jobs: an overnight clean of the whole floor and daytime rounds for desks, kitchens and booths. Members notice small failures, such as a full bin or an empty soap dispenser, and may post about them in the community app. The two jobs are priced separately, because floor area drives one and member numbers drive the other.
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Yes. Evening events leave food, glasses, rubbish and moved furniture in the space members walk into next morning. We can clean straight after the event finishes, or come in before members arrive. Either way the food and glasses are cleared, floors are cleaned and furniture goes back to your usual layout, so the first hot-desker finds a ready floor. Late finishes are planned in advance with your community team. Kitchens used for catering and soft seating can go into a deep clean, fitted into a weekend or the morning after.
Yes. Each site is cleaned to one specification built from your brand standard and adjusted only for the building, such as a different lift or bin store. Each team is briefed on it, so members who move between your locations find the same kitchens and desks. One checklist is used to audit every site. On a cleaning contract the results for all your locations appear side by side in Bayleaf Connect, so a weaker site shows up before members raise it.
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Your community team tells the cleaner on rounds, or calls us, and the mess is dealt with on that round. Outside round hours the report is logged for the overnight team to clear, and you get a note once it is done. A member's cleaning complaint is tracked with someone responsible and a deadline, so your team can tell the member what was done rather than guess. Where a complaint repeats at one location, it stands out against your other sites.
Yes. Phone booths are small and used by someone new every hour, so a smeared screen or a smell is noticed at once. Booth screens, desks and handles are wiped on each round. In the kitchen, coffee machines, fridges and dishwashers get a wipe-down outside, and are emptied or loaded as agreed with you. Sofas and booth seating take wear a nightly clean cannot fix, so they go into a deep clean every few months.
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Reviewed by Jorge Hernandez, Operations Director, Bayleaf Facilities Management.
First published 19 March 2025 · Last updated 15 October 2026
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