St George Wharf end of tenancy cleaning, the easy way

“I’d cleaned the flat myself and thought it was fine. It was the river-facing glass and the wet-room screen the clerk’s lamp kept going back to.” That was Adaora, handing back a high-floor one-bed in the Tower at St George Wharf, the tall one with the turbine on the roof. Her flat is the reason this page reads the way it does, because at Vauxhall the glass is where nearly every deposit argument starts and ends.

Last updated April 2026. Pricing, the 57-point agent-approved checklist and the 48-hour re-clean terms below apply to St George Wharf and the Vauxhall riverside in SW8; the legal references point to current gov.uk and legislation.gov.uk pages.

Monster came on a Monday, the day before my concierge check-out at St George Wharf. I work in finance, I was on my own in the flat, and I’d had a one-bed on a high floor in the Tower for the full twelve months, the one with the wind turbine on top and the river straight below the window. The flat honestly looked done to me. I’d given it a whole Sunday and gone over the full-height river-facing glass in the living room and the bedroom, and the fixed glass screen in the wet room, more than once. It still dried with this faint cloudy bloom and little hard-water spots you only caught when the clerk raked a handheld lamp sideways across it at the desk handover, and at dusk off the river it was worse. I was genuinely worried about the money, it was a £2,100 deposit. Two cleaners did the glass, the screen and the rest of the flat in one morning. The screen came back clear with no spotting when the lamp hit it, and the concierge handover went through with nothing held. Knight Frank released the full £2,100 nine working days later. — Adaora, ex-tenant, St George Wharf SW8

Why St George Wharf deposits get money taken off them

St George Wharf is new. Berkeley’s St George arm built the riverside development on the south bank of the Thames at Vauxhall, between Vauxhall Bridge and the railway, over roughly two decades, and the headline of it is the 50-storey Tower, One St George Wharf, the Vauxhall tower with the wind turbine that is one of the tallest residential buildings in London. There is no period housing here at all. No split houses, no picture rails, no original boards. What you have instead is high-spec St George apartments, studios up to penthouses, behind a concierge desk, with floor-to-ceiling glazing, river-facing balconies and winter gardens, integrated appliances, marble and stone flooring and a communal gym and pool. That stock decides what a check-out clean is actually about here, and it is rarely the thing the tenant scrubbed hardest for.

The money comes off for glass, gloss and stone, not for the things people fret over. The agent’s clerk arrives with the inventory written when the flat was new or freshly turned between tenancies, and walks it with a handheld inspection lamp. The bar is high because the starting point looked like the show apartment. There is no tired-flat allowance up a Vauxhall tower.

The marks that take money off a St George Wharf deposit are predictable. A hard-water bloom and finger marks on the full-height river-facing glazing and the balcony doors. A wet-room screen dried spotty by the hard Thames Water supply. Handle-less high-gloss kitchen units left with a greasy haze near the hob. Integrated appliances cleaned on the front but not inside. Marble or stone flooring left dull, smeared or with a cleaning-product film. And white-painted hallway walls and skirting scuffed in a way the concierge check-out treats as chargeable rather than fair wear. Adaora’s flat was the first two of those almost exactly. The stone floor and the paint were fine. The glazing and the screen were the whole job.

The Renters’ Rights Act 2025 and your deposit

Cleaning is one of the few deductions a landlord can still make cleanly, so it pays to know the rules before the keys go back to the concierge. Your deposit sits in a government-backed scheme. A landlord cannot bill you for fair wear and tear, and cannot ask the flat to come back cleaner than the inventory recorded, but they can charge to bring it back to that documented standard, and on a near-new St George flat the gap between fair wear and a chargeable clean is narrow because the check-in report had so little to flag in the first place. The Renters’ Rights Act 2025 changed how tenancies end and how deposits are handled, and the current detail is kept on gov.uk. A dispute is raised through whichever scheme holds the money, the Tenancy Deposit Scheme or mydeposits, with the clerk’s report as the evidence on both sides. Shelter has plain-English guidance on what counts as a fair deduction if you want to read it before challenging anything. The cleaner way to put it: pass the desk handover and there is nothing to argue about.

