We clean carpets in homes all over London, from conversion flats with a shared staircase to family houses carpeted from the hall to the top floor, using hot-water extraction, and we agree a fixed price before we start.
Last updated November 2026.
We clean carpets in London with hot-water extraction, a single bedroom from £36 and a whole two-bed flat at £115. A visit starts at £67, so a single room booked on its own is £67.
Monster Cleaning Ltd has been doing this since 2014, with a registered office at 75 Shakespeare Avenue, Feltham, TW14 9HU. We’re rated 4.7 on Google.
What carpet cleaning costs in London
Rooms have a set price and rugs are priced by size. There is no call-out fee, and a visit starts at £67.
- A bedroom
- £36
- A living room
- £43
- A through-lounge
- £61. It is the knocked-through front-to-back reception you find in a lot of period houses, really two rooms with the wall taken out.
- A flight of stairs
- £41. Stairs are slower work than they look, because every tread and riser gets done by hand.
- A rug up to 3 m²
- £35
- A rug over 3 m²
- £51
- A whole carpeted two-bed flat
- £115: two bedrooms and a living room, done in one visit
The price you are quoted is the price you pay, assuming the rooms match what you told us when you booked.
The only thing that moves a quote is size. If a room turns out bigger than described, we say so before we start, not on the bill at the end.
How hot-water extraction actually works
People call it steam cleaning. It is really hot water, and the machine pulls most of it straight back out, so the carpet is left damp rather than wet.
- We spray a cleaning solution into the pile so it has a few minutes to loosen the grime.
- A machine forces hot water through the fibres.
- It immediately sucks almost all of it back out, carrying the dirt with it.
Why this method and not a dry powder or a quick bonnet buff? Hot-water extraction is the method many carpet makers recommend, and it reaches the dirt sitting at the base of the pile rather than just freshening the top.
A bonnet pad cleans the top of the pile. Extraction rinses the grit out of the base.
- The water
- London’s tap water is hard. If a carpet is soaked and then under-rinsed, what is left in the pile can stiffen a synthetic carpet as it dries. Our extraction pass pulls most of the water straight back out, which keeps that to a minimum.
- Drying in a warm flat
- Dry enough to walk on in socks after a few hours, and fully dry in about six to seven.
- Drying in a ground-floor conversion
- With the windows painted shut and no through-draught it can take longer, sometimes overnight. We will tell you on the day if your room is likely to take longer.
London homes, and what they do to a carpet
We clean carpets in all 32 London boroughs and the City, from Camden and Islington to Croydon, Ealing and Greenwich. What changes from one home to the next is where the wear goes.
- Victorian and Edwardian conversions
- A house split into flats usually means a narrow shared staircase and no lift, so the hall and the stairs take most of the wear. A flight of stairs is £41, a hallway £22 and a landing £9.
- Mansion blocks
- Many have a porter or a concierge, which makes it easy to leave a key. Tell us when you book if the building has rules about access or parking.
- Newer flats
- Many newer blocks have hard floors in the living space and carpet only in the bedrooms, so the job is often two or three rooms rather than the whole flat.
- Family houses
- Carpet often runs from the hall up the stairs to the bedrooms. A hallway, a flight of stairs and the landing come to £72.
If you live on a busy main road, grit walks in faster, so the hall and stairs are worth cleaning twice as often as the bedrooms.
Most inner boroughs run controlled parking through the working day. Where there is no free space near the door, we add what the parking costs us, and we tell you before the booking is confirmed.
Stains we shift, and the ones we cannot
Here is what usually comes out and what may not.
- Come up well
- Coffee, tea, mud, most food and general dinginess. These usually come out with extraction.
- The difficult ones
- Red wine, pet accidents and dye transfer from a cheap rug bleeding into a pale carpet. A smell from a fresh pet accident usually goes with an enzyme treatment; once urine has soaked into the underlay, the carpet cleans up but the smell can come back.
- Usually permanent
- A stain someone attacked with bleach a month ago. No amount of hot water brings the colour back.
Whether the difficult ones lift depends on:
- how long they have been sitting;
- what the carpet is made of;
- whether anyone has already scrubbed at them with the wrong thing.
