Renting in Horley now
About a third of Horley’s working residents commute south to Gatwick and Crawley, and the homes they rent range from flats near the station to new houses at Westvale Park. When a tenancy here ends, our end of tenancy clean costs a fixed £176 for a studio, £227 for one bedroom, £263 for two, £359 for three and £445 for four.
Last updated October 2026.
Horley sits at the southern end of Reigate and Banstead borough, below Redhill and Reigate, with the West Sussex border and the airport just beyond. The 1972 local government reforms moved the town into West Sussex along with Gatwick; local opposition brought Horley back to Surrey under the Charlwood and Horley Act 1974, while the airport stayed in Sussex.
The railway came in 1841 and the town grew slowly until 1950. Since then its population has doubled as it became a commuter town. Alongside the third who work at Gatwick or in Crawley, about a third work in Horley itself and a third travel further, to London, Redhill or Reigate. Horley station has Southern and Thameslink trains on the Brighton Main Line.
Westvale Park and the newer estates
The Horley Master Plan, which Reigate and Banstead approved in February 2005, allowed for almost 2,600 new homes. The biggest part is Westvale Park, the neighbourhood once called the North West Sector. The council says it will have 1,510 homes when complete, around a neighbourhood centre with a primary school and nursery (Westvale Park Primary Academy opened in September 2020), a neighbourhood hall and shops.
Building is still going on. Taylor Wimpey began the neighbourhood centre in December 2024, with commercial units on the ground floor and 80 flats above, and planned completion for August 2026. All thirteen play areas are open, and two phases of the Riverside Green Chain open space are complete.
A new-build let is usually less dirty, and the clerk is more exacting. Check-in reports on a home handed over new tend to say “new” or “as new” against everything, and the clerk compares glossy kitchen doors, glass shower screens and pale grout with those words. Older homes bring different work: kitchens that have seen several tenancies, and scale built up over years.
Licensing and deposits in Reigate and Banstead
Reigate and Banstead Borough Council licenses houses in multiple occupation where five or more people in two or more households share facilities, the national mandatory scheme. Its HMO pages list no selective or additional licensing scheme, so an ordinary family or couple let in Horley needs no licence.
Rents set the size of the deposit. The ONS put Reigate and Banstead’s average private rent at £1,640 a month in August 2026: £1,142 for one bedroom, £1,483 for two, £1,818 for three and £2,559 for four or more. Deposits are capped at five weeks’ rent where the yearly rent is under £50,000, which on an average two-bed is about £1,711 and on a three-bed about £2,098.
On an average Horley three-bed, about £2,098 of deposit rides on the check-out report.
Two points tenants ask about. A landlord cannot make a professional clean a condition of the tenancy; what counts is that the home matches the check-in report, with fair wear and tear allowed. And the deposit has to be protected in a government-backed scheme, which handles any dispute about deductions.
The clean, from kitchen to front door
Each clean follows our 57-point checklist. The parts that decide most Horley check-outs:
- Kitchen: cupboards and drawers inside and out, worktops, splashback, hob, extractor hood and filter, sink and taps descaled, fridge and freezer, washing machine drawer and door seal. Where appliances are integrated, the cleaner does the door fronts, seals and plinth gaps.
- Bathrooms and en-suites: shower screens, trays, taps and shower heads descaled, grout and sealant cleaned, toilet base and behind the pan, mirrors, cabinets and extractor grilles.
- Every room: skirting, doors and frames, switches, sockets, radiators, inside wardrobes, sills and the inside of the windows.
- Floors: hard floors washed with a product suited to the surface; carpets vacuumed throughout, stairs included.
Horley is inside SES Water’s supply area, which runs from Morden and South Croydon in the north to Gatwick Airport in the south. SES says much of its water comes from boreholes in chalk or limestone, which is naturally hard, and that it softens some supplies slightly; the figure for your own postcode is on its website. Scale on glass screens and taps is the main bathroom job either way, and descaling is part of every clean.
Horley prices
| Property | Fixed price |
|---|---|
| Studio | £176 |
| One bedroom | £227 |
| Two bedrooms | £263 |
| Three bedrooms | £359 |
| Four bedrooms | £445 |
| Five bedrooms or more | quoted from the room count |
| One room, or part of a home | £30 per cleaner per hour |
Ovens are an add-on, never inside the fixed price: £31 for a single or a single wide oven, and £62 for a double or a 90cm range cooker. See oven cleaning for what the job involves. Carpets cleaned on the same visit cost £29 a bedroom, £36 a living room, £47 a through lounge, £35 a flight of stairs, £20 a hallway and £8 a landing; the carpet cleaning page has the details.
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The Delivering Change in Horley Town Centre programme, a three million pound scheme run by Surrey County Council and Reigate and Banstead, started on 9 February 2026. The High Street between Albert Road and Lumley Road becomes one-way, entered from Albert Road, and on-street parking has gone from the High Street apart from loading and blue badge bays. From 3 September 2026 the stretch between Consort Way East and Yattendon Road is closed for resurfacing for about eight weeks.
For a flat in the town centre we use the council car parks: High Street with 86 spaces, Central with 163 and Victoria Road with 200, all charging from 8am to 6pm. Tell us the address when you book and we will plan the drop-off around the current phase of the works.
Book through the calculator at the top of the page or phone 0333 555 2076, 8am to 7pm, seven days a week. Monster Cleaning has been trading since 2014 in London, Liverpool, Manchester and the areas around them, including the rest of Surrey.
More than 300 letting agents work with us, tenants have won back £1.2m in deposits, and we hold 4.7 on Google. Cleaners are interviewed in person, insured and trained on the checklist. If your agent or the clerk raises anything within 48 hours, we return and re-clean it free.
Horley end of tenancy FAQs
I rent a two-bed flat at Westvale Park. How much is the clean?
£263, fixed. Add £31 if the oven is a single and needs cleaning too.
My flat is above a shop on the High Street. Where will the cleaners park?
In the nearest council car park, usually Central or High Street. Any parking we have to pay for is added to the quote at what it costs us.
Does my Horley landlord need a council licence?
Only if five or more people from two or more households share the home. Reigate and Banstead runs no wider licensing scheme.
Our house at Westvale Park has five bedrooms. How is it priced?
Homes above four bedrooms are quoted from the room count. Send the number of bedrooms and bathrooms and we will fix the price before the day.
I work shifts at Gatwick. Can I book by phone outside office hours?
The phone line is open 8am to 7pm, seven days a week, and the calculator at the top of the page works at any hour.