Lambeth and the Vauxhall letting market

St George Wharf sits in the London Borough of Lambeth, postcode SW8, and the council is at lambeth.gov.uk. For a hand-back the council matters less than the agents do. Lettings across the development and the wider Nine Elms strip run largely through JLL, Knight Frank and Prime London, and their clerks know exactly what a new St George tower flat should look like, because they let them new. The standard is set against show-flat condition rather than a worn flat where a little marking gets forgiven. Nationally we are trusted by 300+ letting agents, and the report format barely changes building to building; at St George Wharf the river glass and the wet-room screen are the parts the clerk’s lamp lingers on. The US Embassy and the Nine Elms and Battersea Power Station regeneration run right alongside it, and the new-build standard the clerks apply is the same across that whole stretch.

Hard water on new fittings at Vauxhall

The water here is hard. It comes from Thames Water, and on a riverside development this young the scale story is a little different from an old flat. The chrome, the screen and the taps are recent, so nothing has pitted yet, but the supply still dries as a dull bloom on shower glass, mixer taps and the inside of a kettle within months of moving in. On a wall of full-height glass facing the river, that bloom is exactly what a clerk’s lamp finds when it is raked sideways across the pane, and the worst time to see it is at dusk when the low light comes off the Thames and through the glass at an angle, which up a Vauxhall tower with the river right below is most evenings. We take the screen and the glazing back with a proper scale remover and a bladed finish rather than a quick going-over with a cloth, because a cloth on its own only spreads the haze and it returns the next day. The kettle and the shower head get descaled as well, since clerks lift the kettle lid and run the shower far more often than people expect.

Where we clean around St George Wharf and Vauxhall

We cover the whole development and the streets and blocks around it.

• The Tower, One St George Wharf, the 50-storey Vauxhall tower with the wind turbine, and the curved riverside blocks running off it along the Thames.
• The flats facing the river bus pier and the St George Wharf riverside walk, between Vauxhall Bridge and the railway viaduct.
• Anything walkable from Vauxhall station, the Victoria line, the National Rail platforms and the bus interchange that sits right on the doorstep.
• The blocks toward Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens and the Vauxhall City Farm side.
• The newer apartments along the Nine Elms strip toward the US Embassy and Battersea Power Station, where the same agents and the same check-out standard apply.

One practical thing about moving out here: the access. Most flats are a long way up a concierge tower on a single lift core, the parking is limited and time-controlled, the loading bay is booked through the desk, and the Vauxhall one-way gyratory makes a van slot tight at the wrong time of day. If your removals van and the cleaning team both want that bay on the same morning it goes wrong, so we would rather come once the furniture is out and the flat is empty, which is also when the glazing and the stone come up best.

What’s included in a St George Wharf end of tenancy clean

End of tenancy is the hand-back clean, the one measured against the inventory and signed off at the concierge desk. Deep cleaning is the same depth of work but for a flat you are staying in, with no clerk and no guarantee tied to a report. Regular cleaning is week-to-week upkeep by the hour. The work described below is the first one, the check-out clean a clerk inspects against, not a tidy-up. Everything is done against a 57-point agent-approved checklist, the same list the clerk is effectively working from. Here is how it breaks down in a typical St George Wharf flat.

Kitchen

The kitchens here are modern and high-gloss with handle-less integrated units, so the work is mostly the haze and the parts behind doors. We degrease the hob and the splashback, clean the extractor and pull its filter out rather than wipe it through the cover, and take the oven back inside, racks, trays and the door glass split and cleaned between the panes. The integrated fridge, freezer and dishwasher are cleaned inside and out, seals included, never only fronted up. Gloss units and the push-catch edges are degreased and buffed so they do not dry streaky, on top and inside. Sink and mixer descaled, splashes off the cabinets, the stone or tiled floor done last so a film does not dry on it.

