Walk out of Southside onto Wandsworth High Street on a Saturday and the place is rammed; the homes tucked behind it, on the Tonsleys and up the hill toward the common, are where we clean. We keep one cleaner on your home and that same cleaner comes back each week or fortnight, kit carried in with them, the kitchen and bathroom done properly rather than wiped over. Monster Cleaning has kept south London homes liveable since 2014. We provide regular domestic cleaning in Wandsworth from £22 an hour, weekly or fortnightly, with no VAT and no call-out charge. Ring 0333 555 2076 and we price it on the phone in a couple of minutes.
Last updated April 2026. Covering SW18 and the wider London Borough of Wandsworth, from Wandsworth Town and Earlsfield across to Southfields, Putney, Tooting and the streets between the commons.
Two services, kept separate
People ring asking for “a cleaner” and mean one of two quite different things. We split them before talking money, because lumping them together is how you pay for the wrong thing.
- Regular domestic cleaning
- The same cleaner back on your home every week or fortnight, on a standing arrangement, charged per cleaner per hour. This is upkeep, and it carries the lower hourly rate because it is ongoing.
- One-off clean
- A deeper, standalone reset done by a team, usually two cleaners for about three hours, charged per cleaner per hour with a minimum. This is for moving, after a party, or when a home has slid badly.
They are priced differently because they are different jobs. Most of this page covers the regular service; the one-off is covered further down.
Regular cleaning: what it costs
Regular domestic cleaning is charged per cleaner, per hour, and the rate turns on how often we come. A weekly clean is £22 per cleaner per hour. A fortnightly clean is £24, a touch more because we are at your home half as often and each visit has more to do. There is no VAT added at the end, no travel charge inside the borough, and the rate covers the lot: products, equipment and the cleaner’s time.
Here is what that means in real money. A three-hour weekly clean comes to £66 a visit. A fortnightly clean usually runs two to three hours depending on the size of the place, so between £48 and £72. A one-bed flat near Earlsfield station might want two hours; a four-bed terrace up by the common is closer to three or four. We agree a realistic length before anything is booked.
We charge by the hour, not by the room, because Wandsworth homes are nothing like standard and we would rather quote you straight than dress a number up. One thing worth saying plainly. The rate does not drop the more hours you book, and we will not pretend it does. A lot of the rock-bottom quotes in this trade only exist because someone is being underpaid, and ours reflect paying a proper wage to vetted people. For the wider picture, the domestic cleaning overview ties the whole service together.
The rate does not drop the more hours you book, and we will not pretend it does.
Want the ironing handled while we are there? Add it at £12 an hour on top of the cleaning time, and the cleaner works through the basket during the visit.
What a regular visit covers
A regular clean runs to the same routine each time, sized to your home and the hours you book. The kitchen and bathrooms get done thoroughly, the rest gets dusted, hoovered and mopped, and the corners everyone walks past actually get seen to. Below is roughly what a three-hour weekly clean covers in a typical Wandsworth two-bed. A bigger house wants more time; a smaller flat that finishes early gets the extras rather than the cleaner clocking off early.
Kitchen and bathrooms
- Worktops, splashback, sink and taps wiped, disinfected and descaled, then the hob done properly with the grates lifted.
- Appliance fronts: hob, extractor, fridge, dishwasher and the outside of the microwave.
- Bath, shower, glass screen and tiles scrubbed and descaled, which on this water is the part that eats the most time.
- Toilet done under the rim, round the base and the flush handle, with the floor washed into the corners and behind the pedestal. That last bit is the spot most cleaners skip, and the one a bathroom starts to smell from.
The rest of the home
- Dusting of every flat surface, picture rails and door frames included, which the older terraces collect plenty of.
- Carpets, rugs and hard floors hoovered, then mopped with the right solution, since laminate and real wood do not want the same product.
- Beds made if they are not, linen changed when you leave clean sheets out, skirting boards on a rota rather than every week.
- Light switches, door handles and the bannister, the touched-by-everyone spots, then a final walk-through before the cleaner locks up.
We leave your personal things where they are if you would rather we did not tidy them. Just say so on the first visit.
One-off cleans, done by a team
A one-off clean is the other service, and it is genuinely different from the weekly slot above.
