The carpets we lift in Putney have usually had years of river life: towpath grit walked in off the Embankment, rowing kit dumped in the hall, coffee down the pale carpets the riverside blocks seem to favour. We pull out what the hoover leaves behind, with hot-water extraction, at a fixed price agreed before we start.
Last updated July 2026. Prices and the areas we cover are checked each season, so what you read here is what you pay.
We clean carpets across Putney and the wider SW15 with hot-water extraction. Bedrooms from £36, every carpet in a two-bed flat for £115, and the figure we quote is the figure you pay.
What carpet cleaning costs in Putney
Prices are fixed per room, and the quote you get on the phone is the figure on the invoice.
- Bedroom
- £36
- Living room
- £43
- Through-lounge
- £61. Putney has plenty of those, because so many of the Edwardian terraces off the Lower Richmond Road had their two ground-floor rooms knocked into one long run of carpet.
- A flight of stairs
- £41. Steep for stairs? They take longer than a bedroom. Every tread is worked with a hand tool, and most Putney staircases add a winder or a half-landing to slow us down further.
- Rug up to two square metres
- £35
- Rug above that
- £51
- Every carpet in a two-bed flat
- £115 in one visit, which comes out cheaper than pricing the rooms separately.
There is no voucher code and no seasonal sale. The figure does not grow once the machine is through your front door.
Hot-water extraction, and why we trust it
Hot-water extraction reaches the dirt that ages a carpet: the sharp grit sitting at the base of the fibres, cutting them a little more every time someone walks over. No hired supermarket machine reaches it.
- The machine forces hot water and cleaning solution deep into the pile.
- It pulls almost all of it straight back out, and the dirt comes with it. That is the whole trick.
- We rinse and extract until the recovered water runs clear. Slower, and worth it.
The pull-back matters as much as the push. London tap water is hard, close to 280 milligrams of calcium carbonate per litre across much of Thames Water’s patch, so solution left behind dries to a faint sticky film that grabs fresh dirt within weeks.
Sharp grit at the base of the fibres ages a carpet faster than anything you can see on top.
- Wool
- Plenty of older Putney flats still have wool or wool-mix carpet, especially in the mansion blocks up Putney Hill, and wool shrinks if you hit it with high heat and a strong solution. We test a hidden corner, drop the temperature and switch to a gentler product.
- Synthetic
- A synthetic carpet in a newer riverside flat can take a firm, hot clean, so it gets one.
And a straight word before you book: cleaning lifts dirt, not wear. A doorway that has been walked flat will be a clean, flat doorway afterwards. We would rather say that on the phone than surprise you at the end.
Putney carpets, from the river to the Heath
Putney’s housing runs in bands and the carpets follow.
- Along the Thames
- The newer blocks, Putney Wharf and the flats off Brewhouse Lane, where the carpets are mostly pale, dense synthetics that show every drop of coffee and respond well to a hot clean.
- Between the river and the railway
- The late-Victorian and Edwardian terraces off the Lower Richmond Road: through-lounges, straight staircases with a twist at the top, and hallways that catch whatever the towpath sends home.
- Up Putney Hill
- The mansion flats have long corridors and older wool carpets that deserve a gentler pass.
- Out west, around the Dover House estate
- Family cottages with proper gardens, children, and dogs fresh off the Heath, and those carpets take a beating all term long.
More than twenty rowing clubs work off the Putney Embankment, and on a wet Saturday the mud from that stretch walks itself into halls all over SW15. Boat race weekend, the whole area gets trodden through.
Hallways and stairs always come up worst. Book those even if you book nothing else.
Drying, damp and riverside flats
Plan for four to six hours before a cleaned carpet is back to normal life. Socks are fine sooner. Shoes and dog paws are not.
- Riverside and garden-level flats
- These take longer, because the air off the Thames carries moisture and some of those older ground floors hold a chill even in June. We carry air movers and set them up at no charge wherever a room needs the help.
- Summer and winter
- In summer an open window does most of the work; in January we would rather run the blowers than leave you with a damp smell.
- Wool
- Wool dries on its own schedule and we will not rush it.
