End of tenancy cleaning for Forestdale houses
Forestdale is one planned estate, laid out by Wates between the late 1960s and the mid 1970s as cul-de-sacs off Featherbed Lane, Pixton Way and the other main roads, so most homes here are houses with a staircase. Our end of tenancy clean for a Forestdale house is a fixed price by bedrooms, £243 for two bedrooms, £339 for three and £425 for four, with studios and one-bed flats from £156.
Last updated November 2026.
The estate was built in one go, and it shows: every house in a cul-de-sac shares a style, and the next close along uses different brick or weatherboarding. The houses are now around fifty years old, and the clerk is not judging the build date. What matters is the check-in report for your house, and that is what the clean is measured against.
The check-out, floor by floor
A clerk walks the empty house with the move-in report and its photos and notes anything dirtier than it was then, setting aside fair wear and tear. In a house, that walk goes up the stairs, so our team works the same way, on the 57-point checklist.
| Area | What the clerk looks at | What the team does |
|---|---|---|
| Hall and ground floor | Front door and frame, the meter cupboard, skirting, the understairs cupboard | Doors and frames washed both sides, cupboards emptied of dust, skirting wiped along its length |
| Kitchen | Oven, hob, extractor, inside every cupboard, behind the cooker and fridge | Hob and splashback degreased, filter soaked, appliances that move pulled out and the floor behind them washed |
| Living room | Patio or garden door tracks, radiators, window sills, light fittings | Door tracks cleared, radiators wiped front and top, inside glass and frames cleaned |
| Stairs and landing | Banister, spindles, the edges of each tread, the airing cupboard | Spindles wiped one by one, treads vacuumed into the corners, the airing cupboard dusted top to bottom |
| Bedrooms | Inside built-in wardrobes, skirting, door tops, carpets | Wardrobe shelves and rails cleaned, every ledge dusted, carpets vacuumed |
| Bathroom | Taps, shower screen, toilet base and hinges, sealant, extractor grille | Descaler applied and left to work, sealant and grout scrubbed, the grille cleaned |
The oven is an add-on. Shelves and trays soak separately while the cleaner works on the cavity, the glass and the door seals by hand, in your kitchen, and the inner door glass is taken out only where the door design allows. Please defrost the freezer the day before and leave the water and electricity on, because the team uses the house supply.
Our cleaners are vetted (each one interviewed in person), insured and trained on the checklist. Should the letting agent or clerk flag something within 48 hours, a cleaner comes back to deal with it at no charge.
End of tenancy cleaning prices in Forestdale
| Property | Price |
|---|---|
| Studio | £156 |
| One bedroom | £207 |
| Two bedrooms | £243 |
| Three bedrooms | £339 |
| Four bedrooms | £425 |
| Five bedrooms or more | Quoted from the room count |
The bedroom count sets the price, whatever the number of floors. Part jobs, such as a kitchen only after a dispute, and unusual layouts are charged by the hour at £30 per cleaner. Parking costs are added only where we have to pay them, at what they cost us. The calculator at the top of the page shows the same figures.
Croydon rents give the scale: the ONS average for a three-bed in the borough was £1,864 a month in September 2026, so a five-week deposit on a three-bed house is about £2,150.
Add-ons for a house move-out
Houses carry more carpet than flats, and stair carpet takes the most wear. If the check-in report says the carpets were professionally cleaned, vacuuming will not match that line, so add the carpets to the clean:
- £29 a bedroom, £36 a living room, £47 a through lounge
- £35 a flight of stairs, £20 a hallway, £8 a landing
- Oven with the clean: £31 for a single or single wide, £62 for a double or a 90cm range
- Oven booked separately: £77 single, £110 double, £114 single wide, £143 for a 90cm range cooker
The calculator at the top of the page adds these to the clean for you. Rugs are cleaned on site, in the house.
Licensing in Croydon from September 2026
Croydon brought in two new licensing schemes in September 2026, each running for five years. Selective licensing, for homes let to a single household, covers 14 of the borough’s 28 wards: Addiscombe East, Addiscombe West, Bensham Manor, Broad Green, Fairfield, Norbury and Pollards Hill, Norbury Park, Selhurst, South Croydon, South Norwood, Thornton Heath, Waddon, West Thornton and Woodside. Selsdon Vale and Forestdale is not on the list, so a family house let here needs no selective licence.
The second scheme, additional HMO licensing, is borough-wide and covers shared houses of three or four people; from five sharers the national mandatory licence applies. Both are the landlord’s responsibility. At check-out, the deposit is still decided against the inventory. The council lists the wards on its selective licensing page.
Water supply in CR0 9
Croydon is split between two water companies, Thames Water and SES Water. SES Water’s postcode checker places a Selsdon postcode such as CR2 8LA in its Warlingham zone, rated moderately hard, but puts Forestdale’s CR0 9AS outside its supply area, which leaves Thames Water. Thames Water says all the water in its region is hard.
Either way, taps, shower heads, screens and the toilet bowl collect limescale over a tenancy, and a clerk can see it against the check-in photos. Descaler goes on first and is left to work before the scrub, then the chrome is dried so it does not spot again before the inspection.
Booking a clean in Forestdale
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
Forestdale has no railway station of its own. Buses 353 and 433 run through the estate, the Fieldway, Addington Village and Gravel Hill tram stops are each within about a mile, and West Wickham, two miles east, has the nearest station. Next door, parts of Selsdon are on SES Water’s supply, and the rest of the borough is covered on our Croydon page.
Book the clean for after your removal van has left and before the clerk’s visit, ideally the day before. Ring 0333 555 2076, 8am to 7pm seven days a week, or send photos of the oven and carpets on WhatsApp to the same number. We have been cleaning rented homes since 2014 across London, Liverpool, Manchester and the areas around them, and more than 300 letting agents work with us.
Questions tenants ask before booking
How much is an end of tenancy clean for a three-bed house in Forestdale?
£339 for the clean. Add £31 for a single oven, and if the carpets were professionally cleaned at the start, £29 for each bedroom, £35 for the stairs and £8 for the landing.
Does my rented house in Forestdale need a Croydon selective licence?
No. The Selsdon Vale and Forestdale ward is outside the 14 wards in the 2026 selective scheme. A house shared by three or four unrelated people does need the borough-wide additional HMO licence, which is your landlord’s job.
Which water company supplies Forestdale, and is the water hard?
SES Water’s own postcode checker puts CR0 9AS outside its area, so the estate is on Thames Water, which describes all of its water as hard. Expect limescale on taps and screens, and we treat it with descaler.
Does the house have to be empty?
Yes, as far as possible. The clerk checks where the furniture stood, so the clean works best with the furniture and boxes gone, the fridge defrosted and the water and power left on.
Can you clean on the day I hand back the keys?
Yes, if the clerk comes later that day or the next. Most tenants book the day before the inspection, so nothing is used after the clean, and the 48-hour re-clean window then covers the check-out.
