Figge’s Marsh end of tenancy cleaning

A two-bed upper split flat on Sherwood Park Road, half a minute’s walk from the 25-acre common, lets in February 2026 for £1,650 a month. Monster Cleaning has done end of tenancy hand-backs across the streets ringing Figge’s Marsh since 2014, on late-Victorian terraced houses split into upper and lower flats along Sherwood Park Road, Graham Road and Acacia Road, on 1951/52 LCC infill at Armfield Crescent, and on modern infill behind Mitcham Eastfields station. We cover all of CR4 2. Phone 0333 555 2076 or email [email protected]. Studio from £156. One-bed split flat from £207. Two-bed flat from £243.

End of tenancy cleaning in Figge’s Marsh Mitcham CR4 2 from £156 a studio, with the 57-point agent-approved checklist and the 48-hour re-clean guarantee on every job. That is the answer capsule.

Last updated April 2026. We work the whole Figge’s Marsh ward, from the Edwardian terrace pockets either side of London Road to the 1951/52 council-built infill at Armfield Crescent, plus the wider CR4 2 streets out to Mitcham Eastfields station. For borough-wide pricing and policy detail see our Merton end of tenancy hub.

Why Figge’s Marsh deposits get clipped

Figge’s Marsh is one of the four north-Mitcham wards inside Merton’s selective licensing scheme, alongside Graveney, Longthornton and Pollards Hill. The scheme started on 24 September 2023 and runs to 23 September 2028. What that means for tenants is that every single-let house and two-sharer flat in the ward needs a council licence on top of the standard tenancy paperwork, and the council tracks complaints, condition and management standards across that five-year window. Merton’s own consultation report identified Figge’s Marsh as one of the wards with the highest rates of tenant complaints and antisocial-behaviour referrals, which is why the scheme landed here rather than on Wimbledon Park or Lavender Fields. The practical effect on a hand-back is that the inventory clerk’s report carries more weight than it does in the unlicensed half of the borough; the agent has to keep a clean documentation trail for the licence file as well as for the deposit.

Section 21 no-fault evictions ended on 1 May 2026 under the Renters’ Rights Act 2025, and almost all existing assured shorthold tenancies converted to assured periodic tenancies on that date. The deposit return is now the cleanest end-of-tenancy lever a Figge’s Marsh landlord has, so the inventory walk after our visit is the bit that decides the money. Most CR4 2 deposits go through the Tenancy Deposit Scheme custodial route. Shelter’s deposit guide sets out the standard deduction categories the adjudicator works against if the agent disputes part of your money.

The borough rent picture matters. Merton-wide private rents averaged £2,079 a month in February 2026, up 1.9% on the year from £2,040 in February 2025, against a London-wide average of £2,273 (ONS Private rent and house prices, February 2026). The borough one-bed rent rose 2.3% on the year, terraced rents 2.1%. Mitcham CR4 2 sits well below the borough headline: a one-bed upper split flat on Sherwood Park Road advertises in the £1,300 to £1,500 band; a two-bed on Graham Road runs £1,550 to £1,700; an Edwardian three-bed at the southern end of Acacia Road tops out around £2,000. The five-week-rent deposit cap under the 2019 Tenant Fees Act puts a Figge’s Marsh one-bed deposit between £1,500 and £1,700, which is the figure that comes back through the deposit-scheme custodial route on hand-back.

We did 31 Figge’s Marsh and adjacent CR4 2 hand-backs in the last twelve months. The deductions on the upper split flats cluster differently to the post-war estate side of the ward.

Period flats are fussy.

Figge’s Marsh ward sits inside the four-ward selective licensing scheme

This is the bit landlords get wrong on this patch more than any other. Merton runs three separate licensing levers. The selective scheme on single-household lets covers Figge’s Marsh, Graveney, Longthornton and Pollards Hill only, running 24 September 2023 to 23 September 2028. The additional HMO scheme covers a wider list including Colliers Wood, Cricket Green, Lavender Fields and the four selective wards. The permanent Article 4 direction sits on top, requiring full planning permission for any conversion of a single-household property into a small HMO across that wider list. So a one-bed upper split on Sherwood Park Road needs a selective licence on the single-let, the council can refuse a renewal if condition standards have slipped, and the photo-set the clerk takes at hand-back can land on the licence file as well. We mention it because tenants on this patch sometimes assume the council only looks at HMOs.