You get a room-by-room rundown of what to keep off and until when. If you need a bedroom sleepable that night, say so when you book and we clean it first.
What happens on the day
We arrive in the slot we agreed, not a cheerful hour either side of it.
- Light furniture gets moved and cleaned under: sofas, armchairs, coffee tables.
- Wardrobes, storage beds and pianos stay where they are.
- If the floor is clear of shoes, toys and charging cables before we ring the bell, you are paying for cleaning rather than tidying.
The clean itself runs in this order:
- Vacuum.
- Pre-treat the marks.
- Work the solution in.
- Extract.
- Make a slow final pass to pull out as much water as the machine will take.
Parking we sort ourselves. Most of Putney sits inside Wandsworth controlled parking zones and the rules shift street by street; up by the Heath the controlled hour runs 11 to 12 on weekdays, while other zones run much longer.
We check your street before the visit. Where we need a bay or a meter, we add just what it costs, shown in your quote. Boat race day we simply plan around.
Who we are and how to book
Monster Cleaning
- Since 2014 cleaning homes
- 4.7 on Google
- Vetted, insured cleaners
- 300+ letting agents use us
- London, Manchester and Liverpool
Monster Cleaning Ltd, cleaning London homes since 2014. Our office is at 75 Shakespeare Avenue, Feltham, TW14 9HU, and Putney is part of our regular round. We’re rated 4.7 on Google.
- Call 0333 555 2076 or email office@monstercleaning.com with your postcode and a list of rooms.
- A fixed price comes back the same day.
We cover the whole of SW15:
- the riverside
- both sides of the High Street
- East Putney
- West Putney out past the Dover House estate
- up to the Heath
Need more than carpets? We do oven cleaning in Putney and regular domestic cleaning in Putney as well, and the full method detail lives on our main carpet cleaning page. Moving out? We also do end of tenancy cleaning in Putney.
Sofas in Putney homes can join the same booking, priced per piece on our upholstery cleaning in Wandsworth page.
Frequently asked questions
How much does carpet cleaning cost in Putney?
A bedroom is £36, a living room £43 and a through-lounge £61. Stairs are £41 a flight. Rugs are £35 up to two square metres and £51 above that. Every carpet in a two-bed flat is £115 in a single visit. Prices are fixed when you book and do not change on the day.
How long does the carpet take to dry?
Four to six hours for most rooms. Riverside and garden-level flats in Putney can take longer because the air off the Thames carries moisture, so we set up air movers there at no charge. In summer an open window usually does it. We tell you room by room what to keep off and until when.
Can you clean wool carpets and older rugs?
Yes, with a gentler setup. The mansion flats on Putney Hill and the older conversions still hold plenty of wool, which shrinks under high heat, so we test a hidden corner first and run cooler water with a milder solution. If a rug is genuinely valuable or fragile we will say honestly whether it is a job for us.
Will you get red wine, coffee and pet marks out?
Usually, and pre-treating visible marks is part of the price, not an extra. Fresh spills come out better than old ones. Pet urine that has reached the underlay is the honest exception, because the smell lives underneath the carpet; we treat it with an enzyme product and tell you up front how much is likely to lift.
Do you move furniture?
The light pieces, yes: sofas, chairs, small tables, and we clean where they stood. Wardrobes, storage beds and anything fragile stay put. Clearing shoes and clutter off the floor before we arrive speeds the whole visit up and costs you nothing.
What about parking and the controlled zones?
We handle it. Putney’s streets sit in Wandsworth controlled parking zones with different hours, including the short 11 to 12 weekday hour up by the Heath, and we check yours before we set out. Meters and permits are our cost, already inside the quote.
Do you clean carpets at the end of a tenancy?
Yes. A dated receipt from a carpet cleaning company is the thing agents ask tenants to produce, and we issue one with every job. Book the rooms your contract mentions, or all of them, and keep the paperwork somewhere you can find it.
How often should a Putney carpet be professionally cleaned?
Once a year suits most homes. Halve that if you have a dog dragging half the Heath home, small children, or a hallway on the towpath run. Weekly hoovering keeps the surface tidy but never reaches the grit at the fibre base, and that grit is what actually wears a carpet out.