Rather than ongoing upkeep, a one-off is a deeper reset, so we send a team, usually two cleaners for about three hours, and the place gets turned around in a single afternoon. It is £26 per cleaner per hour, with a £67 minimum charge for the visit. That is the right call before a party or after one, when you have just got the keys to a flat near Southfields, or when a home has drifted past what a regular slot could claw back in one go.
It is not the retainer. The weekly and fortnightly arrangement keeps one cleaner on your home at the lower rate; the one-off is a team blitz at a higher hourly rate with a minimum. People do mix the two, and plenty of our regulars book a one-off team a couple of times a year on top of their standing visit. The ironing add-on at £12 an hour works on a one-off as well.
Wandsworth homes, and what they need
Wandsworth is not one kind of housing, and the clean shifts with the street. Down by the river around the Tonsleys and Old York Road you get tight little two-storey cottages, a village-feel pocket a short walk from Wandsworth Town station. Push up the hill and the streets between the commons, the Northcote Road and Bellevue Road grid estate agents long ago christened Nappy Valley, are wide Victorian and Edwardian terraces, the sort of family house where the owner notices every mark on the stairs.
Then there are the conversions. Many of the larger period houses around Wandsworth Common have been split into flats, or done out as a single lateral floor, with shared front doors, cornicing that holds dust and sash boxes that never quite seal. A Tonsleys cottage and a lateral flat by the common are two different cleans, even on the same street. The borough also carries plenty of ex-council and post-war stock off Garratt Lane, solid flats with narrow halls and no lift.
A Tonsleys cottage and a lateral flat by the common are two different cleans, even on the same street.
The hard-water problem here
The one thing nearly every Wandsworth home shares is the water, and it is hard. The borough sits in Thames Water territory, and Thames classes its whole supply area as hard, drawn off the chalk that London rests on. You see it everywhere once you start looking: a kettle that furs up in a fortnight, a shower screen that clouds within days of a clean, white crust round every tap.
For a cleaner that changes the routine. Descaling here is a weekly job, not a once-a-month afterthought, so a proper descaler is in every kit before the cleaner reaches your door, and the bathroom always takes longer than people expect because the limescale keeps coming back. If you have ever scrubbed a Wandsworth shower screen clear on a Sunday and watched it haze over by Wednesday, you know the half of it.
The same cleaner, kept on your home
This is the part that matters most to people, so we take it seriously. We match you with a cleaner who already works your corner of Wandsworth and has your preferred slot free, then keep that same person on your home for as long as it suits you both. The large majority of our regulars see the same face for years.
It works better for everyone that way. The cleaner learns your home, your quirks and which floor cleaner you keep under the sink, so each visit gets quicker and more thorough instead of starting cold. When your regular is off sick or away we will not leave you stranded, and we will not send a stranger in blind either. We cover the visit with someone briefed on your property first.
A clean falls short? You are covered.
Ring us within 24 hours and we come back to redo whatever was not right, free of charge. That is our re-clean guarantee, and there is no small print attached to it. We are Monster Cleaning Ltd (Companies House 9919639), a real firm with an office and a phone, and our Trustpilot sits at 3.1 out of 5 across 128 reviews, which we would rather show you plainly than hide.
How booking works
- Ring 0333 555 2076. Tell us the property size, how many bedrooms and bathrooms, and how often you want us. We suggest a realistic length and give you the price there and then.
- A quick look on the first visit. For regular bookings the cleaner does a five-minute walk-around at the start of the first clean, at no extra cost, so we understand the home before getting stuck in.
- We assign your cleaner. Someone who covers your part of the borough, has your slot free, and stays on your home from then on.
- Keys, a key safe, or you let us in. Most customers leave a key with us after a few visits, kept on a reference number rather than an address. A key safe or being home work fine too.
- A message when it is done. The cleaner sends a quick note, often with a photo or two of the finished rooms, so you know the job is done while you are out.
No deposit, no joining fee and no long tie-in. You can change frequency with a week’s notice or stop whenever you like. We are run from 255 Upper Richmond Road West, SW14 8QS, a short hop down the road from Wandsworth, and you can also reach us at [email protected].