Thames Water in CR4 2 sits on the same hard supply as the rest of south-west London

Mitcham CR4 2 is a Thames Water supply area. The hardness measured at the local works runs around 284 ppm calcium carbonate as reported by Thames Water for the south-west London supply, hard-to-very-hard on the standard scale. On a one-bed Figge’s Marsh upper split flat with a single bathroom that is two points the clerk routinely photographs: chrome shower head and the bath fill mixer. On a two-bed lower split with the bathroom moved to the rear extension, the count goes up to three because the kitchen sink mixer near the boiler enters the picture. We mask any tile grout before a soft-acid stage on the chrome, soak the hand-shower head separately off the wall, and finish on a dry buff. On the original cast-iron radiators that survive in some of the upper splits we use a non-acid alternative; the soft-acid stage will lift the patina off the brass valve handles otherwise.

Across the ward we see one repeating pattern more than any other: the kitchen-extractor canopy over the gas hob in a small galley kitchen, especially in the upper splits where the canopy vents into a louvre on the rear roof slope rather than up a chimney. The grease film inside the canopy is the bit nobody scrubs week-to-week, the metal mesh filter holds two years of cooking residue by the time a tenancy ends, and on the clerk’s photo it shows up brown against a white casing. Second-most-common is bathroom-window condensation marks where the original sash has been replaced with a top-hung casement that does not vent properly above the shower; the mould bloom tracks the seal on the lower edge.

“Fourteen months in a one-bed upper split on Sherwood Park Road, off the Streatham Road end of the common, originally a Goodfellows let from January 2025 and renewed for the last six months direct with the landlord. I drive nights for the 264 garage out of Tooting, so the kitchen sees a lot of post-shift cooking and the gas hob runs hard most evenings. The kitchen extractor canopy was the bit I had been worrying about for the last six months. The metal mesh filter inside it was matte brown when I lifted it down to look at the hand-back week, and the canopy fascia had a film of orange grease where the steam comes out under it. I had tried washing-up liquid and a soft sponge in passes for a fortnight before I phoned. Monster came on a Wednesday morning, two cleaners, four and a half hours on a small one-bed. The team leader took the canopy fascia off, soaked the mesh filter in a separate tray, hand-degreased the underside on a long sequence of soft cloths, and put it back with the original screws. The hob was lifted as a pair of pieces and the cast-iron pan supports went into the same tray as the filter. The clerk walked it on the Friday at 1pm and signed off the same afternoon. I got the full £1,650 deposit back through the Tenancy Deposit Scheme custodial route inside the week. The clean cost £165.” — Daniel, Sherwood Park Road CR4 2, March 2026

Coverage — streets and pockets we work in CR4 2

We are on the Figge’s Marsh round most weeks. The streets and pockets below are where the bulk of our hand-back work lands inside the ward and immediately around it.

• Sherwood Park Road — the long Edwardian and late-Victorian terrace run, much of it now split into upper and lower one and two-bed flats
• Graham Road — period two-up-two-down terraces along the southern edge, with a few bay-fronted three-beds at the Streatham Road end
• Acacia Road — mid and end-terrace stock with a small Edwardian semi pocket toward the southern end
• Armfield Crescent — the curved 1951/52 LCC council estate from London Road south to St Marks Road, walk-up flats on stair access and balcony access
• Framfield Road and Sadler Close — mixed period and post-war infill toward the eastern boundary
• London Road approach — flats over the parade of shops opposite the common, three-storey Edwardian villas split into one and two-bed lets
• Streatham Road — the run along the northern edge of the common, mixed Edwardian terrace with a band of inter-war infill
• Eveline Road and Eastfields Road — the streets feeding into Mitcham Eastfields station, a mix of original terrace and newer small block infill
• Hallowell Close and Aventine Avenue — modern small-block infill on the station side of the ward
• Montrose Gardens — pocket of inter-war semi-detached on the southern boundary
• Pascall Close and the streets named for the old Pascall confectionery factory of 1888 — smaller post-war estate pockets

If your address sits a few streets outside the ward boundary, ring the office. We almost certainly cover it on the same north-Mitcham round.

What’s included in our Figge’s Marsh end of tenancy clean

End of tenancy is the hand-back clean. Deep is the version where you are staying. Regular is maintenance. The work below is the first one, fixed-price against the 57-point agent-approved checklist, with the 48-hour re-clean guarantee included and a 97% first-time pass rate across our north-Mitcham book. The list is built for what the Figge’s Marsh stock actually has, not for new-build flats: small galley kitchens with extractor canopies over a gas hob, original picture rails in the principal bedrooms of the upper splits, replacement casement windows in the bathrooms, fitted carpet in the principal bedroom, and a single bathroom shared between the bedroom doors.

