Basement flats near Chelsea Bridge can be lovely places to live: cooler in summer, tucked away from the street, often with period character. But they also come with one awkward regular guest - damp.

Flooding has a way of turning an ordinary day into a race against the clock.

If you live in Pimlico, bulky waste has a habit of becoming a problem right when life is already busy. A sofa that will not fit through the hall. A broken wardrobe leaning in the spare room.

If you are moving out of a Pimlico flat in SW1V, the cleaning job can feel deceptively simple right up until you look at the skirting boards, the oven, the bathroom limescale, and the dust that seems to have made a home behind every radiator.

If you live in Churchill Gardens, you already know flat cleaning has its own rhythm.