Barnes Cray end of tenancy cleaning prices
The gabled cottages that make up most of Barnes Cray were built for Vickers munitions workers during the First World War, and each of the original houses was given at least three bedrooms. So the figure most tenants here need is our three-bedroom price of £339 for an end of tenancy clean, while flats and smaller homes on the newer streets start at £156.
Last updated November 2026.
| Property | Price |
|---|---|
| Studio | £156 |
| One-bedroom flat or maisonette | £207 |
| Two-bedroom home | £243 |
| Three-bedroom cottage or semi | £339 |
| Four-bedroom or extended house | £425 |
| Above four bedrooms | Quoted from the room count |
| Part job or unusual property | £30 per cleaner per hour |
The price is fixed by size and covers every room on the 57-point checklist, kitchen and bathroom included. Ovens and carpets are add-ons with their own prices, so you pay for them only if the inventory needs them. If a loft room or an extension has taken your house to four bedrooms, the clean is priced as a four-bedroom house. The calculator at the top of this page gives the same figures.
The Vickers cottages and later housing
Before the Victorian era Barnes Cray was a hamlet of no more than sixteen homes on the River Cray. It grew when the Vickers armaments works at Crayford expanded during the First World War and the company built a garden village for its workers, laid out by the architect Gordon Allen, whose own record lists 600 cottages for Crayford Garden Village.
The houses on Green Walk date from about 1915 to 1916. The estate forms a long rectangle between Iron Mill Lane and Crayford Way, running from Crayford town centre up to Thames Road.
Local histories describe the houses as pairs and short terraces with prominent gables, recessed open porches and low sweeping roofs, and say about half were built from roughcast concrete blocks. For a cleaner that means a couple of predictable jobs.
Rendered walls and older windows can leave cold corners, so any mould on window reveals or bathroom sealant is cleaned off, and we tell you about staining that will not lift. Where the cooker sits in a tight run of units, the wall behind it and the gap beside it need degreasing as well as the hob.
Later building filled in around the cottages, including Craymill Square, a 1983 development of terraces with slate roofs. North of the estate, around Thames Road and the creek, is the area covered by our Crayford Marshes page.
Property licensing in Bexley
The postcode is DA1 and letters are addressed to Dartford, but Barnes Cray sits west of the Dartford borough boundary, inside the London Borough of Bexley, so Bexley’s rules apply.
Bexley runs mandatory HMO licensing, which since 1 October 2018 has covered any house occupied by five or more people forming two or more households. Its selective licensing scheme covers Belvedere ward only and runs from 13 January 2025 to 12 January 2030, as the council’s guide to property licensing sets out. The guide lists no additional HMO scheme.
In practice, then, a Barnes Cray cottage let to one family needs no council licence, and a house shared by five or more people does. For the clean the licence makes little difference. Your deposit is still judged against the check-in inventory, so dig out your copy before the clean and keep it handy for the check-out.
What our clean includes
The kitchen gets the longest stretch. We clean the cupboards and drawers inside and out, the worktops and tiles, the hob and the extractor with its filter, the sink and taps, and the fridge and freezer, which need to be defrosted before we arrive. Freestanding cookers, fridges and washing machines are pulled out where it is safe so we can clean the floor and wall behind them.
Crayford is on Thames Water, which describes all the water in its region as hard. Bathrooms therefore need descaling: taps, shower head and screen, the bath and basin, and the base of the toilet. We also scrub the grout, clean the extractor grille and polish the mirrors.
Every other room gets the same list: skirting, doors and frames, switches, sockets and radiators, window sills and the inside of the glass, built-in cupboards, then a full vacuum and mop. The house must be empty with the water and power left on, because the team relies on both and cannot supply them.
The team is made up of cleaners we interview in person, insure and train on the checklist. Should the letting agent or clerk flag any of our work within 48 hours, the team returns and does those points again at no cost.
Add-ons priced with the clean
Adding the oven costs £31 for a single or single wide oven and £62 for a double oven or 90cm range. Racks, trays and other removable parts soak separately while the cavity, glass and seals are cleaned by hand, normally in the kitchen, and the inner door glass is done where the door design allows. Booked on its own, oven cleaning is £77 for a single, £110 for a double, £114 for a single wide oven and £143 for a 90cm range cooker.
Carpets are £29 a bedroom, £36 a living room, £47 a through lounge, £35 a flight of stairs, £20 a hallway and £8 a landing when added to the clean. In a cottage with carpeted bedrooms, the stairs and landing are priced on top of the bedrooms. The carpet cleaning page explains the method.
Booking a clean in Barnes Cray
Booking takes three steps
- Your postcode and the property. The form gives the price.
- A date that suits you. Seven days a week.
- We confirm it with you by phone or WhatsApp.
0333 555 2076 · 8am to 7pm
Phone 0333 555 2076 or WhatsApp the same number, with photos if you like, between 8am and 7pm on any day of the week. We need the number of bedrooms, the date the house is empty, the check-out appointment and any add-ons. We have been cleaning since 2014, we work for more than 300 letting agents, we are rated 4.7 on Google, and £1.2m in tenants’ deposits has been won back after our cleans.
Crayford station, on the Dartford Loop, is the nearest railway station; Southeastern runs four trains an hour to London Charing Cross off-peak and four to Dartford. If a street needs paid parking, the cost to us is added to the bill.
Book the clean for the gap between moving out and the check-out, so there is time for a free re-clean if one is needed. If your next home is over the boundary, our Dartford page has the Kent side, and the Bexley end of tenancy cleaning page covers the rest of the borough.
Questions about moving out of Barnes Cray
Is Barnes Cray in Bexley or Dartford?
Bexley. The post town is Dartford and the postcode is DA1, but the area is in the London Borough of Bexley, so Bexley Council’s licensing rules apply to your tenancy.
What does a clean cost for a three-bedroom Vickers cottage?
£339 for the house. A single oven adds £31, and carpets are added per room at the prices above.
Does my landlord need a licence to let the house?
Only if five or more people from two or more households live there. Bexley’s selective licensing covers Belvedere ward alone, so a family let in Barnes Cray needs no selective licence.
There is mould on the bathroom sealant. Will the clean remove it?
We clean mould from sealant, grout and window reveals as part of the job. Staining that has gone into the silicone may not lift, and we will tell you if that is the case so you can raise it with the agent.
What if the agent flags something after the clean?
Send us the agent’s or clerk’s note within 48 hours and we come back to redo those items free, provided the house has not been lived in since.