Other things we clean in Wandsworth
Plenty of our Wandsworth regulars add one of these on top of the weekly slot:
- Carpet cleaning in Wandsworth once or twice a year, a different job with different kit that genuinely adds years to a good carpet.
- Oven cleaning in Wandsworth, a proper strip-down twice a year or before a landlord inspection, with the racks and the door glass done rather than a quick wipe.
- end of tenancy cleaning in Wandsworth for when you are moving out and want the deposit back, priced as a fixed job by property size rather than by the hour.
Frequently asked questions
How much does domestic cleaning in Wandsworth cost?
Regular cleaning is £22 per cleaner per hour on a weekly round and £24 per hour fortnightly, with no VAT and no call-out charge. A three-hour weekly clean comes to £66, and a fortnightly two to three hour clean lands between £48 and £72. A one-off clean is a separate service done by a team at £26 per cleaner per hour, with a £67 minimum.
Is a one-off clean the same price as your regular service?
No, they are two different jobs. The weekly or fortnightly service keeps the same cleaner on your home and is the lower hourly rate because it is ongoing. A one-off is a deeper standalone reset, sent as a team of usually two cleaners for about three hours, at £26 per cleaner per hour with a £67 minimum. We never blur the two into one flat number.
Do you charge by the hour or by the room?
By the hour, per cleaner. Homes off Old York Road and up by the common are all different sizes, so a flat per-room price would be a guess dressed up as a quote. The rate does not fall the more hours you book, and we will not pretend it does. We agree a realistic length with you on the phone first.
Will I get the same cleaner each week in Wandsworth?
Almost always, yes. We match you with someone who already works your part of SW18 and has your slot free, then keep that same person on your home. Most of our regulars see the same face for years. If yours is off sick we send a cover with a short written brief on your property, never a stranger in blind.
Do I need to provide cleaning products or a hoover?
No, the cleaner brings the lot: a proper vacuum, microfibre cloths, a mop and the right product for each surface. Wandsworth is on hard Thames Water, so a descaler is in every kit as standard. Prefer your own eco brand, or something for an allergy in the house? Leave it out and the cleaner uses that instead.
Can you add ironing to a clean?
Yes. Ironing is £12 an hour on top of the cleaning time, on either the regular or the one-off service. Leave the basket out and the cleaner works through it during the visit. Most people set aside an extra hour for shirts and bedding, but you decide how long to give it.
Do I have to be home while the cleaner is there?
Rarely. Most Wandsworth customers leave a key with us after a few visits, or give us a key safe code. The cleaner lets themselves in, does the work, locks up and goes. Keys are tagged with a reference number only, never your address. Plenty of people stay home for the first month, which is fine.
Which parts of Wandsworth do you cover?
All of it. Wandsworth Town and the Tonsleys, Earlsfield, Southfields, Putney, Tooting and the streets between the commons around Northcote Road, across SW18 and the bordering SW11, SW15, SW17 and SW19 postcodes. If you live near Southside or up by Wandsworth Common, we cover you. Not sure if you are in our patch? Ring and ask.
Is the hard water in Wandsworth a problem for cleaning?
It is the thing that shapes the job most. The borough is supplied by Thames Water, whose entire area is classed as hard, so limescale comes back on taps, kettles and shower screens within days of a clean. That is why descaling is a weekly job here, not a monthly one, and why the cleaner carries a proper descaler.
Are your cleaners vetted and insured?
Yes. Every cleaner is interviewed in person, reference-checked and right-to-work verified before they touch a single home, and we carry public liability cover up to £5 million. Monster Cleaning Ltd has been a registered company since 2014, Companies House number 9919639, so you are dealing with a real firm, not an app passing your details on.
What happens if I am not happy with a clean?
Ring us within 24 hours and we come back to put right whatever was missed, free of charge. That is our re-clean guarantee, and there is no small print attached to it. It does not happen often, but when it does we fix it. If the same cleaner keeps falling short, we move you to a different one.
Do you add a parking charge in Wandsworth?
No. Wandsworth Council runs controlled parking zones across most of SW18, so where a job needs a car we sort a permit and park legally nearby. A lot of our cleaners come in by train to Wandsworth Town or Earlsfield instead. Either way, we never pass a parking cost on to you.