End of tenancy cleaning in Enfield Highway: the short answer
A flat above a shop on the Hertford Road, a Victorian terrace off Green Street or a 1930s council-built house near Carterhatch Lane: in Enfield Highway each gets an end of tenancy clean at a fixed price by bedrooms, from £156 for a studio to £425 for four. The oven and carpets are add-ons you choose, and if the agent or clerk flags something within 48 hours, the cleaners return free.
Last updated October 2026.
Home types along the Hertford Road, priced
Enfield Highway is the stretch either side of the Hertford Road (the A1010, which follows the line of the Roman Ermine Street) between Hoe Lane and The Ride. Three building booms made its rented stock, and each leaves a different kind of check-out.
The first came with the Royal Small Arms Factory at Enfield Lock. The Victoria County History records the population of St James’s district, Enfield Highway, trebling from 1,534 in 1851 to 4,954 in 1861 as the factory took on hands. Medcalf Road was laid out in 1861 and Warwick Road was lined with terraces by 1865; Jasper Road and St James’s Road had houses by 1868.
Those small brick terraces are still the backbone of the area. The second was the 1930s, when the council built extensively here. Its two largest estates sit south of Carterhatch Lane around Central Avenue, and north of the station in Brimsdown, between Bell Lane, Brimsdown Avenue, Croft Road and Redlands Road.
The third was the late 1960s, when the borough put up tower blocks at the corner of Hertford Road and Ordnance Road, in Holbrook Close off Goat Lane and at the western end of Bell Lane.
| Property | Where you find it here | Price | What takes the time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Studio | Bedsit or studio in a converted terrace | £156 | A kitchen and shower squeezed into one room |
| One-bedroom flat | Over a shop on the Hertford Road parade, or in a 1960s block | £207 | Traffic film on the windows; lift or long stairs |
| Two-bedroom flat or house | Victorian terrace off Medcalf Road, Warwick Road or Jasper Road | £243 | Skirting, doors, sash runners, a steep narrow staircase |
| Three-bedroom house | 1930s house around Central Avenue or Bell Lane | £339 | Bigger rooms, a garden door, years of grease in a long-let kitchen |
| Four-bedroom house | Extended terrace or larger semi | £425 | Two bathrooms and two flights of stairs |
| Part job or room in a shared house | Anywhere | £30 per cleaner per hour | Your room plus your share of the kitchen and bathroom |
The price is for the whole empty home, cupboards inside and out and glass from the inside included. If the van has to pay to park, we add what that costs us and show it on the quote. Use the price calculator at the top of the page for your own figure, or ring 0333 555 2076, 8am to 7pm, seven days.
Rents explain why landlords here inspect closely. The ONS put Enfield’s average private rent at £1,827 a month in August 2026, up 5.1% on a year earlier, against 3.5% across London; a two-bed averaged £1,764 and a three-bed £2,098. Renting has grown fast too. At the 2021 census 29.3% of Enfield households rented privately, up 7.1 points in ten years, nearly level with the London figure of 30%.
Licensing after the 2022 ward changes
This is where Enfield Highway confuses people. The council’s first selective licensing scheme ran from 1 September 2021 to 31 August 2026 across 14 wards, and Enfield Highway was one of them by name. Then the ward itself went. At the May 2022 elections the old Enfield Highway and Turkey Street wards were replaced by three new ones: Carterhatch, Brimsdown and Bullsmoor.
The replacement scheme started on 1 September 2026 and runs until 31 August 2031. It covers 17 wards, using the new names, and Carterhatch, Brimsdown and Bullsmoor are all on the list, as are the neighbouring Ponders End, Enfield Lock and Southbury wards. So a house or flat let to one household on the Hertford Road still needs a selective licence; only the ward name on the form has changed.
Shared houses are caught separately. Since 1 September 2025 a borough-wide additional licensing scheme has covered homes let to three or four people from more than one household, for five years, and the mandatory HMO licence still applies to five or more.
A licensed let comes with a written inventory and a landlord who knows the council can ask questions, so check-outs tend to be thorough. In a shared house the communal kitchen and bathroom decide most deductions. Sharers rarely leave on the same day, so one person can book their own room plus a share of the shared rooms by the hour, and the last one out books the rest.
A house let to one household on the Hertford Road still needs a selective licence; only the ward name on the form has changed.
