Brixton Windrush’s end of tenancy cleaning team

End of tenancy cleaning across the Brixton Windrush ward, worked off the square itself and the SW2 and SW9 postcodes, from Coldharbour Lane and Effra Road out to Loughborough Junction. We are Monster Cleaning Ltd, a London cleaning firm that has run move-out jobs in Lambeth since 2014. A one-bed flat from £207, a studio from £156, larger conversions and ex-council maisonettes priced by room count and condition, every clean against a 57-point checklist and a 48-hour guarantee. Call 0333 555 2076, email [email protected], or book online for a same-week slot.

Last updated May 2026. Postcode reach: SW2 1, SW2 5, SW9 6, SW9 7, SW9 8, SW9 9 and the SE5 edges at Loughborough Junction. This page sits under our Lambeth borough hub; for the wider picture see our London end of tenancy page.

The ward, not the postcode

Brixton Windrush is a ward, drawn for the 2022 elections out of the old Coldharbour ward that ran from 2002. That matters more than it sounds. The ward boundary, not the SW2 or SW9 postcode, is what decides which housing rules your landlord answers to, and it is the line Lambeth uses when it inspects a let. The ward takes its name from the square at its centre, and the square took its name in 1998, on the fiftieth anniversary of the Empire Windrush docking at Tilbury in 1948.

Windrush Square is where this part of Brixton does its civic business, and on a good number of our jobs it is the literal handover spot, the place a tenant agrees to meet the clerk because everyone knows where it is. It faces the Edwardian town hall on Brixton Hill, fronts the Brixton Tate Library and the Ritzy, and holds the Black Cultural Archives at 1 Windrush Square, the Grade II listed Georgian house (once Raleigh Hall) that reopened as the archives in 2014. The Cherry Groce Memorial Pavilion sits at the south edge, the African and Caribbean War Memorial a short walk off. The open space was called Brixton Oval, then Tate Gardens, before it was rebuilt in its present form in 2010.

None of that is tourism for its own sake. It is the reason the housing stock here is the particular mix it is, and the mix is what drives the deduction patterns we see at check-out. Live-work flats sit above the shops on Electric Avenue and along Atlantic Road. Period houses on Saltoun Road, Rushcroft Road, Trinity Gardens, St Matthew’s Road and Mervan Road were carved into flats decades back. The Loughborough Estate spreads east of Coldharbour Lane, with the Somerleyton blocks, Angell Town and the Moorlands close by. And a thin band of new build, Node Brixton and the Pope’s Road towers, has gone up over the last few years. Four kinds of home, one square, four different cleans.

The ward boundary, not the SW2 or SW9 postcode, is what decides which housing rules your landlord answers to.

Four kinds of home behind one square

A clean is only as good as its read of the building. Get the building age wrong and you bring the wrong kit. Around this ward there are four broad types, and each one fails check-out in its own way.

Live-work flats over the market arcades. Electric Avenue was built in the 1880s and lit by electricity in 1888, the first market street in London to be, and it still carries its glazed cast-iron canopy. The arcade was made Grade II listed in 2010, the same year Brixton Village (the old Granville Arcade, built 1937) and Market Row went on the list. The flats above the shops here are small, often single-aspect, and they cop everything the market throws up: cooking grease that drifts in through a kitchen window, soot off the road, and a smell from the stalls below that gets into soft furnishings. A clerk in one of these flats goes straight for the kitchen extract and the window glass.

Period houses split into flats. This is the bulk of our work in the ward. Two- and three-flat conversions on the streets off the square, most of them holding original cornicing, picture rails, deep skirtings, cast-iron fireplace surrounds and timber window frames. These reward patience and the right tools, not a microfibre cloth and a blast of spray. The deductions hide on the cornice tops, in the window reveals, behind the radiators, on the architraves nobody has wiped in three years.

The estates. The Loughborough Estate, the Somerleyton blocks on Coldharbour Lane, Angell Town and the Moorlands give the ward thousands of council and ex-council flats. The flats themselves are often easier to clean than a rambling conversion, more regular in layout, but the catches move to the shared parts: a communal threshold the inventory still lists, a kitchen extract grille thick with years of use, the back of a boiler cupboard, the stairwell for an upper-floor flat. Parking on these estates is the worst part of the job, and I will not pretend otherwise.

The new blocks. Node Brixton and the Pope’s Road developments brought build-to-rent flats into the ward, with polished concrete, integrated appliances and gloss kitchens. They look forgiving and they are not. Every fingerprint shows on the units, the induction hob holds a residue you only see at an angle, and the shower glass marks the moment it dries. Clerks on these flats photograph the appliance seals first.

