With Monster Cleaning, domestic cleaning in London means one cleaner at your home on the same day and time each week or fortnight, at £23 an hour weekly or £24 an hour fortnightly. Each visit lasts at least three hours, which puts a weekly clean at £69 and a fortnightly one at £72, and there is no call-out charge. The first visit is a trial at £26 an hour.
Last updated November 2026. Written by the team at Monster Cleaning Ltd.
Your cleaner comes by public transport and cleans with your own vacuum and products. The booking form at the top of the page asks for your postcode first and checks whether we have a regular cleaner for it. You can also ring the office on 0333 555 2076, 8am to 7pm, seven days a week.
The price of a regular clean in London
A regular clean is charged by the hour for one cleaner. The hourly rate depends on how often they come.
- Weekly
- £23 an hour. Three hours, the shortest visit, comes to £69.
- Fortnightly
- £24 an hour, so a three-hour visit is £72.
- First visit
- A trial at £26 an hour. Three hours comes to £78, and your usual rate applies from the second visit.
- Ironing
- Each hour spent ironing costs £12, added to the cleaning hours.
- Call-out, parking, congestion and travel
- None on a regular clean.
Inside the fridge, a load of washing, inside windows and a light wipe inside the oven are charged as cleaning time at the same hourly rate. Three hours is about what a two-bed flat needs; a bigger home can book a longer visit at the same rate.
You pay after each visit, in cash to the cleaner or by monthly invoice.
One cleaner on a fixed day
A regular round is one cleaner on the day and time you agree with the office, every week or every fortnight. We send the same person each visit wherever possible. Seeing the same person each time means they learn where things are kept and how you like them done.
If your cleaner is ill or away, the office tells you before the visit, and you can skip it or move it to another day.
Every cleaner is vetted. They are interviewed in person, insured and trained on our 57-point checklist before they clean a home on their own. The cleaners who come to you are part of our London team, and the office in Feltham takes the bookings.
What a regular visit covers
Every regular visit covers the same rooms and jobs.
- Kitchen
- Worktops, splashback, hob, sink, the fronts of the appliances, the floor and the bins.
- Bathrooms
- Toilet, basin, bath, shower and screen, taps, mirror and floor.
- Through the home
- Dusting, vacuuming and mopping.
- Beds
- Made, or changed if you leave clean linen out.
- On a rotation
- Skirting boards and door tops, taken in turn from one visit to the next.
A regular visit keeps a lived-in home in order. Deeper work, such as a full clean inside the oven, belongs to a one-off clean, covered further down.
Your vacuum, mop and products
A regular cleaner in London comes by public transport, so they work with your equipment. Before the first visit, check you have:
- a vacuum cleaner that works
- a mop and bucket
- the cleaning products you normally use
- a limescale remover for taps and screens
London water leaves scale on every tap, and it comes off far more easily with a product made for it.
If a surface needs a particular product, such as a stone worktop or an oiled wooden floor, leave that product out and the cleaner will use it on that surface.
The first visit
The first visit is a trial, so you can see how the cleaner works before you settle into a round. It is charged at £26 an hour, with the same three-hour minimum as every visit. A few days’ notice is usually enough to arrange it, and after the trial you decide whether to book the round.
Please be at home for it. Walk the cleaner round and show them where the kit is kept. Point out anything you want done a particular way. Once they know the place, you don’t need to be in for the visits that follow.
The terms for a regular clean
These come from our published terms.
- Skipping or moving a visit
- Give at least 48 hours’ notice. With less notice, the visit is charged in full.
- Stopping the service
- Give at least one full week’s notice by email to office@monstercleaning.com.
- Damage
- Our cleaners are insured. If damage is proven to be caused by us, we repair the item at our cost.
Hard water and what it does to a London home
London’s tap water is hard. It comes off chalk and limestone. Wherever it dries, it leaves limescale: round the base of the taps, across the shower screen, inside the kettle and as a ring in the toilet bowl.
Wiped off every week or two, that white film comes away with the rest of the bathroom clean. Left for months, it builds into a grey crust that takes far longer to remove.
The bathroom is on every visit, so the cleaner gets to the scale before it sets, using the descaler you leave out. If your taps or bath have an older or more delicate finish, leave out the product you trust for it and mention it on the first visit.
From Victorian terraces to river blocks
The kind of home you live in changes how the hours are used.