Bathrooms and wet rooms

This is where the hard water shows and where Adaora’s flat nearly came unstuck. The fixed wet-room screen has the scale taken off both faces and a bladed finish so it stays clear when the lamp hits it, looked at dry rather than wet. Taps, the shower arm, valve and waste come up bright, tiles washed and grout brushed, any mould spotting dealt with, the mirror and glass shelves left smear-free because a smear shows under bathroom downlights at once. The toilet is done inside, behind and at the scale line under the water. A second bathroom or en-suite gets exactly the same treatment as the main one. A two-bed up a St George Wharf tower usually has two screens to bring back clear, not one, and a wet room shows water-spotting faster than a tray-and-door shower because the whole glass panel sits in the spray.

Bedrooms and living areas

The glazing is the headline job in these rooms. Full-height windows, the river-facing balcony glass and the balcony doors are cleaned inside, frames and runners wiped, the glass finished so there is no bloom under the downlights or in the raking lamp. Built-in wardrobes are cleared and wiped inside and out, including the tops. Marble or stone flooring is cleaned with the right product and buffed so it does not dry dull or filmed, because a cleaning-product haze on stone reads as badly to a clerk as dirt does. Skirting, doors and frames are wiped, scuffs lifted off the white paint where they come away without taking the matt finish with them. Carpet where fitted, which is rare in these flats, is vacuumed including the strip where furniture stood; carpet shampoo is an add-on if the inventory asks for it.

Throughout

Hallways and the white-painted walls that scuff so easily in these blocks, light switches, sockets, skirting, internal glass, and the river-facing balcony floor and railing because clerks do step out and check it against the view. Stone thresholds and the strip of floor where furniture stood. Spot-cleaning of wall marks where they lift cleanly. One thing we will not do is promise to scrub a scuff out of soft new paint when the only honest result is a shiny patch that reads worse than the mark. We will say straight when something is a landlord paint job rather than a clean, because pretending otherwise just loses you the argument later. The aim is simple: the flat should match the check-in report, which in a St George Wharf tower means close to new.

What a St George Wharf end of tenancy clean costs

Flat prices, fixed by size, not invented per job, and they match the figures in the schema on this page.

No survey. No call-out fee.

Carpet shampoo is an add-on where the inventory wants it: £36 a bedroom, £43 a living room, or £115 for whole-flat carpet on a two-bed. A single integrated oven is built into the price already; a double is £110 and a 90cm range is £114. Most St George Wharf flats are studios, one-beds and two-beds with stone or hard floors and a lot of glass, so the usual booking is the £207 or £243 line with no carpet add-on at all. Adaora’s one-bed was the standard £207. Across the work we have done we have put more than £1.2m of deposits back in tenants’ hands, and we hold a 97% first-time pass rate against check-out reports, which is the number that actually matters to you. Trustpilot has us at 3.1/5 over 128 reviews, and we would rather show you the real figure than a rounded-up one.

What the inventory clerk will actually check

If you want to know where the money is, watch where the clerk’s lamp goes first. In a St George Wharf flat the order barely changes.

1. The full-height river-facing glass and the balcony doors, with the check-in report and a handheld lamp raked sideways across the pane, looking for bloom and finger marks.
2. The fixed wet-room screen, both faces, for scale and spotting, looked at dry.
3. Inside the integrated appliances: oven, fridge, freezer, dishwasher, washer drawer and seals.
4. The handle-less high-gloss kitchen units, on top and inside, for grease film near the hob.
5. Taps, the spout aerators and the toilet scale line under the water.
6. The marble or stone flooring, for dullness, smears and a dried cleaning-product film, especially near the glass where the light catches it.
7. White-painted hallway walls, skirting and door frames for scuffs and rub marks.
8. The river-facing balcony floor and railing, and the window runners and reveals.

Our 57-point agent-approved checklist is built backwards from exactly that walk, which is why the first-time pass rate sits where it does. None of it is a surprise once you have seen one done. The reason renters lose money on it is simply not knowing the glass, the screen and the stone are the whole game in a flat like this.

How booking works

1. Call 0333 555 2076 or email [email protected] with the St George Wharf postcode, how many bedrooms, and your check-out date.
2. We give you a fixed price on that call from the list above. No survey visit needed for a standard tower flat.
3. We book the team for a slot before your concierge check-out, ideally the day before, like Adaora did, so anything flagged can still be sorted.
4. Two cleaners turn up with everything, including the scale remover and blades the glazing and screen need and the right product for stone floors. You supply nothing.
5. If the clerk pulls up something that was on our list, the 48-hour re-clean guarantee means we come back within three days and put it right at no extra cost.

