End of tenancy cleaning in and around Roman House

The first thing an inventory clerk does in a Wood Street flat is turn to face the window, because a Roman House apartment is mostly glass, and glass shows every streak the daylight finds. That is the job here in a sentence. We are Monster Cleaning Ltd, a London end of tenancy firm working since 2014, and getting a deposit back from a high-spec City block is less about scrubbing and more about a finish that survives that light. Studio flats start at £156 and two-beds at £243, by the hour it is £30 per cleaner, and every job carries a 48-hour re-clean guarantee. Ring 0333 555 2076 for a price.

Last updated June 2026. We cover Roman House and the EC2Y, EC1A and EC2M streets around it on the London Wall side of the City. This page sits inside the City directory at End of Tenancy Cleaning City of London.

Where does a Roman House deposit actually go?

Hardly ever on damage. The flats here are barely a decade old, and the people who rent a Berkeley block on the edge of the Barbican tend to look after it. Money comes off for one reason. The hand-back finish did not match an itemised inventory, and in a stone-and-glass flat that inventory is unusually easy to mark against.

It helps to know what the building is. Roman House stands on Wood Street, EC2Y, on the London Wall side of the City, a few steps from St Giles’ Cripplegate church and a surviving stretch of the old Roman and medieval wall that gives the address its name. Berkeley kept the original Portland stone face of a former office block and rebuilt studios, one- and two-beds behind it, with a 24-hour concierge, a residents’ gym, fitted kitchens, wood floors, underfloor heating and floor-to-ceiling glazing. Most tenants here work in the City and want a quiet, quick hand-back, and the old Museum of London site on the corner is being reborn as the London Museum at Smithfield, due to open in late November 2026. That is the flat we clean, and the brief follows from it.

Picture what the clerk is holding. A check-in pack, photographed on day one, when the glazing was flawless and the engineered floor still carried its factory finish. They set the new state beside the old state, in daylight, and write down every difference. On a modern flat almost every difference is a cleaning point rather than a structural one: a tide-line on the shower screen, a cloudy band along the foot of a floor-to-ceiling window, a handle-less cupboard front wiped greasy so it dried smeared, an integrated oven that looks spotless from the front and is scorched brown across the back of the cavity. None of that is damage. All of it is deductible, because the inventory said the surface was clear and now it is not.

On a modern flat almost every difference is a cleaning point rather than a structural one.

So the clean that wins here is built around the inventory, not around a generic idea of tidy. We go through the surfaces a City clerk is briefed to mark, in the order they inspect them, and we finish the ones that show under daylight last so nothing already done gets touched again. That is the whole method, and it is why a flat like this gets cleaned differently from an old terraced let south of the river.

What the City’s hard water does to glass and chrome

This is the quiet one, and it tips more borderline check-outs at Roman House than anything else we see. The Square Mile is supplied by Thames Water, and the City sits firmly in its hard zone, around 300 parts per million of calcium carbonate, which is very hard by any sensible measure. On glass and chrome that mineral content dries to a white bloom an ordinary kitchen spray cannot lift.

Tenants scrub it, the bloom stays, and they decide the glass must just be old. It is not. It is scaled. It needs a descaling pass and then a dry buff, because a screen descaled and left to dry in hard water will film over again by inspection day. In a flat where most of the vertical surface is glass, a shower screen and floor-to-ceiling windows and a handle-less kitchen run, that one issue is the difference between a clean report and a deduction. We descale every tap, shower head, screen and steel fitting, and we buff each one dry so nothing returns under the clerk’s torch.

The kitchen is the other place scale and grease combine. Handle-less fronts take thumb pressure at the same few push points, and three years of cooking builds grease there that wiping only smears. Under the daylight in these flats a smeared front looks worse, not better. We degrease the push points specifically, then finish the whole run evenly, and we pull the metal extractor filter rather than leaving it tacky in the canopy where a thorough clerk will slide it straight out.

Who governs a hand-back in the Square Mile

Roman House is private stock, and the City is genuinely unusual here. The authority is the City of London Corporation, which runs the Square Mile rather than a normal London borough. Mandatory HMO licensing applies across the City, as it does nationally, for properties let to five or more sharers who are not one household. The City has very few HMOs, though, and there is no additional or selective licensing scheme on top. For an ordinary flat at Roman House that means no council inspection and no licence condition stands between you and your deposit. The tenancy agreement and the inventory govern the hand-back, full stop.