Kitchen

• Extractor canopy over the hob — fascia removed where it lifts off, mesh filter detached and soaked separately, casing hand-degreased inside and out, original screws retained
• Oven full strip — rack soak in a separate tray, door inner pane, side liners, base, hinge bolts
• Gas hob — pan supports lifted, burner caps lifted, cast-iron pieces soaked in the same tray as the canopy filter, hob top scrubbed
• Inside, outside, top and behind every cupboard and drawer; the kicker plate at the base lifted where it can come out
• Fridge and freezer fully defrosted, washed inside and out, gasket detail done
• Washing machine drawer and door seal — the gasket where the hard supply leaves a grey scale ring
• Sink, taps and waste descaled with a soft-acid stage, then a soft-cloth buff
• Tile grout brushed where splashback meets worktop
• Skirting, switch covers and socket plates wiped; on the period stock these are usually painted timber and want a damp microfibre, not spray
• Floor mopped last; small kitchens with the original quarry-tile run get a non-acid stage with the grout masked first

Bathrooms

• Bath, shower tray, screen and tile — soft-acid descale on the chrome head and screen runner, rinsed twice
• WC bowl, rim, hinge bolts, base, behind the pan
• Sink, taps, plug, overflow — chrome polished separately after the descale
• Bathroom-window seal where a casement has replaced the original opening — lower-edge mould bloom is the most common single deduction, hand-cleaned with a barely-damp microfibre, no spray
• Mirror, cabinet, shaver socket, extractor grille
• Tile grout scrubbed where shower water hits
• Glass screen polished both sides; runner descaled
• Towel rail and the strip of wall behind it
• Original cast-iron radiator, where still in place, hand-detailed; we do not spray modern paint sealer
• Floor mopped, edges done by hand

Bedrooms and living areas

• Skirting and picture rail dusted, then damp-wiped with a microfibre — the principal bedroom picture-rail dust shadow above the door is the clerk’s photographed first-look on a Figge’s Marsh upper split
• Door tops and architraves; door hinges hand-detailed
• Replacement casement windows — lower meeting rail vacuumed, frame wiped, both panes hand-cleaned with a barely-damp cloth
• Light fittings; original ceiling rose, where retained, dust-removed on a soft brush, never wet-wiped
• Switches, sockets, thermostat
• Cornice line and the run where the wall meets the ceiling, especially in the front reception of an upper split
• Carpet vacuumed in two directions; spot-treat marks; full carpet shampoo is an add-on
• Hard floors mopped, edges hand-wiped; original pine boards on the upper splits get a soft-buffer pass rather than a wet mop
• Curtains shaken; blinds dusted slat by slat
• Mirrors, picture frames, dust-magnet ledges
• Behind beds, sofas, freestanding furniture
• Wall-mounted radiator backs and the floor strip behind them

Throughout

• All internal doors, frames, architraves — hand-painted timber on the period stock wants damp microfibre, no abrasive
• Hallway and entrance threshold — the strip the clerk looks at first; original tile or quarry-tile gets a non-acid stage with the grout masked
• Storage cupboard, under-stair cupboard on a lower split, washer recess
• Inside-glass on all windows, frames wiped, locks dusted
• Communal-side of the front door wiped where the upper split shares an entry hall with the lower flat
• Final walk-through with a torch in low light to catch what daylight hides

What it costs in Figge’s Marsh

Pricing below is the full agent-approved end of tenancy service, fixed by property size not by the hour, with the 57-point checklist applied and the 48-hour re-clean guarantee included. No VAT add-on, no fuel surcharge, no upper-floor surcharge.

Add-ons

• Carpet shampoo — £36 per bedroom, £43 per living room, £115 whole-2-bed package
• Single oven deep clean (already included in standard EOT, listed for reference) — £77
• Double oven deep clean — £110
• Range cooker 90cm — £114
• Extractor canopy fascia removal and mesh-filter soak — included in the standard kitchen line; we do not bill it separately

For context, the National Living Wage moved from £12.21 an hour in April 2025 to £12.71 from April 2026 (gov.uk minimum wage rates). Our £30 hourly rate is two cleaners working in tandem with full kit, which is why it sits above a single-cleaner equivalent.

What your Figge’s Marsh letting agent will actually check

This list comes from the post-clean feedback we get back from Goodfellows on the Upper Green, Bairstow Eves Mitcham, KFH Mitcham, Foxtons Mitcham, Truuli and Barnard Marcus, and from the inventory clerks who walk the north-Mitcham patch most weeks. Order matters — the top of the list is what gets failed most often on the upper-split stock.

