Who rents in Harlington now
Harlington is the last stretch of housing before Heathrow: since 1950 almost all of the old parish south of the Bath Road has belonged to the airport, and the homes people rent are north of it, mostly 1930s semis and the council houses and flats built after the war.
A move-out clean for any of them is priced by bedrooms, at £156 for a studio, £243 for a two-bed and £339 for a three-bed house, with the oven and carpets as extras you choose.
Last updated October 2026.
Renting has grown fast here. In the 2021 census 25.9% of Hillingdon households rented privately, against 18.1% in 2011, and the ONS says that was London’s joint second-largest rise. Rents are lower than in inner London: the borough average was £1,570 a month in August 2026, up 2.5% in a year, while the London figure was £2,332.
The airport shapes the lettings market. Heathrow, its cargo sheds and the hotels on the Bath Road are the big employers on the doorstep, and Hayes & Harlington station, at the start of the Elizabeth line spur to Heathrow, puts the terminals a few stops away. Lets near the station and the High Street also suit people working in central London, since the station is in fare zone 5 with direct trains to Paddington and beyond.
Tenancy rules changed this year as well. Since 1 May 2026, when the tenancy reforms in the Renters’ Rights Act 2025 came into force, private tenancies in England run from period to period and a tenant leaves by giving notice. Move-out dates are less tied to the anniversary of a fixed term, so a clean can be needed in any week of the year.
The houses north of the Bath Road
The village grew slowly until the 1930s. The Victoria County History records that during that decade houses, mostly semi-detached, went up south of North Hyde Road and between the railway and Pinkwell Lane, near the factories along Dawley Road.
After the war the Pinkwell side grew fast: 324 council houses between 1947 and 1952, then 100 council flats in 1953 to 1955. Another 100 council flats went up in 1956 to 1958 near North Hyde Road. Earlier still, Staines Rural District Council built 78 council houses at West End before 1930.
For a cleaner the type of house matters. A 1930s semi usually has a bay at the front, a kitchen at the back, a bathroom upstairs and often a single-storey extension; the clean is the three-bed price whatever the extension holds.
Post-war council houses tend to have plain, square rooms and a lot of painted surfaces, and a clerk will look closely at the doors and skirting. Flats from the 1950s have shared stairwells, so the clean stops at your front door.
Older buildings survive along the High Street, round St Peter and St Paul’s church, among them the timber-framed Dower House from the 16th century. If you rent a period cottage, mention low ceilings, beams and uneven floors when you book.
Shared houses and the August 2026 licence
Hillingdon Council has no selective licensing, so a house or flat let to one family needs no council licence. Shared houses are different. From 24 August 2026 an additional licensing scheme covers the whole borough for five years, and a home shared by three or four people from two or more households now needs a licence, alongside the mandatory licence that already applied to five or more sharers. The council’s HMO licensing page sets out the conditions.
A licensed house usually comes with a detailed inventory and a landlord who checks the shared kitchen and bathroom carefully. If you are the first sharer out, book your own room plus a fair part of the shared rooms by the hour. The last person out can book the whole house at the fixed price.
What the clean covers
The cleaner works to our 57-point checklist, the same one used across London, Liverpool and Manchester. The main points:
- Kitchen: cupboards and drawers inside and out, worktops, splashback, hob, extractor and filter, fridge and freezer, washing machine seal and drawer, sink and taps descaled, the floor under the appliances.
- Bathroom: limescale off the taps, shower head, screen and tiles, grout scrubbed, bath, basin and toilet, the mirror and the fan cover.
- Every room: skirting, doors and frames, switches and sockets, radiators, inside wardrobes, sills and inside window glass, vacuumed and mopped floors.
Harlington’s water is hard, and that is why the bathroom takes time. Hillingdon is supplied by Affinity Water, which draws about 60% of its supply from groundwater in the chalk. Its 2025 reports give a hardness of 265 mg/l as calcium carbonate for the Hayes supply zone and 283 mg/l for West Drayton, so whichever one your street is in, scale builds on taps and glass over a tenancy. Removing it is part of the price.
Every cleaner is vetted, which for us means an interview in person, and insured. We have worked since 2014, more than 300 letting agents use us, and our cleans have helped tenants win back £1.2m in deposits. The rating on Google is 4.7.
Harlington prices by home size
| Property | Fixed price |
|---|---|
| Studio flat | £156 |
| One-bedroom flat | £207 |
| Two-bedroom flat or house | £243 |
| Three-bedroom semi | £339 |
| Four-bedroom house | £425 |
| Single room or part of a home | £30 per cleaner per hour |
Homes with five or more bedrooms are quoted from the room count. Ovens are extra: £31 for a single or a single wide oven, and £62 for a double or a 90cm range cooker.
Booked with the clean, carpets cost £29 for each bedroom, £36 for a living room, £47 for a through lounge, £35 for a flight of stairs, £20 for a hallway and £8 for a landing. See our oven cleaning and carpet cleaning pages if you want either on its own. Where a street needs paid parking, we add what we pay.
Booking a date that fits the handover
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
If you work shifts at the airport, tell us when you can drop the keys and when the check-out is booked. We can clean while you are at work if the agent or a neighbour lets the cleaner in. The home should be empty, with power and hot water on and the fridge defrosted.
The calculator at the top of the page gives you the price straight away. You can also call 0333 555 2076 from 8am to 7pm, seven days a week. Should the clerk or agent find something we missed, report it within 48 hours and we will go back and clean it again for free.
Hayes, which shares the station, begins on the far side of the railway. West Drayton is the next stop west on the Elizabeth line. The rest of the borough is on our Hillingdon end of tenancy cleaning page.
Harlington end of tenancy FAQs
I share a house in Harlington with two others. Does the new licence affect our check-out?
The licence is your landlord’s duty, not yours. Since 24 August 2026 a house shared by three or more people from two or more households needs one in Hillingdon. The check-out still compares the house with the check-in inventory.
Can you clean while I am on an early shift at Heathrow?
Yes, if someone can let the cleaner in and lock up after. You can leave the keys with the letting agent. Give us the agent’s details when you book.
Is a 1930s semi with a rear extension still the three-bed price?
Yes. The price follows the number of bedrooms. A kitchen or dining extension does not change it.
How much is the deposit to book?
A 50% deposit holds your date, and the rest is due once the clean is done.
Do I need carpets cleaned when I leave?
Only if your tenancy agreement or check-in report says the carpets were professionally cleaned before you moved in. Your landlord cannot make a professional clean a condition of the tenancy; the Tenant Fees Act 2019 bans that.
