If you have ever tried to organise a cleaner at short notice, you will know the feeling: one minute everything looks simple, the next you are juggling messages, dates, access details and a schedule that seems to drift by the hour.

Victorian homes in Islington have a lot of charm: original floorboards under the carpet, tight staircases, bay windows, older underlays, and the kind of character that newer properties can only fake.

If you have ever booked a cleaner and then seen the bill creep up after the job, you will know the feeling.