Hockley’s rented homes
Four in five households in Hockley ward live in a detached or semi-detached house, and only about one in nine rents privately, so the typical Hockley let is a family house or a bungalow with a garden. Our end of tenancy clean is priced by the bedrooms in it: £176 for a studio, £227 for one bedroom, £263 for two, £359 for three and £445 for four.
Last updated October 2026.
The census counted 2,746 households in Hockley ward in 2021: 1,168 in detached houses, 1,036 in semis, 177 in terraces and 324 in purpose-built flats. Next door, the Hockley and Ashingdon ward is even more given to houses, with 54% of its households in semis and 90% owning their home. Across Rochford district as a whole, private renting rose from 8.5% of households in 2011 to 10.7% in 2021. Renting here is a small market made up mostly of whole houses.
The houses came with the railway. The line from Liverpool Street began stopping at Hockley in 1889, on its way to Southend, and Rochford District Council’s Hockley Area Action Plan says this set off the town’s residential growth, though on a smaller scale than in many places at the time. The same plan describes the low-rise, suburban character that covers most of Hockley. Hockley and Hawkwell now run into each other as one built-up area of 15,425 people.
For the clean, that means stairs and landings in the houses, long hallways in the bungalows, and kitchens and bathrooms that have done years of family use.
Houses on the edge of the woods
Hockley Woods, about 91 hectares of ancient woodland owned and managed by Rochford District Council, is a Local Nature Reserve and a Site of Special Scientific Interest. It reaches into Hockley, Hawkwell and Rayleigh parishes. Housing borders several of its parts: Betts Wood has houses, a school and a community centre car park round it, Folly Wood has housing on one side, and Marylands Wood has housing along its eastern edge.
A garden that backs onto woodland brings leaves, mud and grit into the house through the back door all year. At the end of a tenancy we clean the door, the frame, the runners of sliding patio doors and the floor just inside, and we wipe the sills of windows that look onto the trees, where pollen and dust settle. If you have a conservatory, tell us when you book so we plan time for the glass inside.
Rochford District Council runs the mandatory HMO licence only, so most Hockley lets need no licence at all.
Hockley end of tenancy prices
| Property | Price |
|---|---|
| Studio | £176 |
| One-bed flat | £227 |
| Two-bed flat or bungalow | £263 |
| Three-bed semi or bungalow | £359 |
| Four-bed detached house | £445 |
| Five bedrooms or more | quoted from the room count |
| A room, or one part of the home | £30 per cleaner per hour |
The price is fixed by bedrooms, whatever the number of floors, so a three-bed bungalow and a three-bed semi cost the same. The oven and carpets are extra. Use the calculator at the top of the page to see your total before you book.
Rents in the district have been rising faster than in the region. The ONS figure for Rochford in August 2026 was an average of £1,300 a month, 5.0% up on a year before, against 3.5% for the East of England. A detached house averaged £1,715, a semi £1,359 and a flat £1,066.
Limescale and the checklist
End of tenancy cleaning
from £176
For a studio, fixed by property size, agreed before we start.
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Hockley’s water is hard. Essex and Suffolk Water’s report for its Hockley and Rochford supply zone, using 2025 samples, gives an average of 278 milligrams of calcium carbonate per litre, ranging from 263 to 287, or about 19 degrees Clark. It is a blend of ground and surface water, so the hardness moves within that range. Scale builds on shower screens, tap bases, the toilet bowl and the kettle, and clerks photograph all of them. Descaling is part of every clean.
The rest follows our 57-point checklist:
- Kitchen: inside every cupboard and drawer, worktops and tiles, the hob and the hood, sink and taps, the fridge and freezer, and behind and under appliances that move.
- Bathrooms: screens, taps and shower heads descaled, tiles and grout, bath, basin and toilet, mirror and extractor fan.
- Every room: skirting, doors and frames, switches, radiators, wardrobes inside, sills, and windows from the inside.
- Floors vacuumed and mopped, and the stairs and landing done in a two-storey house.
The oven is an add-on and is never in the fixed price: £31 for a single or a single wide oven, and £62 for a double or a 90cm range cooker. Our oven cleaning page explains the service on its own.
Carpets added to the clean cost £29 a bedroom, £36 a living room, £47 a through lounge, £35 a flight of stairs, £20 a hallway and £8 a landing. Read the carpet clause in your tenancy agreement first; there is more on our carpet cleaning page.
Deposits and licensing in Rochford district
A tenancy deposit is capped at five weeks’ rent where the yearly rent is below £50,000. On an average Rochford district detached house that is just under £1,980. Your landlord or agent has to protect it in a government-approved scheme within 30 days of receiving it, and if you disagree with a deduction at the end, the scheme’s free dispute service decides on the evidence: the check-in inventory, the check-out report and the photographs.
Rochford District Council says it operates a mandatory licensing scheme only. That covers houses in multiple occupation with five or more people from two or more households. There is no selective licensing in Hockley, so a family house let to one household needs no licence. Either way the clean is judged the same way, against the inventory with fair wear and tear allowed, and a landlord cannot charge you a fee for professional cleaning as a condition of renting.
Booking and getting here
Hockley station sits on the Shenfield to Southend line, 36 miles from Liverpool Street, with Greater Anglia trains. It opened on 1 October 1889. Our cleaners come by van, and if the street needs a paid space we add that cost to the quote at what it costs us.
Every cleaner is interviewed in person before starting, insured, and trained on the checklist. We have been trading since 2014, more than 300 letting agents work with us, and we have helped tenants win back £1.2m in deposits. Google reviewers give us 4.7. If the agent or clerk finds something we missed and tells you within 48 hours, we go back and redo it free. Call 0333 555 2076, from 8am to 7pm, seven days a week.
One stop west, Rayleigh is a market town of more than 32,000 people, and one stop east is Rochford, where the district council has its offices; we clean both, and Hockley is part of our Essex cover.
Hockley end of tenancy FAQs
We are moving out of a three-bed bungalow in Hockley. What does the clean cost?
£359, the same as any three-bedroom home. Add £31 for a single oven if you want it done.
Does my Hockley let need a licence from Rochford council?
Only if it is a house in multiple occupation with five or more people from two or more households. Rochford runs no selective scheme, so a house let to one family needs none.
Our garden backs onto Hockley Woods and the patio doors are muddy. Is that part of the clean?
Yes. We clean the doors, frames, runners and the floor inside them as standard. Outside paving is a separate job.
Can you clean my room in a shared house in Hawkwell while the others stay?
Yes, by the hour at £30 per cleaner. We do your room and your share of the kitchen and bathroom.
The agent wants the carpets professionally cleaned. Can you do them on the same day?
Yes. Booked with the clean, carpets cost £29 a bedroom, £35 for a flight of stairs and £8 a landing, and we do them once the rest of the house is finished.
