Renting in Arnos Grove in 2026
Most homes around Arnos Grove went up in the few years after the Piccadilly line station opened in September 1932, so a typical let here is a 1930s semi, or a flat made out of one. Our end of tenancy cleaning in Arnos Grove is priced by bedroom count, from £156 for a studio up to £425 for a four-bed house, and the oven and carpets are added only if your inventory needs them.
Last updated October 2026.
Enfield has turned into a renting borough faster than London as a whole. At the 2021 census 29.3% of households rented privately, up 7.1 points in ten years, while the London rise was 4.9 points; home ownership fell from 57.9% to 52.4% over the same decade. Rents are still climbing.
The ONS put the Enfield average at £1,827 a month in August 2026, up 5.1% in a year, with a one-bed at £1,422, a two-bed at £1,764 and a three-bed at £2,098. That is below the London figure of £2,332, which is part of the reason people move out along the Piccadilly line to zone 4.
Lets here are mostly of two kinds: whole semis with gardens, which suit families, and flats, some in small 1930s blocks and some made by splitting a house. A third kind is on its way. Transport for London and Grainger, working together as Connected Living London, have permission for 162 build-to-rent homes on the station car parks, in four blocks of up to seven storeys.
An inspector approved the scheme on appeal in March 2022, work paused in summer 2023 so the tallest block could be redesigned with a second staircase, and Enfield approved the amended plans in October 2024. When those flats fill, the area gets its first big block of purpose-built rentals, and its first wave of new-build check-outs a year or two later.
Enfield licensing and the wards round the station
Arnos Grove has its own council ward, and the wards of Bowes, Southgate and New Southgate border it, which matters for licensing. Enfield’s first selective scheme ran from 1 September 2021 to 31 August 2026 in 14 wards. Its replacement started on 1 September 2026, runs for five years and covers 17 wards in two designations: Bowes is in the first, and New Southgate, Southgate, Palmers Green and Town are in the second.
Arnos Grove ward is not on either list. So a flat let to a couple on one side of a ward boundary may need a selective licence, and the same flat a few roads away may not.
Shared houses are simpler. Since 1 September 2025 an additional licence has been needed across the whole borough for any home let to three or more people from two or more households, and that designation runs until 31 August 2030. The council’s property licensing page lets a landlord check an address.
None of this changes what you owe at check-out. The tenant’s job is still to hand the home back as clean as the check-in inventory recorded it, allowing for fair wear and tear. A licensed landlord does have conditions to meet, though, and agents running licensed lets tend to keep fuller inventories, so expect a thorough check-out report.
The 1930s semis and the flats by the park
End of tenancy cleaning
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The housing dates from one land sale. In 1928 Lord Inverforth, who owned the Arnos Grove estate, sold its southern 44 acres to Southgate council, which made them into Arnos Park, and sold most of the rest to builders. The station followed in 1932, and the land north of the park was built over by 1939.
That is why so many roads here look alike: brick semis with bay windows, front gardens and side passages, plus a scattering of small blocks of flats from the same years. The old mansion survives as a Grade II* listed care home, Southgate Beaumont, with flats built on its southern side.
A 90-year-old semi that has been a family let for years is a slower clean than a modern flat. Bay windows have deep sills and many panes. Some front rooms still have picture rails, and original doors have panels that hold dust in every recess.
The back door to the garden collects whatever came in from the lawn. Homes backing on to Arnos Park and its trees get more leaf dirt on the patio doors and sills in autumn than the roads nearer the North Circular.
The water adds to it. N11 and N14 are on Thames Water supply, and the company says all the water in its region is hard, because about 35% of it comes from underground sources and it passes through chalk. Scale builds on taps, shower screens and kettles quickly, and an inventory clerk will mark a chalky tap as dirty.
A 90-year-old semi that has been a family let for years is a slower clean than a modern flat.
What gets cleaned, room by room
The cleaners work from our 57-point checklist, and the order follows the way a clerk walks the property: kitchen first, then bathrooms, then everything else.
- Kitchen: cupboards and drawers inside and out, worktops, splashback and grout, the hob and extractor hood with its filter degreased, the sink and taps descaled, fridge and freezer cleaned inside, the washing machine drawer and door seal, and the floor under anything that pulls out.
