If you live or work around Francis Road, you'll know upholstered furniture takes a beating in ordinary London life: muddy shoes by the door, coffee on the armrest, pet hair in the weave, and that slow build-up of everyday grime that somehow appears out of nowhere.

If you live, work, or commute around Leyton Midland Road station, sofa cleaning can feel like one of those jobs you keep meaning to sort out and then quietly ignore.