What the 2025 licence changed at check-out

On 1 September 2025 the Brixton Windrush ward came inside Lambeth’s second selective licensing scheme, alongside Brixton Acre Lane, Brixton North, Brixton Rush Common, Herne Hill and Loughborough Junction, the Clapham and Stockwell wards and several others. The first scheme had already covered four Streatham wards from September 2024. The plan reaches almost the whole borough now, with only Vauxhall and the Waterloo and South Bank ward left out. Full detail and the application portal are on the Lambeth Council licensing page.

A selective licence costs the landlord £1025 per property, split into a £717.50 administration fee and a £307.50 enforcement fee, with small discounts for a good EPC rating or an accredited landlord. On top of that, Lambeth has run a borough-wide additional HMO licensing scheme since December 2021, covering any home let to three or more sharers, and that one runs for five years. The practical effect of all this on your move-out is simple. A licensed flat is let against a written standard and inspected against it, so the bar at check-out is higher and the case for a documented clean is stronger.

The law underneath the licence shifted too. The Renters’ Rights Act 2025 ended Section 21 no-fault evictions, turned fixed-term assured shorthold tenancies into rolling periodic ones, and tightened the rules on deposit deductions. For a tenant the key part is the evidence burden. A flat must be handed back in the condition recorded at check-in, fair wear and tear aside, and it is on the landlord and agent to prove a deduction against the original inventory and dated photographs. A clean that matches the inventory standard, documented on the day, is the single biggest thing in your favour. Plain-English guidance sits with Shelter and with the three statutory deposit schemes, TDS, DPS and mydeposits.

Rents have hardened to match. Lambeth’s median monthly rent crossed £2,150 by early 2026 on the ONS private rent data, with one-bed conversions in central Brixton listed around £1,750 to £2,000 a month and two-beds at £2,400 to £2,950. Standard five-week deposits on those figures land between £2,000 and £3,400. That is the sum a failed clean puts at risk.

The deductions clerks write around here

A check-out report is a list of line items, and a deduction is the price the clerk puts against each one. After years on the SW2 and SW9 postcodes we can mostly guess the list before we walk in. The agents working this ward include Marsh & Parsons on Coldharbour Lane, Foxtons, Keating Estates, Felicity J Lord, Eden Harper, Beresford Residential and Dexters, and their clerks converge on the same set of catches.

• Oven door inner glass, the oven roof, and the state of the grill pan
• The extractor filter, and the tiled wall behind the hob where grease settles
• Fridge and freezer seals, drawer runners, and any ice left in the freezer
• Limescale on shower screens, taps and shower heads, the hard-water signature of this stock
• Grout colour in the shower enclosure and around the bath
• The toilet base, the hinges, and the back of the cistern
• Carpet at thresholds and under anything heavy that sat in one place
• Window frames, sills and the inside of reveals on the older flats
• Cornice and picture-rail dust in the conversions
• Cast-iron fireplace surrounds and hearths
• Skirtings throughout, and the spots behind freestanding furniture
• Radiators, front and the gap behind
• Light fittings, shades and ceiling roses
• Cupboard interiors and the tops of wardrobes
• The internal face of the front door, the letterbox flap, the intercom handset
• The communal threshold and stair for an upper-floor flat

The pattern splits by building age, which is why the read on the way in matters so much. A period conversion gets caught on cornice dust, window reveals and the timber around an old fireplace. An ex-council flat gets caught on the communal threshold, the kitchen extract grille and the boiler cupboard. A new build gets caught on appliance seals, hob residue and shower glass. Same report form, three different failure modes.

The 57-point clean, room by room

Every Brixton end of tenancy job runs against our 57-point agent-approved checklist. The list below is the working summary; the full point-by-point version is signed off on the day, and the order roughly follows how a clerk reads a report. Oven cleaning and carpet cleaning can be bundled in for less than booking them on their own.

Kitchen

• Oven interior, roof, base, sides, racks and the door glass between the panes
• Hob, extractor canopy and filter, and the wall behind the cooker line
• Fridge and freezer pulled out, defrosted, washed inside and out, seals degreased
• Cabinet fronts, interiors, plinths and hinges
• Worktops, splashbacks and tiled grout
• Sink, taps, drainer and waste descaled
• Washing machine drum, drawer, filter and door seal
• Dishwasher filter, spray arms and door rim
• Microwave inside and out, plate and turntable
• Floor washed and edged under units and behind appliances where we can reach
• Bins emptied, washed, deodorised
• Switches, sockets and pendant fittings degreased

Bathrooms

• Bath, shower tray and screen descaled to a clear finish
• Tile grout scrubbed and whitened where it will come back
• Toilet bowl, cistern, seat, hinges and base
• Basin, taps, plug and overflow
• Mirrors, glass shelves and chrome polished
• Extractor grille taken off and cleaned where it comes away
• Skirtings, door, frame and threshold
• Floor washed, edges detailed
• Bath panel and the pipework behind the toilet

