BARBICAN LIVING

The Barbican Estate in the City of London. How it came about. How it is today.

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  • Conception
    • The dramatic Barbican story
    • History of the Barbican area
    • Timeline 1940 – 1959
    • Fascinating facts
    • Chamberlin Powell & Bon
      • Chamberlin Powell & Bon’s story
      • Peter Chamberlin
      • Geoffry Powell
      • Christof Bon
      • Barbican estate project
      • City machinations
      • Brutalists or Modernists?
    • Other main players
      • Eric Wilkins
      • City of London committees
      • Ove Arup
      • G H Buckle and Partners
      • Davis Belfield and Everest
      • London County Council
      • Ministry of Housing and Local Government
    • The residential scheme
      • 1955 scheme
      • 1956 scheme
      • 1958 scheme
      • 1959 scheme
      • Changes after 1959
    • Precursors
      • The Abercrombie plan
      • The Forty plan
      • The Holden-Holford plan
      • The Kadleigh plan
      • The Martin-Mealand plan
      • Golden Lane Estate
    • Influences
      • The Adelphi
      • Hans Bernoulli
      • European cities
      • London squares
      • Modernism
      • Brutalism
      • Le Courbusier
    • Ideas
      • Traffic segregation
      • Making space
      • Rounded forms
      • Rough concrete finish
      • Flexible flat design
      • High-walks
    • Decisions
      • Residential vs commercial
      • Including north Barbican
      • The road in a box
      • Shops, pubs, and restaurants
      • Garages
      • The mix of flats
  • Construction
    • Construction timeline
    • Fascinating facts
    • The construction team
      • Contractors
      • Subcontractors
      • Suppliers
    • The construction phases
    • Site preparation
      • The building site
      • Cutting railways
      • Old sewers
    • Infrastructure
      • Refuse disposal
      • The Garchey system
      • Underfloor heating
      • Water
      • Roads and parking
    • Buildings
      • Foundations
      • Structure of buildings
      • Below podium
    • Finishes
      • Hammered concrete finish
      • Bricks and tiles
      • Signage
      • Roof finishes
    • The terrace blocks
      • Terrace blocks
      • Front-to-back flats
      • Side-to-side flats
      • Up-and-over flats
      • Clusters of flats
      • Room layouts of flats
      • Cross wall construction
      • Terrace balconies
    • The towers
      • The towers
      • Triangular shape
      • Flat design
    • Public and open areas
      • The podium
      • Landscaping
      • Public services building
  • Now
    • Timeline since 1975
    • Fascinating facts
    • Who are Barbican residents?
    • Gardens
    • Lakes
    • How the estate is run
    • Nearby
  • Blocks
    • Maps of the estate
    • Compare the blocks
    • Andrewes House
    • Ben Jonson House
    • Blake Tower
    • Brandon Mews
    • Breton House
    • Bryer Court
    • Bunyan Court
    • Cromwell Tower
    • Defoe House
    • Frobisher Crescent
    • Gilbert House
    • John Trundle Court
    • Lambert Jones Mews
    • Lauderdale Tower
    • Mountjoy House
    • The Postern
    • Seddon House
    • Shakespeare Tower
    • Speed House
    • Thomas More House
    • Wallside
    • Willoughby House
  • Flats
    • Flat plans & flat types
    • Inside your flat
      • Kitchen
      • Bathroom
      • Doors
      • Entry phone
      • Floors
      • Storage
      • The Barbican hand basin
      • Windows
      • Balconies
    • Services to your flat
      • Electricity
      • Water
      • Heating
      • Ventilation
      • Television
      • Garchey
      • Lifts
      • Rubbish
      • Staff
    • Buying a flat
      • The best solicitors
      • Best estate agents for buyers
      • Choosing the right flat
      • Unapproved alterations
      • FAQs for buyers
      • Service charges
      • Help and information
      • Buy to let
    • Selling your flat
      • The best estate agents
        • Nicola Lee
        • Frank Harris & Company
        • Hamilton Brooks
        • Scott City
        • A W Childs
      • The best solicitors
  • Living here
    • People who can help you
    • Places to go
    • Flat cleaning
    • Making alterations
    • Cars and bikes
    • Storing stuff
  • Barbican Giving
BARBICAN LIVING

Cleaners

I recommend HOUSE PROUD Lisa or Kinga 07956 435390 / 079841 08807. They do my cleaning (very well). See my full page on them here, and the House Proud website here. They have an office under Willoughby House on the Podium.

People who can help you

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  • Bath resurfacing
  • Carers
  • Carpenters
  • Carpet fitters
  • Cleaners
  • Decorators
  • Doctors
  • Electricians
  • French polishing
  • Garchey cleaning
  • Garchey problems
  • General building work – repairs to refurbishments
  • Handyman
  • Locksmiths
  • Milkman and more
  • Plumbers
  • Shoppers
  • Window box planting
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