Wool and silk rugs need a gentler hand than a tough synthetic, lower heat and a milder solution, so always tell us the material when you book. Get that wrong and you can shrink a wool rug or set the dye running.
How booking and a typical visit go
Carpet cleaning
from £67
A visit, priced room by room, agreed before we start.
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Most carpet jobs go in within a week, and same-day or next-day slots come up regularly.
- Put your postcode and rooms into the form at the top of this page, or ring 0333 555 2076 or email office@monstercleaning.com with the rooms you want done and a rough idea of how much furniture is in them. You get the price there and then.
- On the day, we turn up in the window we agreed and have a quick look at the carpets first, so we can flag anything tricky before the machine comes out.
- We move the light furniture: the sofas and chairs and side tables. The heavy stuff with a wardrobe or a glass front stays put and we clean up to it.
- Payment is by card or bank transfer.
You do not have to be in. You can leave a key with us, or with a porter or concierge, and we let ourselves in.
- Moving out and need the carpets done as part of a full hand-back clean? That is a different service, and it is worth reading our page on end of tenancy cleaning in London, where carpets are folded into the package.
- You can also see the wider carpet cleaning service across our other areas.
- Or book us for oven cleaning and regular domestic cleaning while we are there, which plenty of people do to save a second visit.
Fabric sofas and armchairs can be added to the visit, because the same machine cleans them; our upholstery cleaning in London page shows what each piece costs.
Frequently asked questions
How much does carpet cleaning cost in London?
A single bedroom is £36 and a living room £43. A through-lounge runs to £61. A whole carpeted two-bed flat, two bedrooms and a living room, is £115, and a visit starts at £67.
What method do you use to clean the carpets?
Hot-water extraction. We work a cleaning solution into the pile, then a machine pushes hot water through the fibres and pulls almost all of it back out with the dirt. It is the method many carpet makers recommend.
How long will my carpet take to dry afterwards?
You can walk on it in socks after a few hours, and it is fully dry in about six to seven. A cold ground-floor room with little airflow can take until the evening, sometimes overnight. We leave the pile damp, not soaked.
Do you move the furniture?
We shift the light stuff ourselves, sofas and chairs and side tables. Wardrobes, beds and anything with a glass front we leave where it is, and clean up to the edge. Tell us in advance if a room is packed and we will plan the slot around it.
Can you get old stains out of a carpet?
Often, not always. Coffee, mud and most food come up well. Red wine, pet accidents and dye transfer are harder to predict, depending on how long they have sat and what the carpet is made of. We will tell you on the doorstep what is likely to come out, before we start. Send a photo on WhatsApp when you book and we will tell you what to expect.
Do you clean rugs as well as fitted carpet?
Yes. A rug up to 3 m² is £35 and a rug over 3 m² is £51. We treat wool and silk rugs more gently than a synthetic one, so mention the material when you book.
What about pets and small children on the day?
We rinse the pile thoroughly with the extraction pass, so very little residue is left behind. Keep cats and toddlers off the carpet until it is dry to the touch, mostly so nobody slips, and you are fine after that.
Do I need to be home while you work?
No. Leave a key with us, or with the building porter or concierge, and we will let ourselves in.
How often should carpets be cleaned in a London flat?
Once a year for a normal household, every six months if you have a dog or the flat sits on a busy main road where grit gets walked in. Hallways and stairs always wear faster than bedrooms.
Do you offer a re-clean guarantee?
Only on end of tenancy cleans, where our 48-hour re-clean guarantee applies. For carpet cleaning, ring us on 0333 555 2076 if anything concerns you.
Will hard London water leave marks on the carpet?
It can leave a faint stiffness in a heavy synthetic pile if a cleaner over-wets and under-rinses, because London water is hard. Our extraction pass lifts the bulk of the water back out, which keeps that to a minimum.
How do I book and pay?
Use the form at the top of this page, or call 0333 555 2076 or email office@monstercleaning.com with your postcode, the rooms and roughly how much furniture is in them. We give a fixed price on the spot, confirm a slot, and you pay by card or bank transfer.