What actually decides the deposit is the letting agent. Roman House and the City and Barbican flats around it let largely through Frank Harris, Hurford Salvi Carr and Savills, with Hamptons and Benham and Reeves active on the sales-and-lettings side too. Their inventories on Wood Street stock are detailed, because the values are high and the clerks know it. We hold a 97% first-time pass rate across the agents we work with, and we have cleaned for 300+ letting agents over the years, so the standard a City clerk expects here is one we build to rather than guess at.

The deposit rules behind all of this sit in law, and they help the careful tenant. A landlord cannot keep deposit money for fair wear and tear, only for a genuine cleaning shortfall or damage beyond ordinary use. If a deduction is proposed and you do not accept it, your deposit is held in a government-backed scheme and each runs a free dispute service. You can read the schemes at the Tenancy Deposit Scheme and mydeposits, with plain guidance on what counts as a fair deduction from Shelter. The decision turns almost entirely on evidence, and a dated professional clean with an itemised invoice is the single strongest document you can submit. That is why we itemise.

Check-in inventory

The report a clerk writes on day one, with photos, describing every surface as new or as-new. It is the benchmark your check-out is judged against, which is why we clean to it and not to a vague standard.

End of tenancy clean

The full reset that gets an empty flat back to let-standard so the clerk signs it off and the deposit is released. Priced by property size, or £30 per hour per cleaner for a part job, with the 48-hour re-clean guarantee on it.

Deep clean

A reset of a home you are keeping and still living in, with no inventory to satisfy. Useful, but not the same job, and booked from £30 an hour.

Regular domestic clean

Ongoing upkeep on a weekly or fortnightly visit, from £22 an hour. Maintenance, not a hand-back.

The 57 things, weighted for a glass-and-gloss flat

Every job runs to the same 57-point agent-approved checklist, built over a decade of London check-outs and weighted, for Roman House, toward the surfaces a stone-and-glass flat actually gets marked on. Here is the shape of it for a standard apartment in the building.

• Integrated oven: taken apart as far as the appliance allows, inner door glass included, with the back and roof of the cavity cleared, not just the front wiped.
• Hob, extractor and filter: hob and trim degreased, canopy cleaned inside and out, and the metal grease filter pulled and degreased rather than left tacky.
• Integrated fridge-freezer: cleaned inside, shelves, drawers and seals included, and eased out on its runners so the floor and sides behind it are done.
• Dishwasher and washer-dryer: cleaned inside, filters, seals and drawers included, fronts and sides wiped down.
• Handle-less kitchen fronts: degreased at the push points where thumbs leave a greasy shadow, then the whole run finished evenly under the light.
• Worktops, splashback, sink and tap: degreased to a clean edge, steel and chrome descaled so they come up clear, not smeared.
• Shower screen and enclosure: a full descaling pass so the dried tide-line and spray haze lift, then a dry buff so nothing films back.
• Bath, basin and WC: cleaned and descaled, overflow, seat fixings and the base behind the pedestal included.
• Tiling, grout and silicone: cleaned down, the silicone lines checked and wiped back to a usable state.
• Taps, shower head and chrome: descaled across every brushed or polished fitting so nothing shows a water mark.
• Mirrors and mirrored cabinets: cleaned streak-free, interiors included.
• Floor-to-ceiling window glass: cleaned inside to a streak-free finish, the low band done too, since that is the surface a clerk most often photographs.
• Internal glass and any balustrade: partitions cleaned on both faces where they are reachable.
• Built-in and walk-in wardrobes: cleaned inside, rails, shelving and unit tops included.
• Engineered and stone flooring: cleaned to the correct method rather than over-wetted, and finished last so nothing is walked back across.
• Skirting, doors and frames: skirting, floor edges, internal doors and frames wiped where dust gathers.
• Switches, sockets and controls: wiped down, the underfloor-heating thermostats included.
• Radiators, grilles and vents: cleaned where present, fronts, visible fins and extract vents.
• Fitted blinds: dusted along the slats to the full-height windows, where that dust is obvious against the daylight.
• Light fittings and door tops: dusted throughout, including the ledges nobody looks at but the clerk.
• Entrance and utility cupboard: the hallway and any utility or heat-interface-unit cupboard cleaned out.

Every line of that is on the checklist the team works before hand-back, and the order is deliberate: glass, the shower screen and the floors are finished last so nothing already cleaned gets disturbed on the way out.

Glass, the shower screen and the floors are finished last so nothing already cleaned gets disturbed on the way out.

What it costs, and the maths nobody runs in time

These are our standard City prices for an end of tenancy clean at Roman House. There is no premium loaded onto this building, and the quote is fixed before we start.

