Renting in Selsdon in 2026
Most lets in Selsdon are houses with gardens: semis and bungalows from the 1920s and 1930s, post-war council homes on Monks Hill and the 1960s closes of Selsdon Vale. We price the end of tenancy clean for all of them by bedrooms, starting at £156 for a studio; a three-bed semi is £339 and a four-bed house £425.
Last updated October 2026.
The money at stake is real. The Office for National Statistics put the average private rent in Croydon at £1,582 a month in August 2026, rising to £1,999 for a semi-detached house and £1,858 for any three-bedroom home. Deposits are capped at five weeks’ rent where the yearly rent is under £50,000, so a tenant leaving a semi at the borough average has around £2,300 riding on the check-out report.
The rules on leaving changed this year too. Since 1 May 2026, under the Renters’ Rights Act, most private tenancies in England run month to month, and a tenant ends one by giving two months’ notice in writing. In practice that means most Selsdon tenants now know their last day eight weeks or so ahead, which is plenty of time to fix a cleaning date before the removal van is booked.
Selsdon has no railway station of its own. The old Selsdon station, which was about two miles from the village anyway, closed in 1983. People get about on the 64, 359, 412 and 433 buses along Addington Road, or ride the tram from Gravel Hill or Coombe Lane, both a mile and a half to two miles away.
Licensing: which side of the ward line you are on
Croydon Council brought in two new licensing schemes on 25 September 2026. The selective scheme covers privately rented homes let to a single household in 14 wards, including South Croydon, which borders Selsdon. Neither of Selsdon’s two wards (Selsdon and Addington Village, and Selsdon Vale and Forestdale) is on that list, so a landlord letting a family house here does not need a selective licence.
The additional HMO scheme is different: it covers the whole borough. A home shared by three or four people from two or more households now needs a licence wherever it is in Croydon, Selsdon included, and five or more sharers fall under national mandatory licensing. The council’s licensing schemes page sets out the details for landlords.
None of this changes what the clerk checks. They compare the house with the check-in inventory, and fair wear and tear is allowed for. A landlord cannot make a professional clean a condition of the tenancy, either; you are only asked to hand the home back as clean as you got it.
Selsdon homes, street by street
End of tenancy cleaning
from £156
For a studio, fixed by property size, agreed before we start.
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Richard Costain and Sons, a Liverpool building firm, started the Selsdon Garden Village estate on farmland in 1925. The first houses, on Upper Selsdon Road, Byron Road, Queenhill Road and Farley Road, had people living in them by September that year, and a second batch on Rylandes, Foxearth, Brent and Littleheath Roads was approved the same summer.
Costain built a mixture of houses and bungalows, plus the parades of shops on Addington Road in 1926 and 1927, and by 1935 the work had spread down to Sundale and Benhurst.
For the cleaner, these 1930s homes mean bay windows, deep skirting boards, panelled doors and, in many, a kitchen refitted more than once. The bungalows are quicker on the stairs and slower on the floors: every room is on one level, so the hoover and the mop do more distance.
Monks Hill is the council-built part of Selsdon. The County Borough of Croydon, then still in Surrey, bought the land in 1945 and developed it as an estate through the 1940s, with roads such as Broadcoombe and Edgecoombe. On painted walls and woodwork, wear shows at hand height, so the clerk looks at light switches, door edges and the skirting behind the bed.
Selsdon Vale went up between 1960 and 1972 on old smallholdings next to Selsdon Wood, with a strip of land called Fox Shaw left between the gardens and the trees. Roads like Goldfinch Road, Peacock Gardens and Lapwing Close carry bird names. The houses have larger windows and patio doors, and a garden backing onto woodland means more leaf litter tracked across the hall carpet.
A garden backing onto Selsdon Wood means more leaf litter tracked across the hall carpet.
The clean, room by room
We work to a 57-point checklist, and the cleaners are vetted (interviewed in person), insured and trained on it. On a Selsdon house the list runs like this:
- Kitchen: inside and outside every cupboard and drawer, worktops, wall tiles, hob, extractor hood and filter, sink and taps, fridge and freezer, and the floor under any appliance that slides out.
- Bathroom and any downstairs toilet: limescale off taps, shower head and screen, the bath, basin and toilet, grout, mirrors and the extractor grille.
- Living rooms and bedrooms: skirting boards, picture rails where the house has them, doors and frames, radiators, sockets and switches, window sills and the glass inside, wardrobes inside and out.
- Stairs, landing and hall: banisters and spindles, then the floors hoovered and washed throughout.
Water is part of the reason the bathroom takes a while. Croydon is split between two suppliers, Thames Water and SES Water. Thames says all the water in its region is hard; SES draws much of its supply from boreholes in chalk and limestone and softens it only slightly. Either way, Selsdon taps and shower screens collect scale, and descaling is part of every clean.
Fixed prices by bedroom count
| Property | Price |
|---|---|
| Studio | £156 |
| One bedroom | £207 |
| Two bedrooms | £243 |
| Three bedrooms | £339 |
| Four bedrooms | £425 |
| Five bedrooms or more | quoted from the room count |
| Part of a home, or an unusual layout | £30 per cleaner per hour |
The oven is never in the fixed price. Add it to the booking for £31 (single or single wide oven) or £62 (double or 90cm range cooker); our oven cleaning page explains how it is done.
Carpets booked alongside the clean cost £29 a bedroom, £36 a living room, £47 for a through lounge, £35 a flight of stairs, £20 a hallway and £8 a landing. Where the wall between the front and back rooms of a 1930s semi has been knocked through, that is the through-lounge price. Check your tenancy for a carpet clause before you book; the carpet cleaning page covers the service on its own.
Booking a date once notice is given
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
The calculator at the top of this page gives you the full price in a minute. You can also ring 0333 555 2076, between 8am and 7pm on any day of the week. If a street needs paid parking, we add only what it costs us.
Most people book for the day after the furniture goes, so the cleaner has empty rooms and the house is ready before the check-out appointment. Should the clerk or letting agent find something we missed, tell us within 48 hours and we come back to clean it again at no charge.
We have been cleaning rented homes since 2014, more than 300 letting agents use us, and tenants have won back £1.2m in deposits after our cleans. Our Google rating is 4.7. Next door, our Sanderstead page covers the village to the south-west, and the Croydon page covers the rest of the borough.
Selsdon end of tenancy FAQs
I am leaving a two-bed bungalow off Addington Road. Is it priced like a flat?
It is priced by bedrooms, the same as any home: £243 for two. The single floor makes no difference to the price.
Does Croydon’s new selective licence apply to my Selsdon house?
No. The scheme that began on 25 September 2026 covers 14 wards, and neither Selsdon ward is among them. South Croydon ward, next door, is. A shared house with three or more sharers from different households needs an additional HMO licence anywhere in the borough.
Do you clean on Monks Hill as well as the older Costain roads?
Yes, at the same fixed prices. Monks Hill, Selsdon Vale and the roads around Addington Road are all covered.
Three of us share a house in Selsdon Vale and only I am moving out. What do I book?
Your room and your share of the kitchen and bathroom, by the hour at £30 per cleaner. When the last person leaves, the whole house can be booked at the fixed price.
I have just given two months’ notice. When should I book?
As soon as your last day is fixed. Pick the day after the removal, before the check-out. A 50% deposit holds your date, and the rest is due once the clean is done.