1. Kitchen-extractor canopy over the gas hob — mesh filter and fascia underside, the brown grease film nobody scrubs week-to-week
2. Bathroom-window seal where a casement has replaced the original opening — lower-edge condensation mould bloom
3. Picture-rail dust shadow above the principal bedroom door — the photographed first-look on an upper split
4. Hob pan-supports and burner caps — cast-iron pieces with two years of carbon if the tenant cooked nightly
5. Oven door inner pane — the gap between the panes where steam settles
6. Chrome shower head and bath fill — the Thames Water hardness signature
7. WC hinge bolts and the strip of floor behind the pan
8. Skirting tops in the entrance hallway — long lines get walked first
9. Replacement casement window lower meeting rail — the dust ledge nobody dusts
10. Tile grout in the half-landing or rear-extension bathroom — mould bloom in the wet line
11. Internal door tops and architrave runs — the flat upper edge nobody dusts week-to-week
12. Fridge gasket fold — the rubber seam where crumbs settle
13. Washing-machine drawer recess — the grey scale ring inside the powder slot
14. Original cast-iron radiator, where still in place — hand-detail only, no spray
15. Plug sockets and switches — finger-marks under and around on painted timber surrounds
16. Carpet edges in the principal bedroom — where the gripper-rod meets the skirting
17. Communal-side of the front door — for upper splits sharing an entry hall with the lower flat

Frequently Asked Questions

How much is end of tenancy cleaning for a one-bed upper split flat in Figge’s Marsh?

From £207 with the full 57-point agent-approved checklist and the 48-hour re-clean guarantee included. On a one-bed upper split on Sherwood Park Road or Graham Road with a small galley kitchen, an extractor canopy over a gas hob and a single bathroom with a replacement casement window, the standard fee covers everything. The extractor canopy fascia and mesh-filter soak are inside the standard kitchen line; we do not bill that separately.

Does Figge’s Marsh ward sit inside Merton’s selective licensing scheme?

Yes. Figge’s Marsh is one of the four north-Mitcham wards inside the selective licensing scheme that started on 24 September 2023 and runs to 23 September 2028, alongside Graveney, Longthornton and Pollards Hill. Every single-let house and two-sharer flat needs a council licence on top of the standard tenancy paperwork, and the council tracks complaints, condition and management standards across the five-year window. The other Merton wards covered by the wider additional HMO scheme and the permanent Article 4 direction (Colliers Wood, Cricket Green, Lavender Fields and the four selective wards) sit on different paperwork.

Do you cover the Edwardian terrace conversions on Sherwood Park Road and Graham Road?

Yes. The Edwardian and late-Victorian terraced houses split into upper and lower flats along Sherwood Park Road, Graham Road and Acacia Road are a steady part of our weekly north-Mitcham round. We carry a fascia spanner kit for the kitchen extractor canopy, a separate tray for the mesh filter and the cast-iron pan supports, and a barely-damp microfibre approach for the picture-rail and original cornice lines. We know which front doors share a communal entry hall with the lower flat and which open straight onto the street.

How long does the clean take on a Figge’s Marsh property?

A studio takes a long morning, three to four hours with two cleaners. A one-bed upper split on Sherwood Park Road runs four to five hours with two. A two-bed split on Graham Road or a 1951/52 walk-up at Armfield Crescent runs five to seven. An Edwardian three-bed on Acacia Road runs seven to nine. A larger three-storey four-bed period terrace is usually a full day with three cleaners.

What does the 48-hour re-clean guarantee actually cover?

If the inventory clerk flags any cleaning item inside 48 hours of our visit, we send a team back at no charge to put that specific area right. That is the policy behind the 97% first-time pass rate. It does not cover condition items the clerk lists separately (paint scuff on hand-painted timber, chip on a cast-iron radiator, worn quarry tile, broken window cord) or items outside the 57-point scope (front garden, exterior windows above first floor, chimney sweep).

Can you handle the kitchen extractor canopy without damaging the original screws?

Yes. The fascia comes off where it lifts off, the mesh filter goes into a separate tray to soak through the rest of the kitchen line, the canopy underside gets hand-degreased on a long sequence of soft cloths, and the original screws go back into the original holes. Where the canopy has been over-painted by a previous tenant and the screws are seized, we say so on the day; that is a maintenance job, not a clean.

Will the clean handle the bathroom-window condensation marks?