Oven deep-cleaning is already inside the end of tenancy price. Carpet is an add-on only where a flat has it, and most apartments here are wood or engineered floor, but where it applies it is £36 per bedroom, £43 for a living room, or £115 for whole-flat carpet on a two-bed. As a standalone the oven is £77 single, £110 double and £114 for a 90cm range. The hourly rate is for part jobs or a top-up, not a full hand-back.

Now run the maths the way the deposit makes you. A two-bed at £243 sits against a deposit on a City flat that is rarely under several thousand pounds, often a good deal more. Put the cost of the clean next to the money it protects and it stops being a real decision. Most tenants only run that sum after a failed check-out has already cost them the first round, which is the expensive way to learn it. We have helped tenants recover £1.2m in deposits by cleaning to the report, and on a flat like this the clean is almost always small against what is at stake.

What the clerk works through, in order

An inventory clerk from Frank Harris, Hurford Salvi Carr or Savills works a Roman House flat in a fairly fixed run, and knowing it is half of passing it. The window glass goes first, inside, turned to the Wood Street daylight for haze and streaks. Then the shower screen, low down, for the hard-water tide-line. Then the chrome, close up, for water-spotting.

After that the integrated oven, opened so the back and roof of the cavity are seen and not just the door. Behind and beside the fridge-freezer and the washer-dryer where they pull out. The handle-less cabinet push points for grease shadow. The extractor canopy and its metal filter, slid out. Then the engineered floor against the move-in photos, the wardrobe interiors and unit tops, and last of all the skirting, switch plates and vents for daylight-visible dust.

Notice how little of that is structural. It is glass, chrome and integrated appliances, the things that take a finish badly when they are rushed. Our 57-point agent-approved checklist is built around that exact run, so the team is working the surfaces the clerk will reach in the order they reach them. If the clerk does flag something we missed, the 48-hour re-clean guarantee covers going back to fix it at no cost, and the dated invoice we leave is the paper that protects you if a deduction is argued later.

Access, the lift, and how booking works

Access at Roman House is, for once, the easy part. Barbican station on the Circle, Hammersmith and City and Metropolitan lines is a short walk, Moorgate adds the Northern line and the Elizabeth line nearby, and Farringdon, one street west, puts the Elizabeth line and Thameslink in reach too. Our cleaners come in by Tube, which on a City job beats driving into the Square Mile with the congestion charge and almost no parking. We arrange the concierge sign-in and the goods-lift slot with the Wood Street front desk in advance, so the team arrives, signs in, and goes straight up.

The booking itself is short, and we keep it that way.

1. Call 0333 555 2076 or email [email protected] with your flat size at Roman House and your concierge check-out date.
2. We give you a fixed price from the bands above, with any carpet or oven add-on confirmed up front.
3. We book the clean for the day before check-out where we can, and arrange the sign-in and lift with the front desk.
4. The team works the 57-point checklist, finishing glass, screen and floors last so nothing is disturbed.
5. You get a dated, itemised invoice. Anything flagged inside 48 hours, we come back and fix it under the guarantee.

One honest word on timing. City lets cluster their check-outs, and the building’s goods lift is shared, so the slot you want goes quickly at month-end. The Renters’ Rights Act 2025, live since 1 May 2026, has made move-outs less predictable rather than less frequent, because tenancies are now periodic and notice can fall at any point. Book a little earlier than you would have a year ago and you will not be caught short.

A two-bed on Wood Street, from March

“Two of us shared a two-bed at Roman House for just under three years, both working City hours, and the flat was not in a bad state when we left. What nearly cost us was the kitchen. It is one of those handle-less integrated kitchens, and three years of cooking had built grease on the gloss fronts right where you push them, and all over the extractor canopy and filter. We had wiped it, but wiping a greasy surface just smears it, and under the daylight in there it looked worse. Monster came in the Monday before our Wednesday concierge check-out, stripped the kitchen back, took the oven apart and cleared the canopy and filter properly. The Savills clerk inspected by the window and there was not one kitchen note on the report. Full deposit back, split between two of us against a City two-bed deposit, the clean was nothing.”
James and Priya, two-bed sharers, Roman House EC2Y, March 2026

That job is a fair example of the pattern here. Not a wrecked flat, just an integrated kitchen that wiping could never fix, inspected under hard City daylight by an agent who checks. The clean cost a fraction of the deposit it freed. It usually does, and what turns it is the dated invoice that goes out with the work, which a DIY check-out almost never has when the agent pushes back.

Questions we get asked

How much is an end of tenancy clean at Roman House?

