Renting in Broomfield now
Broomfield is a village of 6,756 people (2021 census) on the northern edge of Chelmsford, and its biggest neighbour is Broomfield Hospital, an 800-bed teaching hospital with its own estate of staff homes on site. Tenants leaving a house in the village, a flat at the hospital or a new home on one of the estates nearby can book our end of tenancy clean at a fixed price: from £176 for a studio, £263 for a two-bed and £359 for a three-bed house.
Last updated October 2026.
The rental market here follows Chelmsford’s. The ONS put the average private rent across the city at £1,439 a month in August 2026, 2.4% up on a year before. A one-bed averaged £1,059, a two-bed £1,291 and a three-bed £1,543. House prices went the other way: the provisional Chelmsford average for July 2026 was £378,000, 2.3% lower than a year earlier.
Three things near the village draw tenants. One is the hospital and its staff. Another is the schools: Broomfield Primary is on School Lane, and Chelmer Valley High School stands next to the hospital. The third is the railway. Since October 2025 commuters have had a new option in Beaulieu Park station, on the north-east side of Chelmsford, with trains to London Liverpool Street in about 40 minutes and up to four an hour at peak times. The station also serves the Channels estate, built on a former golf course north of Chelmsford, where the homes run from one- and two-bed apartments to five-bed houses; we clean those at the same prices.
The village itself is far older than the estates. St Mary with St Leonard church, with its round tower, stands on Church Green at the old centre of the parish.
The hospital and its staff homes
Broomfield Hospital opened as Essex County Hospital, built between 1937 and 1940 to treat tuberculosis. It is now run by Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust and is a national specialist centre for plastic surgery and burns. A private finance project finished in 2010 added a new A&E, intensive care, theatres and a maternity unit. Medical students from Barts and The London train there, and the hospital is affiliated with Anglia Ruskin’s School of Medicine.
Sanctuary runs 353 units of accommodation on the site, from its office at 2 Hazel House, Woodlands Way. The homes are two- and three-bed family houses and shared accommodation, priority goes to NHS keyworkers, and lets can be short or long. Everything is let fully furnished.
Furnished lets change the check-out. The inventory lists every wardrobe, chest of drawers, bed frame, table and sofa, and the clerk checks them along with the walls and floors. We wipe furniture inside and out as part of the fixed price. In shared accommodation, where each tenant has a room and shares a kitchen, the hourly rate below makes more sense than a whole-flat price.
Chelmsford licensing rules for Broomfield lets
Broomfield comes under Chelmsford City Council for housing. The council states that it has no additional or selective licensing schemes in place, so a house let to one family or to a couple of sharers needs no council licence. Mandatory HMO licensing does apply: a home where five or more people from two or more households share a kitchen, bathroom or toilet needs a licence, which lasts five years and costs the landlord £900 for up to five units.
For a tenant the deposit rules matter more. Under the Tenant Fees Act a deposit is capped at five weeks’ rent when the yearly rent is under £50,000; on the Chelmsford two-bed average that is about £1,490. The government’s tenant guidance says a landlord or agent cannot require you to pay for a professional clean at check-out, though they can ask for the home to be cleaned to a professional standard. What the clerk compares against is the check-in inventory, with fair wear and tear allowed.
The checklist for a Broomfield clean
Every clean follows our 57-point checklist. The parts a clerk spends longest on:
- Kitchen: every cupboard and drawer inside and out, worktops and splashback, hob, extractor hood and filter, fridge and freezer, sink and taps descaled, and the floor under anything that moves.
- Bathroom and en-suite: shower screen, tray or bath, tiles and grout, taps and shower head descaled, toilet, basin, mirror and the extractor fan grille.
- Bedrooms and living room: furniture wiped inside and out where the home is furnished, skirting, doors, switches, radiators, window sills and the glass from the inside.
- Floors: vacuumed and washed in every room, stairs included.
The oven is an add-on and never part of the fixed price: £31 for a single or a single wide oven, and £62 for a double or a 90cm range cooker. Details are on our oven cleaning page.
Carpets booked with the clean cost £29 a bedroom, £36 a living room, £47 for a through lounge, £35 a flight of stairs, £20 a hallway and £8 a landing. Check your tenancy for a carpet clause first, and see the carpet cleaning page if you want carpets done on their own.
Prices for Broomfield homes
| Property | Price |
|---|---|
| Studio | £176 |
| One-bed flat | £227 |
| Two-bed house or flat | £263 |
| Three-bed house | £359 |
| Four-bed house | £445 |
| Five bedrooms or more | quoted from the room count |
| A room in shared accommodation, or part of a home | £30 per cleaner per hour |
If we have to pay for parking at your address, the cost is added at what it costs us. Your own figure comes from the calculator at the top of the page.
Hard water in north Chelmsford
Chelmsford’s water comes from Essex & Suffolk Water, as a blend from its Layer and Langham treatment works in north Essex, fed by Abberton Reservoir and the River Stour. The company’s 2025 report for its Chelmsford North supply zone says the water is hard, at an average of 230 mg/l as calcium carbonate.
At that level, white rings build up round taps and a chalky film forms on shower glass. On a check-out, scale on the bathroom fittings is easy for a clerk to photograph, so every clean we do includes descaling the taps, shower head, screen and sink.
Booking a clean
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
Book through the calculator, or call 0333 555 2076 between 8am and 7pm, seven days a week. Our cleaners are vetted at an in-person interview, insured and trained on the checklist. We have been cleaning since 2014, more than 300 letting agents work with us, tenants have won back £1.2m in deposits with our help, and we hold a 4.7 rating on Google. Should the agent or clerk find a problem and report it within 48 hours, we go back and re-clean that part free.
We also clean in Chelmsford itself, in Springfield, which shares the new station, and across Essex.
Broomfield end of tenancy FAQs
I am leaving a room in shared staff accommodation at the hospital. What should I book?
Your room and your share of the kitchen and bathroom, by the hour at £30 per cleaner. Tell us whether your room has an en-suite.
Our two-bed house on the hospital site is furnished. Does the furniture cost extra?
No. The clean is £263, and wiping the wardrobes, drawers and other furniture inside and out is part of it.
We rent a new house at Channels. Does a new build still need a full clean?
The inventory will have been taken when it was spotless, so yes. A three-bed is £359, the same as anywhere else.
Does my Broomfield landlord need a licence?
Only if five or more people from two or more households share the home. Chelmsford City Council has no selective or additional scheme.
How do I pay?
A 50% deposit holds your date, and the rest is due once the clean is done.