End of Tenancy Cleaning in Finsbury Park

A split-level conversion in a Victorian terrace off Stroud Green Road — one of N4's trendiest streets, lined with independent cafés, wine bars, and organic grocers. The flat occupied the first and second floors: an open-plan kitchen-living space and one bedroom on the first floor, two more bedrooms and a bathroom on the second, connected by a steep internal staircase. Three young professional tenants on individual contracts had shared the property for 14 months at £2,400/month total. Two were leaving, one staying. Managed by David Andrew (4 offices across the area since 1996).

The job was originally scheduled for a Saturday but rescheduled to Tuesday — Arsenal were playing at the Emirates on Saturday afternoon, and the temporary parking restrictions would have covered several streets in the area including the tenant's road. We flagged this at booking and moved the date.

The shared kitchen on the first floor: three tenants cooking daily — one Turkish, one Brazilian, one British — had created a mixed grease and odour profile. The ceiling above the hob had a grease film, heavier than a single-household kitchen. The extractor was a basic wall-mounted unit with filters that hadn't been cleaned during the tenancy. Royal Cleaning applied alkaline degreaser to the ceiling, soaked the filters separately, and scrubbed the splashback tiles. The oven — a freestanding Zanussi — was dismantled and degreased in 45 minutes. Enzymatic odour neutraliser applied for the embedded garlic and spice smell.

The bathroom on the second floor was compact — a half-landing conversion squeezed between the two upper bedrooms. No window, no extractor fan, and mould on the silicone around the shower tray and on the ceiling corner. Treated with specialist anti-mould spray before the general descale. Limescale moderate at ~275 ppm.

The internal staircase — steep, carpeted, with an open wooden handrail — was vacuumed (treads and risers), handrail wiped, and the underside of the open-tread section dusted. This is within the flat itself, not the shared building stairs.

Two departing tenants' bedrooms cleaned individually: wardrobes wiped inside, skirting boards cleaned, sash window tracks vacuumed. One tenant had drilled two small holes for a shelf bracket — documented for the inventory (not a cleaning issue but Royal Cleaning flagged it proactively).

The shared building staircase from ground to first floor: tenant's front door and landing wiped as standard.

David Andrew inspected two days later. They've had offices in the area since 1996 and they know these Stroud Green split-levels intimately. The checkout covered both departing rooms, all communal areas, the internal staircase, and the mould documentation. The shelf bracket holes were accepted as fair wear and tear. Both departing tenants received full deposit returns.