Bedrooms and living areas

• Skirtings, picture rails and architraves dusted and wiped
• Cornicing and ceiling roses dusted with extending tools, the conversion essential here
• Window frames, sills, reveals and the pulley boxes on older sashes
• Internal glass to a streak-free finish; accessible ground-floor panes outside too
• Cast-iron fireplace surrounds, hearths and mantelpieces
• Wardrobes, shelving and drawer interiors emptied and wiped
• Radiators, front and behind, including the valve heads
• Light fittings, shades and pendant flexes
• Switches, sockets and intercom panels
• Doors both faces, handles and hinges
• Behind freestanding furniture where it moves
• Carpets vacuumed end to end; hard floors mopped and edged

Throughout

• All internal doors, frames and architraves
• Stair treads, risers and bannisters
• Hallway floor and entrance threshold
• Front door internal face, letterbox and intercom
• The communal hallway for an upper-floor flat
• A final walk-through with photographs sent to your phone

For furnished lets where the sofa is on the inventory we add upholstery cleaning, and for parquet, tile or engineered boards there is hard floor cleaning. Ground-floor and accessible window cleaning goes in where the inventory lists the glass.

What a clean flat costs near Windrush Square

Pricing is fixed against the property type and condition, not charged by the hour, so you know the number before we start. A studio is from £156, a one-bed flat from £207, a two-bed from £243, a three-bed flat or maisonette from £339, and a four-bed house or small HMO from £425. The price includes VAT, all materials and equipment, the team for the time the job needs, travel across SW2 and SW9, and the 48-hour re-clean guarantee. There is no surcharge for a Saturday or an evening slot.

Carpet cleaning by hot-water extraction is £36 a bedroom, £43 for the living room, or £115 for a whole two-bed flat, and it is cheaper bundled with the clean than booked on its own. If you want the property cleaned while you stay in it rather than as a move-out, a deep clean is charged at £30 an hour per cleaner. Moving on the same day? A removals booking can run alongside the clean. Whichever way it goes, the quote is fixed and written down before anyone turns up.

The report, the photos, and a disputed deduction

Here is how a booking runs, and why the photographs at the end are the point of the whole thing.

You call 0333 555 2076, email [email protected] or use the form, and tell us the address, the size, whether it is furnished, the parking, and the time the clerk is due. We quote within the hour on working days. We send a written confirmation with the price, the start time, the team size and a contact for the day. No deposit for a standard booking. On the day the team arrives in uniform with their own kit and chemistry, works the 57-point list, and texts you when they are about half an hour from done.

Then the walk-through. Where we can, we hand over to you or the agent on site. Either way, photographs of every room go to your phone for the inventory file. That file is the thing that wins a dispute. If the check-out clerk flags a cleaning issue inside 48 hours, send us the report or the photos and we come back free of charge to put it right. That is the 48-hour re-clean guarantee, and it is the reason the first-time pass rate sits at 97% across the 300+ letting agents whose books we are on.

One real example from the ward. A tenant on Trinity Gardens had been in a three-year let and the agent warned the inventory would be forensic. Two cleaners did seven hours, pulled the cooker out to clean behind it, and the clerk’s report came back with a single £15 light-bulb charge. The rest of the deposit, £2,150, was back inside nine days. The deduction the landlord first floated, a “professional clean” line, never made it onto the report.

That file is the thing that wins a dispute.

Terms on your check-out paperwork

The paperwork around a move-out uses a handful of terms that decide whether you get your money. These are the ones worth knowing before the clerk arrives.

Check-in inventory

The dated, photographed record of the flat’s condition at the start of your tenancy. The check-out is judged against it, so it is the document the whole deposit argument rests on.

Selective licence

The licence a Lambeth landlord must hold for a privately rented home in a covered ward, the Brixton Windrush ward among them since September 2025. Details on the Lambeth Council licensing page.

Fair wear and tear

The reasonable deterioration a flat takes from normal living over the length of the tenancy. A landlord cannot deduct for it, and the Renters’ Rights Act 2025 keeps the burden of proof on them.

Deposit protection scheme

One of the three statutory schemes, TDS, DPS or mydeposits, that holds your deposit and runs free adjudication if you dispute a deduction.

End of tenancy clean versus deep clean

An end of tenancy clean is the empty-flat, inventory-standard job with the 48-hour guarantee. A deep clean is a one-off reset of a flat you are staying in, charged by the hour. The work overlaps; the guarantee and the pricing model do not.