Hard water, road grime and parking in Enfield Highway
Enfield is split between two water companies. Affinity Water supplies parts of the borough and Thames Water the rest, and both send out hard water. In a bathroom that shows up as white crust round the taps, a cloudy shower screen and a ring in the toilet bowl, and a clerk writes scale down as dirt. Descaling is part of every clean here at no extra cost.
The road adds its own layer. The Hertford Road carries the 121, 191, 279 and 307 buses, and the council’s own area action plan describes its local centre, from Green Street to Oatlands Road, as severely compromised by traffic and congestion.
Windows facing it collect a grey film on the glass, frames and sills, and a front-room net curtain can turn the same colour. Cleaners take longer over those rooms, and the inside glass is part of the fixed price.
There is no Tube. The nearest stations are Brimsdown, on the Greater Anglia line to Liverpool Street via Tottenham Hale, and Southbury, on the Overground’s Weaver line; both are in fare zone 5. The cleaners come by van.
Cycleway 1 now runs along the A1010 for about 4.5 miles, from Freezywater to Edmonton Green, so the van usually parks in a side street. Tell us when you book if your side street has resident bays or a dropped kerb we can use, and which house number has the easiest access.
What the cleaners do in each room
- Kitchen: cupboards and drawers inside and out, worktops, tiles, hob, extractor hood and filter, sink and taps descaled, fridge and freezer (switch them off and defrost the night before), washing machine drawer and seal, and behind any appliance that slides out.
- Bathroom: scale off the taps, shower head, screen and tiles, grout scrubbed, toilet inside, behind and at the base, bath, basin, mirror and the extractor grille.
- Bedrooms and living room: skirting, picture rails, doors and frames, switches and sockets, radiators, inside wardrobes, sills and the inside of every window, carpets vacuumed and hard floors washed.
- Hall and stairs: banisters and spindles, each step edge, the cupboard under the stairs, the meter cupboard door.
On a Victorian terrace the stairs and the sash windows take the longest, because every spindle and runner holds dust. On a 1930s house it is usually the kitchen. The home needs to be empty, with power and hot water on. Marks a cleaner cannot lift, such as a burn on a worktop, go on the clerk’s report as damage.
Oven and carpet add-ons
The oven is never part of the fixed price. Booked with the clean it costs £31 for a single or a single wide oven, and £62 for a double or a 90cm range cooker. After a long let it is often the worst thing in the house. For an oven clean on its own date, our oven cleaning page has the details.
Look for a carpet clause in your tenancy before you add carpets. With an end of tenancy clean, carpet cleaning costs £29 a bedroom, £36 a living room, £47 a through lounge, £35 a flight of stairs, £20 a hallway and £8 a landing, cheaper than booking it separately through our carpet cleaning service. The stair carpet in a terrace that has housed several tenancies is usually the one the clerk notices.
Staying in the area? A deep clean is £26 per cleaner per hour (a team of two for at least three hours, from £186), and regular domestic cleaning starts at £23 an hour for weekly three-hour visits.
We have worked across the borough since 2014, and the end of tenancy cleaning Enfield page covers the rest of it, from the Lee Valley side over to Enfield Town. If you are moving the short distance south to Ponders End, where the Electric Quarter permit zone began in July 2026, the same booking details apply.
Enfield Highway end of tenancy questions
My landlord’s paperwork says “Enfield Highway ward”, but the council map does not. Is my home licensed?
Probably, if it is let to one household. The ward was split into Carterhatch, Brimsdown and Bullsmoor in 2022, and all three are in the selective scheme that began on 1 September 2026. Your landlord can confirm the licence number; the cleaning standard at check-out is the same either way.
How much is a clean for a two-bed terrace off Medcalf Road?
£243, fixed. Add the oven (£31 for a single) and carpets if your inventory needs them. If parking costs us anything on the day, it goes on the quote at cost.
Will the hard water add to the bill?
No. Descaling taps, screens, tiles and the toilet is part of every end of tenancy clean we do here.
I am leaving a shared house before the others. What do I book?
Book your room and your share of the kitchen and bathroom by the hour, at £30 per cleaner. The last sharer out can book the communal rooms in full, or the whole house at the fixed price.
What if the clerk finds something after we leave?
If the letting agent or clerk flags anything within 48 hours, the cleaners come back and put it right free. Send us the report lines and we arrange the return visit.