The short answer for Caterham tenants
Caterham is two places on one railway branch: the Valley round the station, where four homes in ten are flats, and Caterham on the Hill, the bigger and more suburban half that includes the old Guards Depot. Wherever your let is, an end of tenancy clean from us costs a fixed £156 for a studio, rising by bedrooms to £425 for a four-bed house.
Last updated October 2026.
Ovens and carpets are extras, priced further down. The calculator at the top of the page gives your total, and any parking we have to pay for is added at cost.
Caterham homes compared
The last census to break the two parishes down by type of home was 2011. Caterham Valley had 3,521 households, of which 1,393 were flats and 1,034 detached houses. Caterham on the Hill had 5,022, with 1,666 semis, 1,185 detached houses, 1,208 flats and 963 terraces. The table puts each common type next to its price and the part of the clean that takes the time.
| Home | Most common in | Price | Slowest part of the clean |
|---|---|---|---|
| Studio or one-bed flat | Blocks and converted houses near Caterham station | £156 or £207 | A small kitchen with the oven, fridge and extractor close together |
| One- or two-bed flat | The barracks conversions and new blocks on the Hill | £207 or £243 | Shower screen and taps, which scale fast here |
| Two- or three-bed terrace | The older streets on the Hill | £243 or £339 | Stairs, and a kitchen at the back of the house |
| Three-bed semi | Caterham on the Hill | £339 | Two floors, garden doors, often a through lounge |
| Four-bed detached house | Both halves (about 2,200 detached houses between them) | £425 | More than one bathroom, a lot of glass |
| Five bedrooms or more | The larger detached houses | quoted from the room count | Several bathrooms and a big kitchen |
| A room in a shared house | Anywhere | £30 per cleaner per hour | Your room plus a share of kitchen and bathroom |
The Valley, the Hill and the old Guards Depot
The railway made the Valley. The line from Purley opened on 5 August 1856 with Caterham as its terminus, and the present station replaced the first one on 1 January 1900. Southern runs two trains an hour off-peak to London Bridge, calling at Kenley and Whyteleafe on the way. Many of the Valley’s flats are a short walk from the station.
Caterham on the Hill is the older village on the plateau above, and it has more of the town’s people (12,742 against 8,348 in 2011). Church Hill and Hill Street have listed buildings from the old village. The rest is mostly 20th-century houses and semis, and then the Guards Depot.
Caterham Barracks trained Foot Guards recruits from 1877 until the Army left in 1995. Tandridge District Council made a large part of the site a conservation area in 1996, and Linden Homes redeveloped it with 361 homes across a range of tenures, keeping the Grade II listed chapel of St Michael the Archangel and 18 other buildings.
The kept Victorian buildings stand among the new houses and flats. Any home inside one of them cleans like an older building, with tall windows and deep sills to wipe.
The family houses on the Hill are the lets where an oven, carpets and a garden door all turn up in one check-out, so it pays to book the add-ons with the clean.
Any home inside one of the old barrack buildings cleans like an older building, with tall windows and deep sills to wipe.
Article 4, rents and notice
In February 2026 Tandridge District Council made an Article 4 Direction covering Caterham Valley, Caterham on the Hill and Whyteleafe, after complaints about a rise in houses in multiple occupation. It means a landlord now needs planning permission to turn a family house into an HMO. The council’s Planning Policy Committee made the direction permanent in June 2026. It does not affect a tenant’s clean; the inventory sets the standard whatever the house is used for.
The ONS put the Tandridge average at £1,637 a month in August 2026, up 4.4% on the year and well above the South East figure of £1,426, with flats at £1,344 and semis at £1,743. A deposit can be up to five weeks’ rent, so on an average Tandridge semi that is about £2,000 waiting on the check-out report.
Since 1 May 2026 most tenancies have rolled on month to month as assured periodic tenancies, and a tenant ends one with two months’ written notice. Book the clean as soon as you have handed that notice in, for the day before you return the keys.
Hard water from the chalk
Caterham’s water comes from SES Water, which grew out of the old Caterham Spring Water Company and still supplies the town. SES says much of its water is pumped from boreholes in chalk and limestone, which makes it naturally hard; it softens some of it slightly at treatment, and hardness varies by area. The SES water quality page gives the figure for your postcode.
In a rented bathroom that shows up as a white film on the shower screen, a crust round the base of the taps and a ring in the toilet. Clerks photograph all three. Descaling is part of every clean, done with a descaler left to work and then wiped off, so the chrome is not scratched.
The clean and the add-ons
Every job follows our 57-point checklist:
- Kitchen: cupboards inside and out, worktops, tiles, hob, extractor and filter, fridge and freezer, sink and taps, and under appliances that pull out.
- Bathrooms: screen, taps, shower head and tiles descaled, grout, bath, basin, toilet, mirrors and fan.
- All rooms: skirting, doors and frames, switches, radiators, wardrobes, sills, and windows on the inside including the runners.
- Floors vacuumed and washed, stairs included.
Oven cleaning is an add-on at £31 for a single or a single wide oven, and £62 for a double or a 90cm range cooker. Carpets done with the clean are £29 per bedroom, £36 for the living room, £47 for a through lounge, £35 for a flight of stairs, £20 for the hall and £8 for a landing. See oven cleaning or carpet cleaning to book either one by itself.
The cleaners are vetted at an interview in person, insured and trained on the checklist. We have been cleaning since 2014, over 300 letting agents use us, our clients have recovered £1.2m in deposits, and our Google rating is 4.7.
If the agent or clerk finds anything within 48 hours, a cleaner comes back to redo it free. Phone 0333 555 2076, 8am to 7pm, every day. Our Warlingham page covers the village to the north-east, and the Surrey page lists the rest of the county.
Caterham end of tenancy FAQs
I rent a home on the old barracks site. Is it priced differently?
No. A two-bed home there is £243, the same as anywhere else. Tall windows and deep sills are part of the clean.
Do you cover Whyteleafe as well as Caterham?
Yes, at the same prices. Whyteleafe is on the same railway line and inside the same Article 4 area.
Does the Article 4 Direction mean my landlord can keep my deposit?
No. It is a planning rule about creating new HMOs. Deductions depend on the check-out report and the inventory.
My semi on the Hill has a through lounge and stairs. What do the carpets add?
£47 for the through lounge, £35 for the stairs and £29 for each bedroom, on top of £339 for a three-bed clean.
Five of us share a house in the Valley. Can we split the clean?
Yes. Each person can book their room and a share of the shared rooms at £30 per cleaner per hour, or the last one out books the whole house.