Services and the wards next door

Booking the move and the clean from one firm is usually cheaper than splitting them, and it keeps a single point of contact on the day. The services that pair with an end of tenancy job:

• Oven cleaning on its own when the rest of the flat is sound
• Carpet cleaning bundled in as the deeper deposit-saver
• Upholstery cleaning for furnished lets with sofas on the inventory
• Hard floor cleaning for parquet, tile and engineered wood
• Window cleaning for ground-floor and accessible panes
• Removals run alongside the clean
• Deep cleaning for a flat staying lived-in
• Decking, paving and balcony jobs are a separate outdoor cleaning booking

We cover the wards next door with the same SW2 and SW9 team. The period-and-prison stock up the hill is on our Brixton Hill page, and the streets toward Stockwell Road on the Brixton North one. Beyond the ward we run Clapham, Streatham, Herne Hill, Stockwell, Tulse Hill and Camberwell. The parent borough page is our Lambeth end of tenancy hub.

Questions Brixton Windrush tenants ask

How much does end of tenancy cleaning cost in Brixton?

A studio is from £156, a one-bed flat from £207, a two-bed from £243, a three-bed from £339 and a four-bed house or HMO from £425. Every price includes VAT, all materials and the 48-hour guarantee.

Do you guarantee I get my deposit back?

We guarantee the clean. If your check-out clerk flags a cleaning issue within 48 hours, we come back free of charge to put it right. Across the 300+ letting agents we work with, our first-time pass rate is 97%.

How long does a clean take in a Brixton conversion?

A one-bed period conversion is usually 4 to 6 hours with two cleaners. A two-bed runs 6 to 8 hours, a three-bed maisonette 8 to 10. Flats with original cornicing and timber windows sit at the upper end.

Is the Brixton Windrush ward in a selective licensing area?

Yes. The Brixton Windrush ward came inside Lambeth’s selective licensing scheme on 1 September 2025, so a privately rented home here needs a licence. A licensed flat is inspected against a defined standard, which raises the bar at check-out.

Do you handle the estates as well as period conversions?

Yes. The Loughborough Estate, the Somerleyton blocks, Angell Town and the Moorlands all sit inside our coverage, as do Node Brixton and the newer Pope’s Road build-to-rent flats. We read the building age before we bring the kit.

Do you bring your own equipment and chemistry?

Yes. Vacuums, mops, microfibre, oven kit, degreasers and limescale-specific products are all on the van. You do not need to leave anything behind, and there is nothing for you to buy in advance.

Can you clean while the flat is still furnished?

Yes, though the clean is more effective and a little cheaper once the flat is empty. For furnished lets we move freestanding items where it is safe to do so, and clean behind them where the inventory expects it.

Will you clean the carpets on the same visit?

We can. Hot-water extraction carpet cleaning bundled with the clean is £36 a bedroom, £43 for the living room, or £115 for a whole two-bed flat. Bundled is cheaper than booking it separately.

What if my agent uses a clerk like No Letting Go or VeriSmart?

We work to inventory-clerk standards as a default, so an independent clerk changes nothing for us. The 57-point checklist is built from what these clerks document. We have passed thousands of clerk-led check-outs across Lambeth.

Can I book at short notice?

Yes. We hold same-week and next-day slots in Brixton for end of tenancy work, and Saturday and Sunday slots carry no surcharge. Tell us the clerk’s time and we will fit the clean in ahead of it.

Do you take card payment?

We accept bank transfer, debit card and credit card. Payment is on the day of the clean unless we have agreed something else in writing beforehand. There is no deposit for a standard booking.

Are you insured?

Yes. Monster Cleaning Ltd carries public liability and treatment-risk insurance, and certificates are available on request. We have run move-out jobs in Lambeth since 2014.

What happens if the agent fails the clean?

Send us the clerk’s report or the photographs within 48 hours of completion. We come back at no charge to address the flagged items. That is the 48-hour re-clean guarantee in plain English.

Do you clean balconies, patios and small gardens?

Where the inventory lists them, yes. We sweep, wipe the hard surfaces and clean external doors and frames. Power-washing decking or paving is a separate outdoor cleaning booking rather than part of the standard clean.

How does the selective licensing scheme affect my move-out?

It raises the documentary bar the landlord has to meet on the flat’s condition. A clean that matches the original inventory standard, photographed and dated on the day, is the strongest evidence you can hand to a deposit scheme in a dispute.

Do you cover SW2, SW9 and the SE5 borders?

Yes. SW2 1, SW2 5, SW9 6 to 9 and the SE5 edges at Loughborough Junction and Camberwell New Road are all inside our standard coverage. The same team works the wards either side.

Is the quoted price all-inclusive?

The quote includes VAT, all materials, all travel within Greater London, the team for the time the job needs and the 48-hour guarantee. There are no hidden surcharges, and the figure is fixed in writing before the day.

Book the clean

Flats around Windrush Square pass check-out cleanly when the work is done by a team that knows the deduction patterns and the ward’s mix of stock. Call 0333 555 2076, email [email protected], or use the form on our end of tenancy hub. Quotes within the hour on working days, same-week slots across SW2 and SW9, fixed pricing, a 57-point checklist and a 48-hour guarantee. Deposit back.