End of Tenancy Cleaning in Kings Cross

1-bed on the 5th floor of the Gasholders — the converted Victorian gasholders behind Kings Cross station. Circular building, curved walls, floor-to-ceiling windows following the arc of the original iron frame. Regent's Canal below, Granary Square to the south, Coal Drops Yard visible from the balcony. A data analyst at Google (Kings Boulevard office, 4-minute walk) — 12 months at £2,600. Institutional operator managing. Digital inventory — every surface photographed at check-in on a tablet.

Underground parking. Visitor bay arranged. Concierge let us in. Lift to the 5th floor. Kit up in one trip.

Open-plan kitchen-living. About 16ft by 14ft, but the curve of the gasholder wall makes the dimensions feel different. Kitchen section: integrated. Built-in oven behind a panel door — opened the panel, took the door off, glass out, sprayed. 15 minutes. One pass — 12 months, someone who ate at the Coal Drops restaurants most nights. The oven had maybe 3 months' actual use. Induction hob: two passes on the front two rings, barely used on the rear. Concealed dishwasher: door opened, racks pulled, interior wiped. Recessed extractor: filter pulled, soaked. Composite worktop: one wipe. Floor: engineered oak, specialist product.

Living section: floor-to-ceiling curved windows following the gasholder arc. Four sections. Cleaned per section — the height means an extension pole for the top third. Balcony door track: canal-side condensation residue. Vacuumed and wiped. Balcony itself: swept, balustrade wiped. You could see the narrow boats on the canal below and the back of the Granary Building.

Bathroom. Walk-in shower, frameless glass panel, wall-hung basin, wall-hung toilet. ~265 ppm, 12 months. Everything one pass. Frameless panel: streak-free product, both sides. Underfloor heating vent: vacuumed. Chrome fixtures: polished. 15 minutes.

Bedroom. Carpet. Built-in wardrobes with mirrored sliding doors — mirrors cleaned, tracks vacuumed, interior wiped. Window: curved, same gasholder arc as the living room. Sill wiped.

Entrance hallway. Engineered oak continuing. Wiped. Front door wiped both sides. Utility cupboard with concealed washer-dryer: exterior wiped, drum left open.

2 hours 25 minutes. One person. The integrated appliances and the curved windows are where the time goes. The oven was barely used. The shower was spotless. This is what 12 months of a tenant who works 4 minutes away and eats out every night looks like.

The institutional operator did the checkout remotely — tablet photos uploaded by the building manager, compared against the check-in photos on a screen at head office. Kitchen: oven panel opened, cavity photographed. Worktop: photographed. Shower: panel photographed. Balcony track: photographed. Wardrobe mirrors: photographed. Every photo matched or bettered the check-in. Passed. No in-person visit. No clipboard.

Deposit back in 4 days. Full return. Automated. He was relocating to Google's Zurich office — same company, different country, same renting pattern.

Kings Cross new-builds are the most technology-driven checkouts we handle. The cleaning is the same — oven, bathroom, floors, windows. But the inspection is photo comparison on a tablet, not a person walking around with a checklist. Every surface has to match or beat the check-in image. We clean to that standard. Our guide on deposit dispute evidence covers digital inventory checkouts and institutional operators.