London’s rented homes run from Victorian conversions in Walthamstow and Tooting to mansion blocks in Maida Vale and managed towers at Wembley Park, and an end of tenancy clean for any of them is a fixed price by size: £156 for a studio up to £425 for a four-bedroom house.
We have cleaned move-outs across the 32 boroughs and the City since 2014, to a 57-point checklist, and if the letting agent or clerk flags anything within 48 hours we come back and put it right free.
Last updated November 2026.
End of tenancy cleaning prices in London
The price is set by the number of bedrooms and agreed before anyone arrives, and it only changes if the property is not as described. Put your postcode in the calculator at the top of the page for the price at your address.
| Property | Clean | Clean with carpets |
|---|---|---|
| Studio flat | £156 | £191 |
| One bedroom | £207 | £272 |
| Two bedrooms | £243 | £337 |
| Three bedrooms | £339 | £473 |
| Four bedrooms | £425 | £588 |
Carpets booked with the clean cost less than on their own: £29 a bedroom, £36 a living room, £47 a through lounge and £35 a flight of stairs. The oven is an add-on as well, £31 for a single or single wide oven and £62 for a double or a 90cm range, so a studio with its oven done is £187. The carpet column above covers every bedroom and the living room, priced as a through lounge in the three and four-bedroom homes, and a studio’s carpets are £35.
Homes above four bedrooms are quoted from the room count, and part jobs or unusual layouts are £30 per cleaner per hour. Where there is no free parking near the door, we add what the parking costs us.
A cleaning line on the check-out report is the easiest deduction for an agent to evidence.
What a London check-out is judged against
On the day you collected the keys, someone walked the flat with a camera and recorded the condition of every room. That check-in inventory is the standard at check-out.
In London the check-out is usually done by a professional inventory clerk instructed by the letting agent, who compares the flat with the day-one photos, room by room. Most of those photos were taken after a professional clean or a developer handover, which is why a weekend with a mop so often falls short.
Your deposit has to be protected within 30 days in one of the government-approved schemes: the Tenancy Deposit Scheme, the Deposit Protection Service or mydeposits. Under the Tenant Fees Act 2019 it is capped at five weeks’ rent where the annual rent is under £50,000, and six weeks above that.
The same Act stops an agent charging a routine professional cleaning fee or making a paid clean a condition of the tenancy. What remains is a deduction for a real shortfall against the check-in record, backed by evidence.
Cleaning has come top of the Tenancy Deposit Scheme’s dispute reports year after year, because it is the easiest point to photograph and the hardest to argue. If a deduction goes to the scheme, the adjudicator weighs the evidence from both sides, and a dated invoice for a professional clean, with photos, is strong evidence that the cleaning was done. Shelter’s deposit guide explains the dispute process.
The Renters’ Rights Act and your move-out
The Renters’ Rights Act 2025 came into force on 1 May 2026. Tenancies are now periodic, Section 21 is gone, and a tenant can give two months’ notice at any time. None of that changes the cleaning standard: the flat still has to be as clean as the check-in inventory records, allowing for fair wear and tear, and the Tenant Fees Act rules on cleaning charges still apply.
What it changes is timing. Check-outs no longer have to fall on the last day of a fixed term, so they can land in any week. The end of the month still books up first, so for a check-out in its last few days, book 7 to 10 days ahead. Mid-month, 3 to 5 days is usually enough.
London rentals and what each one needs
Period conversions. Victorian and Edwardian terraces split into two or three flats line the side streets from Walthamstow down to Tooting. Deep skirtings, picture rails, cornices and panelled doors hold years of dust, and sash windows silt up in their runners. The clerk on these streets knows where a rushed clean stops, so the cleaner works slowly along every ledge.
Mansion blocks. The red-brick blocks of Westminster, Maida Vale and Marylebone have porters who sign contractors in, long corridors and often original parquet or older chrome. Old brass and chrome get a gentler descaler and more time, because a harsh one can mark them for good.
Build-to-rent towers. Wembley Park in Brent, Stratford in Newham and the Nine Elms towers in Wandsworth are run by operators with their own check-out sheets, often stricter than a private landlord’s. Integrated appliances hide behind matching panels, and engineered wood and porcelain show every smear. Send us the operator’s checklist with the booking and the team cleans to it line by line.
Ex-council flats and houses. Across the outer boroughs, from Croydon to Barking and Dagenham, post-war flats and houses are let privately on long tenancies. Here the deductions are mostly kitchens: grease in the extractor, the hob and the cupboard fronts.
What the clean covers
Every job runs to our 57-point checklist, the same one set out on the end of tenancy cleaning page. The kitchen comes first:
- Hob with every ring and burner lifted, extractor hood degreased and its filter soaked
- Every cupboard inside and out, the fridge and the freezer (please defrost it before we arrive)
- Fridge, dishwasher and washing machine pulled out where safe, cleaned behind and under
- Washing machine door seal and detergent drawer, both easy to miss
- Bathrooms descaled first, then cleaned: taps, shower head, screen, tiles and grout
- Inside every wardrobe, skirting boards, doors, switches, radiators and window sills
- Hard floors washed to the edges, carpets hoovered right through
Bathrooms take longer in London because of the water. Thames Water says all the water in its region is hard, so limescale builds up on screens and taps between cleans and a hazy screen makes a bathroom look unclean whatever else was done. That is why the team descales before anything else.
Carpets that the check-in report records as professionally cleaned need hot water extraction, which is the carpet cleaning add-on. Outside glass is a window cleaning job, and parquet or stone that needs more than a mop is floor cleaning. At the end, the team photographs every room, and the photos go with the itemised invoice.
Booking: dates, access and parking
The best slot is the day before check-out. It leaves time for a blocked drain or a freezer that won’t defrost, and the flat is untouched when the clerk arrives.
- Get a price from the calculator, ring 0333 555 2076 (8am to 7pm, seven days) or send photos on WhatsApp to the same number.
- Tell us the access: a porter or concierge sign-in, a loading bay or lift that needs booking, a permit zone, or three flights of stairs with nowhere to stop.
- Have the flat empty when we arrive: furniture out, rubbish cleared, freezer defrosted. Water and power must be left on.
- Moving on the same day? Our removals team can put the van and the clean on one booking.
Most inner boroughs run controlled parking through the working day. Where there is no free space near the door, the parking we pay goes on the price at cost, and we tell you before the booking is confirmed.
End of tenancy cleaning in London: FAQs
How much does end of tenancy cleaning cost in London?
A studio is £156, a one-bed £207, a two-bed £243, a three-bed £339 and a four-bed £425. Carpets add £29 a bedroom and £36 a living room, and an oven £31, or £62 for a double or a 90cm range.
Can my landlord make me pay for a professional clean?
No. The Tenant Fees Act 2019 bans fees and clauses that require a paid professional clean. The landlord can still deduct from the deposit for a real shortfall against the check-in inventory, with evidence.
Do you clean build-to-rent flats with an operator checklist?
Yes. Send the operator’s check-out sheet when you book, and tell us about loading bays, lift bookings and sign-in. The team cleans to the sheet line by line.
How far ahead should I book a move-out clean in London?
For the last few days of the month, 7 to 10 days. Mid-month, 3 to 5 days is usually enough. If your check-out is tomorrow, ring anyway and we will tell you whether we can do it properly.
What happens if the agent flags something after the clean?
Tell us within 48 hours of the clean, by phone or WhatsApp, while the flat is still empty, and we come back within another 48 hours and put it right free. Book the clean for the day before your check-out and the inspection falls well inside the 48 hours. If the agent still deducts, take it to your deposit scheme with our dated invoice and photos.