Stanway homes, from Villa Road to Wyvern Farm
Stanway’s rented homes span a century: council houses on Villa Road from 1921, concrete-panel houses from the 1950s, the 1980s Tollgate Estate, Lakelands round its lake, and a Persimmon site planned at Wyvern Farm. A tenant moving out of any of them can book our end of tenancy clean at a fixed price by bedrooms, from £176 for a studio to £445 for a four-bed house.
Last updated October 2026.
Until the 19th century Stanway was mostly farmland. In the later 19th century a few villas and some smaller terraces went up along London Road, the old A12 (now the B1408), and those houses still stand close to the road with small front gardens. The big change came after the Second World War. The parish had 2,426 people in 1961, 4,505 in 1971 and 7,563 by 1991, and the 2021 census counted 12,298.
The old council housing came first. The Lexden and Winstree Rural District Council built the oldest homes on Villa Road in 1921, with more in 1935 and 1944, and Holly Road, Harvey Crescent and Blackberry Road followed between 1957 and 1961, as houses and flats. Many of these were unity houses: stacked concrete panels between concrete pillars, first with metal windows. The council refurbished them in the 1990s, fitting new window frames and cladding the outside walls.
Stanway Green, on the southern side towards Maldon Road, is different again: cottages, some of them thatched, set among trees, where the houses have names instead of numbers. Give us the house name and a landmark when you book.
The estates built since the 1980s
The Stanway Parish Plan and Design Statement describes each estate. Peace Road, between London Road and the A12, came in the 1960s with bungalows and three- and four-bed houses. The Tollgate Estate, beside Essex Yeomanry Way, followed in the 1980s with detached, semi-detached and terraced houses of two to four bedrooms and a few two-storey flats. Egremont Road and Pearmain Way, off Dyers Road, were built in the early 1980s on an old orchard, hence the apple name.
Warren Farm, off Halstead Road, was built in the 1990s: small terraced houses, a few detached ones and the biggest build of flats Stanway had seen, with 203 front doors in all. Heathlands, on the old Stanway School playing field off Winstree Road, was finished in 2008 with 202 homes, a mix of flats and family houses. The plan noted narrow roads and small garages there, and parking that causes friction between neighbours.
Lakelands phase one was built on a former sand and gravel pit south of Church Lane and finished in 2004: 200 homes at low density, from apartments and town houses to three-, four- and five-bed houses, around a lake. The newest work is at Wyvern Farm. In April 2026 Ofwat consulted on a new water and sewerage appointment for a Persimmon site there, listed at 519 homes with completion estimated for 2034.
Homes from the 2000s onwards share the same check-out pressure points: white gloss skirting and stair spindles that scuff, silicone round baths and worktops, glass shower screens, and an oven the clerk will open and photograph. On a house let new, the check-in report describes an unmarked finish, and the check-out is compared with it. On estates where parking is tight, tell us when you book whether there is a driveway or bay we can use; any parking we have to pay for is added at cost.
End of tenancy prices in Stanway
| Property | Price |
|---|---|
| Studio flat | £176 |
| One-bed flat, for example at Warren Farm | £227 |
| Two-bed house or flat | £263 |
| Three-bed house, for example on the Tollgate Estate | £359 |
| Four-bed house | £445 |
| Five bedrooms or more, as at Lakelands | quoted from the room count |
| Part of a home, or one room in a shared house | £30 per cleaner per hour |
The oven is an add-on, never part of the fixed price: £31 for a single or a single wide oven, and £62 for a double or a 90cm range cooker. Our oven cleaning page covers it on its own. Carpets cleaned 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; see carpet cleaning for the standalone service. Check what your tenancy agreement says about carpets first.
The calculator at the top of the page gives your total. Or call 0333 555 2076, 8am to 7pm, seven days a week.
Anglian Water and the bathroom
Stanway is supplied by Anglian Water, which classes all the water in its region as hard to very hard; the ground it passes through is rich in chalk. In a Stanway bathroom you see it as white marks on taps and the plughole, a film on the shower screen and scale on the shower head. Kettles fur up fast. Descaling every tap, screen, shower head, tile and sink is part of the clean, not an extra.
What the checklist covers
Every clean follows our 57-point checklist, and the property should be empty so the cleaner can reach skirting, the backs of cupboards and carpet edges.
- Kitchen: cupboards and drawers inside and out, worktops and splashback, hob, extractor and filter, fridge and freezer, sink and taps descaled, and behind and under appliances that pull out.
- Bathrooms: bath, shower tray and screen, taps and shower head descaled, tiles, grout and seals, toilet, basin, mirrors and fan covers.
- Living rooms and bedrooms: skirting, doors and frames, switches, radiators, wardrobes inside, window sills and trickle vents, and windows from the inside.
- Halls and stairs: spindles, handrail and stair strings wiped, then every floor vacuumed and washed.
Our cleaners are interviewed in person before they join, insured and trained on that checklist. We have been in business since 2014, work with more than 300 letting agents, hold a 4.7 rating on Google, and have helped tenants win back £1.2m in deposits. If your agent or clerk points out anything we missed within 48 hours, we come back and clean it again at no charge.
Deposit rules and Colchester licensing
Colchester City Council licenses only under the mandatory national scheme: houses and flats with five or more people, from two or more households, sharing a kitchen, bathroom or toilet. The council states that it runs no additional or selective licensing and has no Article 4 directions for HMOs. An ordinary family let in Stanway needs no licence.
What decides your deposit is the inventory. The ONS put Colchester’s average rent at £1,197 a month in August 2026: £820 for a one-bed, £1,063 for a two-bed, £1,301 for a three-bed and £1,796 for four bedrooms or more. A deposit can be at most five weeks’ rent while the annual rent is below £50,000, so on a three-bed at that average about £1,500 is held. The landlord must protect it in a government scheme within 30 days of receiving it, and repay it within 10 days of agreeing any deductions with you; a disputed deposit stays in the scheme until it is settled.
Since 1 May 2026 almost all tenancies have been periodic, under the Renters’ Rights Act, and you can leave on two months’ notice. Book the clean when you give notice; the day before the check-out is best. We work across the rest of Essex as well.
Stanway end of tenancy FAQs
We are moving out of a three-bed on the Tollgate Estate. What is the price?
£359 fixed. A single oven adds £31, and carpets are £29 a bedroom if they need doing.
Our Lakelands house has five bedrooms and a double oven. How is that priced?
The house is quoted from the room count, and the double oven is £62 on top. Tell us the bathrooms and reception rooms too.
Our cottage at Stanway Green has a name, not a number. Will you find it?
Yes. Give us the house name, the road and a landmark when you book.
Do I need to do anything about council licensing before I leave?
No. Licensing is the landlord’s responsibility, and Colchester only licenses larger shared houses. Your clean is judged against the check-in inventory.
How do I pay?
A 50% deposit holds your date, and the rest is due once the clean is done.