A studio is £156, a one-bed £207 and a two-bed £243. A three-bed runs £339 and a four-bed £425. These are our standard City rates, with nothing extra loaded on for the postcode or the building. Oven cleaning is already inside that price. Carpet is the only common add-on, and most flats here have wood or engineered floors, so it rarely comes up.

Why does my shower glass still look cloudy after I have scrubbed it?

Because it is scaled, not dirty. The City sits on hard Thames Water, around 300 parts per million of calcium carbonate, and on glass and chrome that dries to a white bloom an ordinary spray will not shift. It needs a proper descaling pass and then a dry buff so nothing films back over. On a flat that is mostly glass, that single job decides more borderline check-outs at Roman House than anything else.

Do you clean inside the integrated appliances?

Yes. The integrated oven comes apart as far as it is built to, inner door glass included, and the back and roof of the cavity get cleared, not just the front wiped. The fridge-freezer, dishwasher and washer-dryer are cleaned inside, seals and filters included, and pulled out where they sit on runners so the floor and sides are done. Clerks open and look behind these, so we get there first.

Can you work around the concierge and the lift?

Yes, and we do it on every job here. We arrange the sign-in and the lift slot with the Wood Street front desk before the day, so the team arrives, signs in, and goes straight up to the flat. A goods-lift booking on a moving day in the City is worth having in advance, and we sort it rather than leave you to.

Which letting agents do you clean to the standard of?

Roman House and the flats around it on the London Wall side let mostly through Frank Harris, Hurford Salvi Carr and Savills, with Hamptons and Benham and Reeves on the sales-and-lettings side too. We clean to their inventory standard, hold a 97% first-time pass rate across the agents we work with, and have cleaned for 300+ letting agents over the years. A City clerk on Wood Street expects a finish we already build to.

Is there a council licence or inspection that affects my check-out here?

Not in any way that touches your deposit. The authority is the City of London Corporation, which runs the Square Mile rather than a London borough. Mandatory HMO licensing applies across the City, as it does nationally, but the City has very few HMOs and no additional or selective licensing scheme. For a normal let at Roman House there is no council inspection between you and your deposit. The tenancy agreement and the inventory govern the hand-back.

What is the 48-hour re-clean guarantee?

If the inventory clerk flags any cleaning point within 48 hours of the clean, we come back and put it right at no extra cost. It is on every end of tenancy job at Roman House. It is also why a dated, itemised invoice from us matters: if a deduction is ever argued, that paperwork plus the guarantee is what settles it.

When should the clean happen relative to my check-out?

The day before the concierge check-out where we can. That keeps the flat fresh for the inspection and leaves room inside the guarantee window if anything is queried. Tell us your date when you call and we work back from it.

Do I need to be there while you clean?

No. Most tenants have moved out by then anyway. We take access through the concierge or however you arrange it, clean the empty flat, and send you a dated invoice after. An empty flat is quicker to bring to inventory standard, so it helps if the place is clear.

My flat has wood floors, not carpet. Does that change the price?

No, the band price holds. Carpet is only an add-on where a flat actually has it, and most apartments at Roman House are wood or engineered board. We clean those to the right method rather than over-wetting them, which matters, because a wood floor mopped too wet dries to a dull bloom that a clerk reads as a cleaning fault.

Does the Renters’ Rights Act 2025 change what can be deducted?

The cleaning side did not change. The Act, live since 1 May 2026, ended Section 21 and turned assured shorthold tenancies into periodic ones, so it changes timing and notice, not the clean. The deposit principle is the same as before: a landlord cannot keep money for fair wear and tear, only for a genuine cleaning shortfall or real damage. A flat handed back not professionally clean, when it was let clean, is still a fair deduction, which is why a dated clean is worth having.

What if I disagree with a proposed deduction?

Your deposit is held in a government-backed scheme, and each one runs a free dispute service that turns almost entirely on evidence: the inventory, the check-in photos, the check-out report and any cleaning receipt. A dated, itemised invoice from a professional clean is the single strongest document you can put in front of an adjudicator. Shelter sets out the steps if you want to read them before you start.

How do I book?

Call 0333 555 2076 or email [email protected] with your flat size at Roman House and your check-out date. We confirm a fixed price from the bands above, book the clean, and arrange the concierge sign-in and lift with the Wood Street desk. Most City check-outs are settled in a couple of calls.

Other Monster Cleaning services at Roman House

Staying in the flat rather than moving out? We also run carpet cleaning at Roman House, oven cleaning at Roman House and domestic cleaning at Roman House.