Flats on and around Piccadilly
End of tenancy cleaning
from £174
For a studio, fixed by property size, agreed before we start.
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Piccadilly itself is mostly shops, hotels and offices, so the homes along it are flats: the 69 sets of Albany, Arlington House backing onto Green Park, and newer apartments such as Clarges Mayfair facing the park. Our end of tenancy cleaning for these flats is a fixed price by size, from £156 for a studio to £425 for four bedrooms, and larger lateral flats are quoted from the room count.
Last updated November 2026.
Albany, set back from the street in Albany Court Yard, has been flats since 1802, when Henry Holland converted the mansion into 69 bachelor apartments known as sets. Each set is owned separately and a board of trustees runs the building.
Prospective tenants are vetted by a committee, and children under 14 may not live there. In a building with rules like these, the check-out runs to the building’s arrangements as well as to the inventory, so tell us about porters, entrances and permitted working hours when you book.
Arlington House on Arlington Street, beside the Ritz, was designed by Michael Rosenauer and dates from 1936; Historic England’s photographs show it in use as flats by 1938, with its rear elevation facing Green Park. At 82 to 84 Piccadilly, British Land’s Clarges Mayfair has 34 apartments looking over the same park. A newer apartment is inventoried when the fit-out is fresh, so glass, worktops and integrated appliances have to come back to that standard.
Mayfair lies north of the road and St James’s south of its eastern half. Green Park, Piccadilly Circus and Hyde Park Corner stations all open onto it, and the street is part of the A4 out to Hammersmith and Heathrow.
Westminster licensing by ward
Piccadilly is a ward boundary, which matters to landlords. Westminster’s selective licensing scheme began on 24 November 2025 and covers 15 of the city’s 18 wards. The West End ward, which takes in Mayfair and Soho north of Piccadilly, is in it, so most privately rented flats there that are let to one household or to two sharers now need a licence.
St James’s ward, which runs from the river up to Piccadilly, is one of the three wards left out, with Pimlico South and Vincent Square. A family let in a St James’s mansion block needs no selective licence.
Shared flats are licensed everywhere in the city. Westminster’s additional HMO scheme, borough-wide since 30 August 2021, was renewed to run from 31 August 2026 to 30 August 2031 and covers homes where three or more people from two or more households share a kitchen or bathroom. The council’s licensing pages include a ward finder for a specific address.
All of this is the landlord’s responsibility. The standard your clean is measured against stays the same on both sides of the road: the check-in report.
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Westminster collects bagged rubbish street by street at set times, and bags may go out only in the 30 minutes before your street’s collection slot. Outside those times a bag on the pavement can bring a fine. Anything left behind at the end of a tenancy has the same problem, so before the clean, take it to the building’s bin store or ask the porter where it should go.
Most blocks here have a porter or building manager who controls the trade entrance, the service lift and the hours work can happen. Give us those details when you book and we time the clean around them. Piccadilly is inside the Congestion Charge zone; where a job needs a vehicle, the charge and any paid parking are added at what they cost us.
End of tenancy cleaning prices near Piccadilly
The fixed price covers the full 57-point checklist for a home of that size. The calculator at the top of the page shows the same figures.
| Property | Price |
|---|---|
| Studio or set | £156 |
| One-bedroom flat | £207 |
| Two-bedroom flat | £243 |
| Three-bedroom flat | £339 |
| Four-bedroom flat or house | £425 |
| Five bedrooms or more, including large lateral flats | Quoted from the room count |
- Oven, added to the clean: £31 for a single or single wide oven, £62 for a double oven or 90cm range. As a separate job: £77 single, £110 double, £114 single wide, £143 for a 90cm range cooker.
- Carpets, added to the clean: £29 per bedroom, £36 per living room, £47 for a through lounge, £35 per flight of stairs, £20 per hallway, £8 per landing.
- Part jobs, such as a single room or a staff flat on its own: £30 per cleaner per hour.
What the clean covers in a period flat
Inventories for period flats describe the fabric in detail, and dust on that detail is easy to photograph. The team works through cornices and ceiling roses within reach, picture rails, the tops and panels of tall doors, skirtings, shutters and the inside of sash windows with their sills, then fireplaces and hearths, light switches, sockets and radiators. Wardrobes and drawers are cleaned inside, because that is where a clerk looks to see whether the clean went past the surface.
In the kitchen: every cupboard inside and out, the hob, the splashback, the extractor hood and its filter, the sink and taps, and the fridge and freezer once switched off and defrosted. With the oven add-on, racks, trays and other removable parts are soaked separately, and the cavity, door glass and seals are cleaned by hand, normally in the kitchen; the inner door glass is done where the door design allows.
Central London is supplied by Thames Water, which describes all the water in its region as hard. That leaves white scale on chrome taps, shower heads and screens and around the base of the toilet, so every bathroom is descaled, and the grout, sealant and extractor grille cleaned. Furnished lets often have upholstered pieces on the inventory; our upholstery cleaning covers those, and the carpet cleaning add-on covers fitted carpets and runners.
Please leave the water and electricity on, as the team uses the flat’s own supply. Our cleaners are vetted, interviewed in person, insured and trained on the 57-point checklist.
Do you have to use a professional cleaner?
No. Under the Tenant Fees Act a landlord or agent cannot make you pay for a professional clean. A First-tier Tribunal decision of 15 July 2024 put it plainly: insisting on payment for a professional clean would have been a prohibited payment, but the landlord was entitled to require the home to be cleaned to a professional standard. You can do the work yourself. What decides the deposit is whether the flat matches the check-in report, allowing for fair wear and tear.
A landlord can hold at most five weeks’ rent as a deposit on a let under £50,000 a year, or six weeks’ on one between £50,000 and £100,000. Once you and the landlord agree the amount, it has to be repaid within 10 days.
If you book us and the letting agent or clerk flags anything on our checklist, tell us within 48 hours and we return to re-clean it at no charge. More than 300 letting agents work with us, we are rated 4.7 on Google, and our cleans have helped tenants win back £1.2m in deposits since 2014. Neighbouring areas are on our Westminster end of tenancy cleaning page.
Piccadilly end of tenancy FAQs
Is my flat in a selective licensing ward?
If it is north of Piccadilly, in the West End ward, almost certainly yes. If it is south of the road, in St James’s ward, no, though shared flats still fall under the HMO scheme. Westminster’s ward finder confirms the ward for an exact address.
Can you work to a porter’s service lift slot?
Yes. Tell us the slot, the trade entrance and any building hours when you book, and the team arrives to fit them.
What should I do with rubbish left in the flat?
Clear it before the clean if you can. In Westminster bags can only go on the street in the 30 minutes before your street’s collection time, so use the building’s bin store or ask the porter.
How is a five-bedroom lateral flat priced?
Homes with five or more bedrooms are quoted from the room count. Send the number of bedrooms, bathrooms and reception rooms, and any staff flat, and we give you a fixed figure.
How do I book and pay?
Use the calculator at the top of the page, call 0333 555 2076 from 8am to 7pm any day of the week, or send photos on WhatsApp to the same number. A 50% deposit holds your date, and the rest is due once the clean is done.