From living on the edge to leading one of the fastest-growing cleaning companies in the South West — meet the 23-year-old entrepreneur behind The Sleek Easy Clean Ltd.

When Laura Summers put up a Facebook post offering cleaning services three years ago, she never imagined it would change her life — or anyone else's.

Back then, Laura was 20, homeless, struggling with addiction, and facing a stark choice — turn her life around or risk losing it altogether.

Three years later, she's the director of a fast-growing cleaning and property maintenance business serving the whole of the South West, employing nearly 50 people — and still cleaning seven days a week herself.

Now 23, and proudly Street born and bred, Laura's story is one of resilience and remarkable turnaround.

"I knew I had to do something," she said. "I was in a bad situation. So I put a post on Facebook offering cleaning services. Within two days I had 17 clients and I had to find people to help me."

That post was the start of The Sleek Easy Clean Ltd — now a trusted provider of domestic, commercial and specialist biohazard cleaning, with an in-house property maintenance arm that launched in January and is already fully booked until September.

Laura had previously worked as a cleaner at Tesco and found it grounding. "It was something I could do where I could just focus and turn off the noise," she said. That same focus has driven her to build a company that does far more than clean — it changes lives.

What The Sleek Easy Clean Ltd offers

The company provides a wide range of services tailored to meet the needs of both individuals and organisations, including:

• Domestic Cleaning: Regular and one-off cleans for homes, with an emphasis on quality, reliability, and confidentiality. Domestic clients still make up around 50% of the company's workload.
• Commercial Cleaning: Covering around 25–30 contracts, including businesses, offices and communal spaces, with a flexible and responsive approach.
• Biohazard Cleaning: A growing part of the business, and one Laura feels deeply passionate about. These include hoarder cleans, trauma and decomposition scenes, drug den clean-ups, infection control, needle sweeps and more.
• Exterior Cleaning: Pressure washing for buildings, walkways and communal areas — keeping outdoor environments safe and well-presented.
• Post-Let and Void Property Cleaning: Making sure properties are ready for their next occupant, including deep cleans of kitchens, bathrooms, carpets and windows.
• Property Maintenance and Building Work: Launched in early 2025, this arm offers everything from minor home repairs to full renovations and extensions. With her dad having worked as a builder, Laura is no stranger to life on site — and her team now delivers a full suite of services including plumbing, plastering, flooring, decorating, and more.

By offering property repairs alongside specialist cleaning, Laura says they're helping the most vulnerable clients avoid the stress of dealing with multiple companies.

"There's a natural crossover," she said. "In hoarding cases, for example, you often find damp floors, damaged walls, or major repairs needed. We can sort the clean and the fix — with one team, one number, one point of contact."

The business is now attracting attention nationally, with a recent appearance on ITV News and an upcoming feature in a crime scene cleaning documentary later this year.

But for Laura, it's still about being on the ground, doing the work that matters.

"No matter the size of the job, we're helping someone take their life back," she said. "We've seen people go from not seeing their family or being able to leave the house, to inviting people over again and rebuilding their lives. That's what this is about."