It is worth booking once you have a move-out date. St George Wharf check-out slots cluster at month-end, and the days before a concierge handover fill first.

Related cleaning services and nearby areas

If only the oven is the worry, we also do a standalone oven cleaning visit, and where the inventory specifies carpets there is a separate carpet cleaning service. With a wall of glass facing the Thames, the window cleaning team is worth knowing about if you want the outside done while you are still in the flat, and there is a hard floor cleaning option for the marble and stone these flats are laid with. This page sits under our wider end of tenancy cleaning across Lambeth coverage, and we run the same checklist for the other new riverside towers along the Thames at end of tenancy cleaning in Nine Elms.

Frequently Asked Questions

How much is an end of tenancy clean for a St George Wharf flat?

A studio is £156, a one-bed £207, a two-bed £243, a three-bed £339 and a four-bed £425. Most St George Wharf flats fall in the £207 to £243 range. Hourly work is £30 per cleaner if you only need certain rooms.

Why does the glass matter so much in a St George Wharf flat?

These flats have full-height river-facing glazing and the inventory was written when the flat was effectively new. Hard Thames Water dries as a bloom on the glass and the wet-room screen, and it is the first thing a clerk’s handheld lamp finds when it is raked across the pane, worst at dusk off the river. It is the most common reason a hand-back here stalls.

Do you guarantee the clean against the concierge check-out?

Yes. We work to a 57-point agent-approved checklist and back it with a 48-hour re-clean guarantee. If the clerk flags something that was on our list, we return within three days and fix it at no charge.

What is your first-time pass rate?

97%. Across the end of tenancy work we have done since 2014 we have recovered more than £1.2m in deposits for tenants, working with 300+ letting agents.

Do you clean the river-facing balcony as well?

Yes. The balcony glass, floor and railing are part of the clean, and clerks step out and check it against the view, so it gets done along with the windows and the runners.

How do you clean the marble and stone floors without leaving a film?

With the right product for the stone, not a general cleaner, then buffed and checked dry near the glass where the light catches it. A cleaning-product haze on stone reads as badly to a clerk as dirt, so it is part of the 57-point checklist here.

Which letting agents do you work with around St George Wharf?

Lettings here run largely through JLL, Knight Frank and Prime London. We clean to the new-build standard their clerks inspect against, and nationally we are trusted by 300+ letting agents.

Can you come the day before my concierge check-out?

That is the timing we recommend. Booking the clean the day before the concierge handover means if the clerk flags anything, the 48-hour re-clean guarantee still has time to put it right before the deposit decision.

Is the oven included or is it extra?

A standard integrated oven is included in the flat price. Only a double oven at £110 or a separate 90cm range cooker at £114 is charged on top.

Do I need to supply cleaning products or equipment?

No. Two cleaners arrive with everything, including the scale remover and blades the glazing and wet-room screen need and the right product for stone floors. You provide nothing.

How long does a one-bed St George Wharf flat take?

Most one-beds are a morning with two cleaners, like Adaora’s. The glazing and the wet-room screen are the slow part; the rest moves quickly because these flats are modern and largely stone or hard-floored.

Can my landlord keep my deposit for cleaning?

Only for genuine cleaning beyond fair wear, and the deposit must be in a scheme like the Tenancy Deposit Scheme or mydeposits. A professional check-out clean with our 48-hour guarantee is the part you can put beyond dispute. Shelter has guidance if it goes to adjudication.

Do you cover the rest of Vauxhall and the Nine Elms strip?

Yes. We work the Tower and the riverside blocks at St George Wharf, the flats by the river bus pier and Vauxhall station, and the newer apartments along Nine Elms toward the US Embassy and Battersea Power Station.

How do I actually book it?

Call 0333 555 2076 or email [email protected] with the postcode, the number of bedrooms and your check-out date. We quote off the flat list, book the day, and send two cleaners with all the kit.