Areas we cover

Window cleaning and building maintenance in Shoreditch, Hackney and Islington

Our office is on Paul Street, EC2, so Shoreditch, Hoxton, Hackney and Islington are the streets we have worked longest. Warehouse studios on Leonard Street and Hackney Road, a 72-room studio block on Bath Street, an office building on New North Road on a quarterly round, and gutters from Kingsland Road to Bethnal Green. This page shows the buildings and what each one needed.

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Buildings we have looked after here

Every area page on this site is built on work we have actually done there. Clients are not named.

Bath Street, EC1V

A 72-room studio block, five years of the whole envelope

Between 2017 and 2021 one building had almost everything we do. External windows most years, by hand tools at first and by rope access from 2021. Internal primary and secondary glazing in all 72 rooms. A roof condition survey with a photographic report in 2018 and again in 2019. Rainwater goods cleared every year. Render repairs, coping stones re-pointed and anti-bird wire mended in 2019. Rooftop handrails and safety lines tested in 2020. Deep cleans of the studios between tenancies.

New North Road, N1

Office building, quarterly external clean

An office and studio building on New North Road was cleaned by reach and wash every quarter from October 2017 to September 2019. The client came back in September 2025 for an urgent clean of the road elevations, booked for a 5 am start so the pavement was clear before the working day.

Hackney Road, E2

Studio complex on a rolling round

A complex of converted workshops off Hackney Road had its external windows cleaned by reach and wash on a rolling round from October 2017 to March 2020, including a roof light, and again in November 2023. A neighbouring furniture workshop asked us to add its twelve first-floor cast iron windows after seeing the van on site.

Gibbs Lane, off Hackney Road, E2

Large building, high level reach and wash every quarter

High level reach and wash of the external glazing of a large building on Gibbs Lane, seven visits between January 2018 and November 2019, each one booked around the building's own routine.

Leonard Street, Scrutton Street, Garden Walk and Great Eastern Street, EC2A

Warehouse studios and serviced offices

First-floor studios in warehouse buildings on Leonard Street, an office on Scrutton Street with external and internal cleaning, a small unit on Garden Walk, and the external glazing of a serviced office building on Great Eastern Street in August 2020. Reach and wash from the pavement, hand tools and a squeegee inside.

Kingsland Road, Redchurch Street and Bethnal Green, E2

Gutters, from a managing agent to a primary school

Gutter clearance on Kingsland Road in January 2020, where the report noted cast iron hoppers running into plastic downpipes that were not sealed. A managing agent's block on Redchurch Street in October 2020. A primary school off Wilmot Street in February 2026, surveyed from satellite imagery, then cleared by MEWP and roped ladders with the loose moss taken off the roof at the same time.

What we do in Shoreditch, Hackney and Islington

Window cleaning

Reach and wash from the pavement to about five storeys, rope access from the roof above that, and hand tools inside. See mid rise and high rise window cleaning.

Gutters and rainwater goods

Cleared by rope access, MEWP or high-reach vacuum, with photographs of what came out and a note of any hopper or downpipe that needs attention. See rainwater clearance.

Roof surveys and repairs

A photographic roof condition report with each defect annotated, then the repairs: render, coping stones, flashing, tiles. See roof repairs.

Eyebolt and safety line testing

Rooftop handrails, horizontal lines and eyebolts tested and certificated before anyone clips into them. See eyebolt testing.

Bird proofing

Anti-bird wire repaired or fitted, netting and spikes on ledges and plant areas. See bird proofing.

Fire risk assessments

Studio blocks, converted warehouses, offices and flats above shops, assessed by IFSM registered Level 6 assessors with the report within 48 hours. See fire risk assessments.

How we work in these streets

  • Early starts. Shoreditch pavements fill up by nine. Road elevations are cleaned from 5 or 6 am, as the New North Road building was.
  • Converted buildings. Warehouses, workshops and former institutional buildings have cast iron windows, roof lights and awkward rear elevations. We look before we quote.
  • One supplier for the envelope. The Bath Street block shows the pattern: windows, gutters, roof survey, repairs, safety line testing and bird proofing from one office, on one calendar.
  • Reports you can act on. The roof survey comes back as annotated photographs with a short list of defects. The gutter report says what was found as well as what was done.
  • Ten minutes from the office. Short-notice work is easier here than anywhere else we cover.

Neighbourhoods we cover

Shoreditch, Hoxton and Old Street. Spitalfields and Brick Lane. Bethnal Green, Haggerston and Dalston. Hackney Central, London Fields and Hackney Wick. Islington, Angel, Canonbury and Highbury. Clerkenwell and Finsbury on the City fringe. For the Square Mile see our City of London page; for the rest of the capital see London.

How to book

  1. Send the address and a photo of the building, and say whether it is a one-off or a round.
  2. We look at the building. Anything above five storeys or with a roof we have not seen gets a visit first.
  3. Fixed quote, with the access method, the start time and anything the building needs from you.
  4. The work, with RAMS in advance and a report at the end where you want one.

Common questions

Can you clean a Shoreditch building before the street gets busy?

Yes. Road elevations are booked for 5 or 6 am so the poles and hoses are off the pavement before shops and offices open. The New North Road building in September 2025 was done that way.

Do you clean converted warehouse windows?

Yes. Cast iron and Crittall-style windows are cleaned by reach and wash with purified water outside and hand tools inside. The studios on Hackney Road and Leonard Street are exactly that kind of building.

Can one company look after the whole building?

That is how the Bath Street block ran for five years: windows inside and out, gutters, a roof survey, the repairs it found, safety line testing and bird proofing, all from one office on one calendar.

What comes with a gutter clearance?

Photographs of what came out and a note of anything found on the way. On Kingsland Road the report flagged cast iron hoppers running into unsealed plastic downpipes, which is the kind of thing a clearance alone does not fix.

Do you work on schools in Hackney?

Yes. A primary school off Wilmot Street had its rainwater goods cleared and the loose moss taken off the roof in February 2026, by MEWP and ladders with safety ropes, after a survey from satellite imagery.

Do you carry out fire risk assessments in Shoreditch and Islington?

Yes. Studio blocks, converted warehouses, offices and flats above shops are assessed by our IFSM registered Level 6 assessors, with the written report within 48 hours. See the fire risk assessment page.

Tell us the building and we will tell you how we would clean it. Call 020 4634 3089 or send the address and a photo.

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