Shinfield end of tenancy prices
By March 2023, Wokingham Borough Council counted 2,663 new homes finished on the big sites south of the M4 around Shinfield, Spencers Wood and Three Mile Cross, so many tenants here are handing back a house that was only a few years old when they moved in. Our end of tenancy clean for it has a fixed price by bedrooms: £176 for a studio, £227 for a one-bed, £263 for a two-bed, £359 for three bedrooms and £445 for four.
Last updated October 2026.
| Property | Price |
|---|---|
| Studio | £176 |
| One bedroom | £227 |
| Two bedrooms | £263 |
| Three bedrooms | £359 |
| Four bedrooms | £445 |
| Five bedrooms or more | quoted from the room count |
| A room in a shared house, or part of a home | £30 per cleaner per hour |
Ovens and carpets are add-ons, priced below. Parking is added only if we have to pay for it, at what it costs us. The calculator at the top of the page works out your total.
Shinfield Meadows, Cutbush Lane and the old village
Shinfield parish is bigger than the village. It takes in Spencers Wood, Three Mile Cross, Ryeish Green, Grazeley and Shinfield Rise on the southern edge of Reading, across the RG2 and RG7 postcodes. Its population went from 8,136 in 2001 to 11,277 in 2011, and the big estates have gone up since.
The council’s own tally of the sites south of the M4 reads like a list of estates. Shinfield Meadows, first planned as Shinfield West, was approved for 1,022 homes and 148 places of specialist housing; by March 2023 phase one had 517 homes finished and phase two 285. Cutbush Lane added 126 homes, The Manor another 126, and the land south of Cutbush Lane 249 more. Around Spencers Wood and Three Mile Cross, the land east of the villages either side of Croft Road took 899 homes, with 272 more east of Basingstoke Road and north of Grazeley Road.
That is a lot of houses with the same fitted kitchens, the same glass shower screens and the same white gloss skirting. On a house let from new, the check-in inventory describes an unmarked finish, and the clerk compares the check-out with it. A grey seal round the bath or a smear on the hob glass gets written down.
The old village around St Mary’s Church, which is Grade I listed and dates from the 12th century, is a smaller part of the stock. Period houses tend to have taller skirting and older windows, so the same checklist takes longer on the ledges.
More is on the way. Wokingham’s Local Plan Update, now with the Planning Inspectorate, proposes about 3,930 homes at Loddon Valley Garden Village, on Hall Farm south of the M4 between Shinfield, Arborfield and Sindlesham. Planning applications from the University of Reading (up to 2,800 homes) and Gleeson (up to 430) were open for comment last winter, with responses requested by 16 January 2026.
Wokingham licensing and your deposit
End of tenancy cleaning
from £176
For a studio, fixed by property size, agreed before we start.
Get your price0333 555 2076 · 8am to 7pm
Shinfield is in Wokingham Borough, not Reading. Wokingham Borough Council requires a licence for an HMO with five or more occupants forming two or more households who share a kitchen, bathroom or toilet. A flat in a purpose-built block of three or more flats is outside the scheme. The council’s page lists no additional or selective licensing, so a single family renting a house here does not need a licence.
The money at stake is set by rents. The ONS put the borough average at £1,466 a month in August 2026: £1,054 for a one-bed, £1,345 for a two-bed, £1,646 for a three-bed and £2,300 for four or more. A deposit is capped at five weeks’ rent when the yearly rent is under £50,000, which on a three-bed at that average is about £1,900. The landlord must protect it in an approved scheme within 30 days and, once deductions are agreed, return it within 10 days. If you disagree, it stays in the scheme until the dispute is resolved.
From 1 May 2026, under the Renters’ Rights Act, assured shorthold tenancies became periodic tenancies, and a tenant can give two months’ notice at any time. A Shinfield move-out no longer has to wait for the end of a fixed term, so a check-out can fall in any month.
The clean on a near-new house
We work to a 57-point checklist, in an empty property so skirting, cupboard backs and carpet edges can be reached.
- Kitchen: every cupboard and drawer inside and out, worktops and upstands, hob, extractor hood and filter, integrated fridge and freezer, sink and taps descaled.
- Bathrooms and en-suites: screens, taps and shower heads descaled, tiles and grout, the silicone seals, toilet, basin, mirrors and extractor fan grilles.
- Every room: skirting, doors and frames, switches and sockets, radiators, inside wardrobes, sills, window trickle vents, and windows cleaned from the inside.
- Floors vacuumed and washed, stairs and landing included, and the cupboard under the stairs.
Thames Water supplies Shinfield, and it says all the water in its region is hard: it comes from rivers and from underground, and passes through chalk on the way. On new glass screens and chrome taps it soon shows. Descaling is part of the fixed price.
The cleaners are vetted face to face, insured and trained on the checklist. We have been cleaning since 2014, more than 300 letting agents use us, and tenants have recovered £1.2m in deposits. We are rated 4.7 on Google. If the agent or the inventory clerk raises anything within 48 hours, we come back and re-clean it free.
Oven and carpet add-ons
The oven is never part of the fixed price. Booked with the clean, a single or single wide oven is £31, and a double or a 90cm range cooker £62. Our oven cleaning page has the standalone service.
Carpets 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. Read the carpet clause in your tenancy agreement before you book. More on our carpet cleaning page.
Booking a clean near the Studios and the M4
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 parish is a place of work now, as well as a place to live. The University of Reading opened the Thames Valley Science Park in 2018, and Shinfield Studios, on the same land, finished building in June 2024 with 18 sound stages, 38 workshops and a nine-acre backlot. The Shinfield Eastern Relief Road opened on 31 October 2017, and the M4 runs through the north of the parish at junction 11.
Book once your notice is given, and pick the day before the check-out if you can. Call 0333 555 2076 between 8am and 7pm, seven days a week, or use the calculator. We also clean in Woodley, in the same borough, and across Berkshire.
Shinfield end of tenancy FAQs
I rent a three-bed at Shinfield Meadows. How much is the clean?
£359. Add £31 for a single oven, and £29 a bedroom if the carpets need cleaning as well.
Do you cover Spencers Wood and Three Mile Cross?
Yes, the whole parish, including Ryeish Green and Grazeley, at the same prices.
Our house on one of the Croft Road sites has five bedrooms. What does it cost?
Homes above four bedrooms are quoted from the room count. Tell us the bedrooms, bathrooms and reception rooms.
I share a house near the Science Park and leave before the others. What should I book?
Your room and a share of the kitchen and bathroom, at £30 per cleaner per hour. The last tenant out can book the whole house at the fixed price.
How do I pay?
A 50% deposit holds your date, and the rest is due once the clean is done.