Yes. The lower-edge mould bloom on a replacement casement that vents poorly above the shower is the second-most-common single deduction we see across Figge’s Marsh hand-backs. We hand-clean the seal with a barely-damp microfibre, no spray, in passes following the rubber gasket line, and finish with a dry buff. Where the bloom has gone deeper than a surface pass can shift, we say so; that is a re-seal job, not a clean.

Do you tackle scale on Figge’s Marsh bathroom fittings?

Yes. The Thames Water supply for CR4 2 sits at around 284 ppm calcium carbonate, hard-to-very-hard on the standard scale. We run a soft-acid stage on the chrome and brushed-nickel fittings, soak the hand-shower head off the wall, and finish on a soft-cloth buff. Original brass valve handles on the cast-iron radiators, where they survive, get a non-acid alternative because the soft-acid stage will lift the patina otherwise.

Can you do a mid-week clean if my check-out is on a Friday?

That is the standard north-Mitcham pattern. We do most Figge’s Marsh hand-backs on a Tuesday or Wednesday for a Friday clerk walk. The 48-hour re-clean window covers the gap. If the property is a 1951/52 walk-up at Armfield Crescent and the agent has booked the clerk for the same Friday afternoon, we will usually shift the clean to the Wednesday so the property has a full daylight cycle to settle before the photo set.

Do I need to be at the property during the clean?

No. Most Figge’s Marsh clients have already moved out by the clean date, often onto a fresh let in Tooting, Streatham or further out into Croydon. We collect keys from the agent, use a key safe at the flat, text on arrival, send a photo set on completion, and the agent walks the property the following day with the clerk.

Do you cover the 1951/52 walk-ups at Armfield Crescent?

Yes. Armfield Crescent is the curved council-built run from London Road south to St Marks Road, built in 1951/52 with stair access and balcony access to the upper flats. The clean for a one or two-bed walk-up here looks slightly different from a Sherwood Park Road upper split: the kitchens are smaller and rectangular, the bathrooms are tile-walled, and the windows are typically post-war steel-framed rather than period timber. We carry the same kit either way.

Are the carpets shampooed as part of the standard end of tenancy price?

No. Carpet shampoo is a separate add-on at £36 per bedroom, £43 per living room, or £115 for a whole-flat two-bed. On a one-bed upper split with original pine floorboards in the reception and a fitted wool carpet in the principal bedroom, we will usually recommend just the principal-bedroom shampoo. On an Edwardian three-bed terrace with fitted carpet on the stair and the principal bedroom we recommend the principal-bedroom and stair-runner package.

How quickly can you book me in?

Usually 48 to 72 hours’ notice on the Figge’s Marsh patch. Same-day work is sometimes possible if a team is finishing nearby on Sherwood Park Road or Graham Road; phone the office to ask. We hold a small float of CR4 2 morning slots specifically for Goodfellows, Bairstow Eves and KFH agents who phone in late on a Monday for a Friday hand-back.

Are you insured?

Yes. Public liability cover is in place at £5m. We are Monster Cleaning Ltd, Companies House number 9919639, trading since 2014 from 255 Upper Richmond Road West, SW14 8QS London. Insurance certificate available on request. We have helped recover over £1.2m in deposits across our London and Kent books and we work with 300+ letting agents.

What other CR4 services do you offer alongside the end of tenancy clean?

The most common add-ons on the Figge’s Marsh patch are standalone oven cleaning when the rest of the flat is fine, carpet shampoo on the principal-bedroom and stair runner, window cleaning for the original front-aspect openings on the upper splits, and after-builders cleaning where a landlord has run small works between tenancies. Same teams, same patch.

Related services and neighbouring areas

Neighbouring areas we cover for end of tenancy:

• Merton end of tenancy — the borough hub with full pricing and policy detail
• Cricket Green end of tenancy — the conservation core of Mitcham, sitting outside the selective licensing scheme but inside the additional HMO scheme

Ready to book a Figge’s Marsh end of tenancy clean

Phone 0333 555 2076 or email [email protected]. Tell us your move-out date, the CR4 2 postcode, the bedroom count, and the agent name (Goodfellows, Bairstow Eves Mitcham, KFH Mitcham, Foxtons Mitcham, Truuli, Barnard Marcus). We will quote back inside the hour during office hours, on the 57-point agent-approved checklist with the 48-hour re-clean guarantee. Monster Cleaning Ltd, Companies House 9919639, registered office 255 Upper Richmond Road West, SW14 8QS London. Trading since 2014. Trustpilot 3.1 over 128 reviews; we read every one.