End of tenancy cleaning in Bickley: the short answer
Bickley lets run from flats near the station to big Victorian and Edwardian houses on the old Wythes estate, so an end of tenancy clean here is priced by bedrooms: £339 for a three-bedroom semi, £425 for four, and £156 at the other end for a studio. Larger houses are quoted from the room count. Our 57-point checklist covers every room, and a clerk’s note within 48 hours means a free return visit.
Last updated October 2026.
Bickley is a small, almost entirely residential area between Bromley and Chislehurst, with very few shops of its own. The homes are larger than in most of London, and the price of a clean follows the size. You can get your exact figure from the price calculator at the top of this page, or call 0333 555 2076 between 8am and 7pm, seven days a week.
Property types compared: price and where the time goes
Four kinds of rented home make up most of the area, and each one takes its time in a different place.
| Bickley home | Price | Where the time goes |
|---|---|---|
| Flat inside a converted Victorian or Edwardian villa (studio to two beds) | £156 studio, £207 one-bed, £243 two-bed | Tall sash windows, deep skirting and cornices, a shared stair |
| Semi-detached house on Southborough Lane and the roads off it (three beds) | £339 | Kitchen and bathroom, stairs and landing, bay window |
| 1960s detached house on the old Bickley Hall parkland (four beds) | £425 | Kitchen, more than one bathroom, internal glass |
| Large detached house in the Bickley Park conservation area (five beds or more) | Quoted from the room count | Several floors and bathrooms, stairs, period windows |
The villa flats exist because the original houses were too big. George Wythes bought the Bickley Hall estate and began laying it out in the 1860s, with houses on plots of two to five acres. Ernest Newton built his own house on Bird in Hand Lane in 1884 and went on to design many more in Bickley and Chislehurst, while Richard Norman Shaw designed others.
Over the twentieth century many of those villas proved impractical to run as single homes, and some were pulled down while others were split into flats. A two-bed flat in a converted villa often has ceilings and windows on a scale that a modern two-bed does not, so the team allows longer for it within the same fixed price.
Bickley Hall itself came down in 1963, and the rest of its parkland was sold in the mid-1960s for expensive detached houses on smaller plots. Those houses are usually quicker room for room than the villas, though a clerk checks a second bathroom as carefully as the first.
Who rents here, and for how much
Renting is much less common in this part of London. At the 2021 census 17.4% of Bromley households rented privately, the third lowest share of any London borough, against 30% across the capital.
The ONS put Bromley’s average private rent at £1,684 a month in August 2026. A one-bedroom home averaged £1,312, a three-bedroom £1,990 and a home with four or more bedrooms £2,926. With deposits capped at five weeks’ rent, the deposit on an average four-bedroom house here is more than three thousand pounds.
Schools are one reason families rent here. Bickley Park School and Bromley High School are independent schools in the area, alongside Bickley Primary and St George’s Bickley Primary. If your move is timed to the school year, book the clean early.
Bromley licensing and HMO planning rules
Bromley has no selective licensing scheme and no additional HMO licensing. The only licence a Bickley landlord can need is the national mandatory one, for a house shared by five or more people from more than one household. A family let or a flat in a converted villa needs no licence at all.
Planning is stricter. Bromley’s Article 4 direction removed the right to turn a family house into a small HMO without planning permission, first in Biggin Hill and Darwin wards and then across the whole borough from 1 September 2022. Bromley’s Article 4 page has the detail. For a tenant it means shared houses are rare in Bickley, and most check-outs are of a whole home let to one household.
Local factors that change a Bickley clean
Hard water. Thames Water supplies Bickley, and its water picks up chalk on the way, so it is hard. Scale builds on taps, shower screens and glass, and a big house with three or four bathrooms has a lot of chrome to descale. That is part of the clean at no extra cost.
Windows. The cleaners do all internal glass, frames, sills and tracks. Outside glass on the upper floors of a big house is a separate job; see window cleaning.
Trees and gardens. The Bickley Park conservation area is known for large houses on generous plots among mature trees. Leaves and grit come in through back doors and settle in door tracks, utility rooms and conservatories, which all go on an inventory.
Getting here. Bickley station, on Southborough Road, is in fare zone 5, with Southeastern trains to London Victoria about four times an hour off-peak and Thameslink trains to Blackfriars twice an hour. The team arrives by van with the equipment. If there is a drive, tell us whether we can use it; if the van has to use a paid space, we add only what it costs us, shown on the quote.
We cover the neighbouring streets too: the larger houses of Chislehurst to the east, the 1930s estate houses of Petts Wood to the south-east, and Southborough along the lane. The full list of areas is on our end of tenancy cleaning Bromley page.
The checklist, the oven and the carpets
The 57-point checklist covers the whole empty house. In the kitchen: cupboards and drawers inside and out, worktops, splashback, hob, extractor hood and filter, sink and taps descaled, fridge and freezer (defrosted the night before), washing machine drawer and seal, and behind anything that can be moved.
In each bathroom: toilet, basin, bath, shower screen and head, tiles and grout. In every room: skirting, doors and frames, switches, radiators, window sills and tracks, inside the wardrobes, then floors vacuumed and mopped. The power and hot water need to be on.
The oven is an add-on, never in the fixed price: £31 for a single or a single wide oven, and £62 for a double or a 90cm range cooker. Our oven cleaning page covers an oven on its own.
Carpets booked with the clean cost £29 a bedroom, £36 a living room, £47 a through lounge, £35 a flight of stairs, £20 a hallway and £8 a landing. A three-storey villa has two flights and at least two landings, so count them when you add carpets. Standalone prices are on the carpet cleaning page.
A three-storey villa has two flights of stairs and at least two landings, and the clerk checks every one.
The free re-clean applies for 48 hours after the clean if the agent or clerk raises anything. We have been doing end of tenancy work since 2014, more than 300 letting agents use us, and we are rated 4.7 on Google. If you are staying and need a regular cleaner, see domestic cleaning.
Bickley end of tenancy cleaning FAQs
How much is an end of tenancy clean for a five-bedroom house in Bickley?
Homes above four bedrooms are quoted from the room count when you ring or use the calculator. Tell us the number of bathrooms and floors and whether the oven and carpets are included, and we will give you the figure before you book.
My flat is in a converted villa. Does that cost more than a modern flat?
No. A one-bed is £207 and a two-bed £243 whichever building it is in. High ceilings and big sash windows take longer, and the team plans for that.
Does my Bickley landlord need a property licence?
Only if five or more people from more than one household share the house. Bromley runs no selective or additional licensing.
Can my landlord tell me to use a professional cleaner?
No. Under the Tenant Fees Act 2019 a landlord cannot require it. You do have to return the home as clean as it was at check-in, allowing for fair wear and tear.
Do I need to be there?
No. Many tenants hand over keys on the morning and come back at the end, or arrange access with the agent. A 50% deposit holds your date, and the rest is due once the clean is done.