- Bathroom: limescale taken off taps, shower head, screen and tiles; the bath, basin and toilet including under the rim; grout scrubbed; the extractor grille wiped.
- Living rooms and bedrooms: skirting boards, picture rails, panelled doors and frames, radiators, light switches, sockets, inside built-in wardrobes, the inside of window glass, bay sills and frames, then floors vacuumed and mopped.
- Halls and stairs: banisters and spindles, the understairs cupboard, the front door inside, the stair carpet vacuumed edge to edge.
Our cleaners are vetted (we interview each one in person), insured and trained on that checklist. We have been cleaning homes since 2014, more than 300 letting agents use us, and tenants have won back £1.2m in deposits after our cleans. On Google we are rated 4.7.
Arnos Grove prices by size of home
The price is fixed by bedrooms and assumes the home is empty and in ordinary end-of-tenancy condition. Homes bigger than four bedrooms are quoted from the room count.
| Property | Price |
|---|---|
| Studio | £156 |
| One-bedroom flat | £207 |
| Two-bedroom flat or maisonette | £243 |
| Three-bedroom semi | £339 |
| Four-bedroom house | £425 |
| Part job, such as one room in a shared house | £30 per cleaner per hour |
The oven is always an add-on. With the end of tenancy clean, a single or single wide oven is £31, and a double or a 90cm range cooker £62; if you only want the oven done, see our oven cleaning service.
Carpets booked with the clean are £29 a bedroom, £36 a living room, £47 a through lounge, £35 a flight of stairs, £20 a hallway and £8 a landing. In a semi the stairs and landing add up along with the rooms, so check the tenancy agreement for a carpet clause before you book them. Standalone carpet work is on the carpet cleaning page.
Staying put instead? A deep clean is £26 per cleaner per hour (a team of two for at least three hours, from £186), and weekly or fortnightly visits are on our domestic cleaning page.
Booking a date, and the one-hour parking zone
Use the price calculator at the top of the page, or ring 0333 555 2076 between 8am and 7pm, seven days a week. Tell us the bedrooms, the floor, the date the keys go back, and any oven or carpets. The home needs to be empty, with power and hot water still on. Book the clean after your furniture has gone and before the check-out appointment.
Parking is easier than in most of zone 4. The Arnos Grove controlled parking zone around the station is only in force from 11am to noon on weekdays.
Enfield consulted in 2024 on extending it to 8am to 7.30pm every day, and after 960 responses it dropped that idea in favour of keeping the single hour, with a redesigned scheme still under review late in 2025. If we do have to pay for a bay, the cost is added to your quote at what we pay.
We clean on both sides of the station and beyond. Southgate, the next stop north on the Piccadilly line, has its ward inside the new selective scheme. Bounds Green, one stop south, is mostly in Haringey, which runs its own licensing. Bowes Park lies south of the North Circular, and Palmers Green to the east is another of the 17 licensed wards. The whole borough is listed on our Enfield end of tenancy cleaning page.
If the letting agent or the clerk raises anything we cleaned within 48 hours of the clean, our cleaners come back and put it right at no charge.
Arnos Grove end of tenancy FAQs
Does my Arnos Grove flat need a selective licence?
That depends on the ward, and the landlord is the one who needs it. Arnos Grove ward is outside the scheme that started on 1 September 2026, while Bowes, Southgate and New Southgate wards are inside it. Your check-out standard is the same either way.
We rent a 1930s semi with a garden. Is the garden part of the clean?
No, the price covers the inside of the house. We wipe the inside of the back door and clear the threshold, but lawns, beds and patios are for you or a gardener, if the tenancy agreement asks for them.
Is a flat in the new station blocks priced the same as an older conversion?
Yes. Prices go by bedroom count, so a one-bed new build and a one-bed conversion are both £207. The new build is usually quicker; the older flat usually has more scale and more woodwork.
I’m the first of four sharers to move out. What should I book?
Book your room and a share of the kitchen and bathroom by the hour, at £30 per cleaner. Whoever leaves last can book the whole house at the fixed price.
Can my landlord make me use a professional cleaner?
No. The Tenant Fees Act 2019 stops a landlord from requiring a paid clean. You have to return the home in the condition recorded at check-in, allowing for fair wear and tear, and a professional clean is simply the surest way to do that.