Service Area · District 1
Cleaning in Altstadt-Lehel
District 1 is the oldest part of Munich and the hardest in terms of access and building fabric. Anyone having an office, a law firm or a shop cleaned here is usually dealing with three things at once: a listed building, an address without parking, and opening hours that dictate the appointment. We plan for all three from the start.
In district 1 the clock decides the job. Shops open early and close late, law firms have clients in the building during the day, and vehicles may only enter the pedestrian zone at set times. So we usually place the appointment before opening or after closing. Our hours are Monday to Friday, 08:00 to 20:00.
For us, listed status mostly means: do not experiment. Old doors, fittings, stone floors and timber panelling do not tolerate every product, and where we are unsure we test first in a spot nobody sees. Anything we notice – a loose stone, a crack in the timber – we report in writing. We may not repair anything; building repairs are not part of our offer.
How the district grew
The Altstadt is what lay inside the old city wall. The wall came down in the 18th and 19th centuries; its line survives as a ring of streets. What remains are three city gates and a street pattern still medieval in origin: narrow, irregular, with many small courtyards.
Lehel came later, immediately outside the wall. It was the city’s first planned extension and was built up in the 19th century with substantial apartment houses. Walk the streets between the Isar and the old town today and you see tall buildings with stucco and generous windows.
The war hit the old town hard. In rebuilding it, the city chose to keep the old street plan and restore many façades as they had been. So here a post-war building often stands behind a historic front — and almost every building in the district is protected in some way.
What you will find here
Buildings in the district
- Listed buildings with restored façades and a post-war structure behind
- Law and tax practices on the upper floors, often with parquet and original doors
- Retail units at street level with large windows onto the pedestrian zone
- Courtyards and passageways through which deliveries run
- In Lehel, closed Gründerzeit blocks with tall rooms and box-type windows
- A few modern office buildings with lifts and underground parking, mainly on the ring road
What usually comes up
- Cleaning law firms and offices after hours, because clients are there during the day
- Cleaning shop windows and entrance doors from inside – the first thing customers see
- Damp-mopping parquet and old boards only, so water never reaches the joints
- Stairwells with stone below and timber above – two materials, two products
- Washrooms in converted period flats, usually small and poorly ventilated
- Sweeping courtyards and passageways where the bins stand
Access and parking
- Large parts of the district are pedestrianised – stopping and unloading is only possible at set times
- Where cars are allowed, parking is almost entirely controlled; free spaces are effectively non-existent
- Our kit is carried by one person. We need neither a loading bay nor a trolley
- The walk from the parking space to the door is longer here than elsewhere and is part of our schedule
- Many buildings have a carriage entrance – if you hold a key for it, please tell us in advance
- By tram or underground we are often quicker than by car, and we arrive that way
What is different here
Shop windows and paperwork
In the city centre, shop windows are the single biggest item, and the reason is outside: along Sonnenstrasse and the Altstadtring a film of dust and exhaust settles on the glass that one pass will not lift. For the outer face of a city-centre shop window we therefore allow two passes from the outset rather than one – allow only one and you leave streaks that show up against the light.
Law and tax offices have one feature you cannot overlook: files on desks. We move nothing, turn nothing over and wipe no surface with paper on it. If you want a room cleaned completely, it has to be clear – we agree that in advance and write it down.
Stairwell and one visit
In the staircase the covering changes half way up — and a single bucket for stone and wood leaves a mark on both: streaks below, a grey film above. So we work with separate cloths. You only notice it in the result when it has been skipped.
Where office, shop and stairwell sit in the same building, we put them on one day. Travel costs then arise only once – €18 per working day and job, not per party and not per person. No VAT is charged, in accordance with § 19 of the German VAT Act. Given the parking here, that is where you save most.
Especially in demand here
Law firm cleaning in Munich
Cleaning in law firm premises with a settled team, a clear room list and distance from files and client appointments.
Shop cleaning in Munich
Sales floor, till area and entrance are done before the doors open.
Glass cleaning in Munich
Glass doors, partitions and display cases – cleaned where hands actually touch them.
Prices
€25 final price per person and working hour · €18 final price per working day and job – not per person
Questions from this district
Do you come into the pedestrian zone?
Yes. We carry our equipment and therefore do not depend on vehicle access. That is exactly why we use no machine that needs a van at the door.
Our building is listed. Is that a problem?
No, but it changes how we work. We test products in a hidden spot first, work only barely damp on old floors, and leave alone anything we cannot judge with confidence. Whatever we notice, we report in writing.
Can you clean our shop windows from outside?
At ground level, yes. Anything reachable only from a ladder above head height we do not do – work at height and façade cleaning are not part of our offer.
What does a visit in the old town cost?
By time, not by area: €25 per person and working hour. Plus €18 travel costs, once per working day and job – regardless of how many people come. A site visit with no job following costs €40. There is no minimum order value.
We come to the Altstadt and Lehel
Tell us the property, its condition and your preferred date. We will get back to you personally.