- Victorian terraces split into flats
- Common in the inner boroughs. A maisonette over two floors means stairs to vacuum, which takes time out of a visit. Tall doors and deep skirting boards in the period rooms hold dust, and both come round on the rotation.
- Inter-war semis further out
- More rooms over two floors, plus the stairs and landing. A house this size can need more than the three-hour minimum, at the same hourly rate.
- New-build blocks along the river
- Floor-to-ceiling glass shows every hand mark. Inside windows can be added as cleaning time. If yours has a concierge, a key left at the desk saves you being in.
Getting a cleaner to your door
A regular cleaner always comes by public transport, on the Underground, the Overground, the Elizabeth line or a bus. So nothing is added for parking or the congestion charge, and your own kit stays at home for them to use.
After the trial, the cleaner can get in any of these ways:
- Be at home
- Fine for any visit.
- A key
- Give the cleaner a key for your visits.
- A key safe
- Share the code and the cleaner lets themselves in and locks up on the way out.
- A concierge
- Leave a key at the desk in your building for the cleaner to collect.
The one-off deep clean
A one-off is a separate service. A team of at least two cleaners comes for three hours or more and goes deeper: inside the oven, behind the taps, along the skirting boards and over the tops of doors.
- Price
- £26 per cleaner per hour plus a £30 kit charge, from £186 in all.
- Equipment
- The team brings everything. If you supply your own products, the kit charge can be reduced.
- Parking
- Where the team has to use paid street parking, the booking form shows it as its own line before you book, never more than £40.
Carpets and a full oven clean are separate services with their own pages: carpet cleaning in London and oven cleaning in London. If you are moving out, you need end of tenancy cleaning in London instead.
How to book
Start with the booking form at the top of the page. It asks for your postcode first, since regular cleaners are not available in every London postcode, and then takes you through the visit. The office confirms the slot within the hour, 8am to 7pm. Or ring 0333 555 2076 between 8am and 7pm, any day of the week, or email office@monstercleaning.com.
It helps to know how many bedrooms and bathrooms you have, and whether you want weekly or fortnightly visits. A few days’ notice is usually enough to start a regular round.
For how the service works in Liverpool and Manchester as well, see the domestic cleaning overview.
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Frequently asked questions
How much does domestic cleaning in London cost?
A regular cleaner is £23 an hour on a weekly round or £24 an hour fortnightly. Every visit is at least three hours, so a weekly clean starts at £69 and a fortnightly one at £72. The first visit is a trial at £26 an hour, which is £78 for three hours. There is no call-out, parking, congestion or travel charge on a regular clean.
Do I need to supply the cleaning products and equipment?
You do. Your cleaner comes by public transport, so they clean with your vacuum, mop and products. In London a limescale remover for the taps and shower screen is worth keeping in. If a surface needs a particular product, leave it out and the cleaner will use it.
How does the first visit work?
The first visit is a trial at £26 an hour, three hours minimum, so you can see how the cleaner works. Please be at home to show the cleaner round and where the vacuum, mop and products are kept. From the next visit, the weekly or fortnightly rate applies.
Will I have the same cleaner every time?
Wherever possible, yes. A regular round is one cleaner on the same day and time each week or fortnight. If your cleaner is away, the office tells you before the visit, and you can skip it or move it.
How much notice do I need to skip a visit or stop the service?
To skip or move a visit, give at least 48 hours’ notice, otherwise the visit is charged in full. To stop the service, give at least one full week’s notice by email.
Do I need to be at home when the cleaner comes?
Only for the first visit, so you can show the cleaner round. After that you can be at home, give the cleaner a key, share a key-safe code or leave a key with your building’s concierge.
Can the cleaner do ironing?
Yes. Each hour spent ironing costs £12, added to the cleaning hours. A three-hour weekly clean with an hour of ironing comes to £81.
Which parts of London do you cover?
Our London cleaners work across Greater London, but regular cleaners are not available in every postcode. Enter yours in the booking form at the top of the page and it checks, or ring the office on 0333 555 2076, 8am to 7pm, seven days a week.
Are your cleaners vetted and insured?
Yes. Every cleaner is interviewed in person, insured and trained on our 57-point checklist before they clean a home on their own. If damage is proven to be caused by us, we repair the item at our cost. Monster Cleaning has been trading since 2014 and is rated 4.7 on Google.
Do you offer a re-clean guarantee on a regular clean?
No. There is no re-clean guarantee on regular or one-off cleans. The 48-hour re-clean is for end of tenancy cleans only.
