Twickenham homes and what they mean for the clean
Twickenham’s rented homes run from early Victorian cottages behind Twickenham Green to the flats built over the rebuilt station, and we clean every one of them at the end of a tenancy for a fixed price set by bedrooms: £156 for a studio, £207 for a one-bed flat and up to £425 for a four-bed house. The figure for your own address comes from the price calculator at the top of the page.
Last updated October 2026.
The streets around Twickenham Green are where the town is oldest and the houses smallest. Richmond Council’s appraisal of the Twickenham Green conservation area describes modest early 19th century cottages, two-storey terraced cottages along First Cross Road from the first half of that century, pairs of mid to late Victorian cottages on Second Cross Road, and more cottages on narrow plots in Albion Road and May Road. On The Green itself, Apsley Villas (nos. 1 to 29, odd numbers) are a group of rendered villas from 1845 with full-height glazed doors and sash windows. Hampton Road has four pairs of three-storey late Victorian houses with two-storey bays.
Each of those shapes gives the cleaner a different day. A two-storey cottage on First Cross Road is quick on floor area and slow on edges: skirting, door frames, a narrow staircase and the boxes of old sash windows. A three-storey house on Hampton Road has the stairs three times over and bay windows on two floors. Both are priced by bedrooms, which means the cottage tenant does not pay for the extra stairs and the house tenant does not pay by the hour for the bays.
Further out the stock changes again. At the 2011 census, South Twickenham was the ward with the most terraced houses (1,459 of them), while the old Twickenham Riverside ward held 2,866 flats, more than any other part of the town. That split still describes the rental market well: family houses to the south and west, towards Strawberry Hill and Fulwell, and flats in the centre and along the Thames.
Flats by the station and the river
The newest homes most tenants here move out of are at Twickenham Gateway. Solum Regeneration, the Kier and Network Rail joint venture, rebuilt the station with a plaza, shops and blocks of apartments above and beside it, and the homes were finished and sold in 2022. In a newer flat like this the check-out is mostly about finishes: integrated appliance doors, the extractor filter over a hob that has had a few years of use, glass shower screens and large windows that show every smear in low winter sun.
Down at the river, the council’s Twickenham Riverside scheme is under way on the old King Street shop units between Water Lane and Wharf Lane. The council’s June 2026 update had two tower cranes up and the superstructure starting; the finished scheme will add 45 homes, half of them affordable, beside new gardens and riverside seating. Until it is done, expect hoardings and site traffic on Water Lane, and allow for it if a removal van needs that side of King Street on the same morning as the clean.
St Margarets, one stop up the line towards Richmond, is the north-eastern end of Twickenham and has its own page, with the details for the streets around that station.
Prices for a Twickenham end of tenancy clean
| Twickenham home | Price |
|---|---|
| Studio over a shop on Heath Road or King Street | £156 |
| One-bed flat at Twickenham Gateway or in a converted house | £207 |
| Two-bed cottage off Twickenham Green, or a two-bed flat | £243 |
| Three-bed terrace in South Twickenham | £339 |
| Four-bed house, Hampton Road type | £425 |
| Five bedrooms or more | quoted from the room count |
| A single room in a share, or a part job | £30 per cleaner per hour |
The oven is an extra and never sits inside those prices. Booked with the clean it costs £31 for a single or a single wide oven, and £62 for a double or a 90cm range cooker; the standalone service is on our oven cleaning page.
Carpets added on the same visit are cheaper than booking them separately: £29 for each bedroom, £36 for a living room, £47 for a through lounge, £35 a flight of stairs, £20 for a hallway and £8 for a landing. A three-storey house on Hampton Road usually has two flights, so count them before you book. More detail is on our carpet cleaning page.
Where a street has paid parking, we add the cost we pay and the quote shows it.
Limescale, sash windows and the rest of the clean
Twickenham’s water comes from Thames Water, which says every part of its region has hard water because the supply passes through chalk and limestone on its way to the tap. After a year’s tenancy that shows as a white rim on taps, a cloudy shower screen and grey crust round the plughole. An inventory clerk writes that up as dirt, so descaling the bathroom and kitchen fittings is part of every clean here at no extra charge.
The rest follows our 57-point checklist:
- Kitchen: every cupboard and drawer inside and out, worktops, splashback, hob, extractor and filter, sink and taps, fridge and freezer, and behind any appliance that pulls out.
- Bathroom: bath, shower tray and screen, tiles and grout, toilet, basin, mirrors and the extractor fan cover.
- All rooms: skirting boards, doors and frames, light switches, radiators, inside of fitted wardrobes, window glass and frames from the inside, sash runners and sills, and floors vacuumed and washed.
The cleaners are vetted (each one is interviewed in person), insured and trained on that checklist. We have cleaned in London since 2014; more than 300 letting agents use us, tenants we have cleaned for have won back £1.2m in deposits, and we hold a 4.7 rating on Google.
Deposit rules and Richmond licensing
Twickenham rents are high, which makes the deposit large. The ONS put the average private rent across Richmond upon Thames at £2,333 a month in August 2026, a pound above the London figure, with one-beds at £1,732 and homes of four or more bedrooms at £3,907. Under the Tenant Fees Act the deposit is capped at five weeks’ rent where the annual rent is under £50,000, so on the borough’s average let that is roughly £2,690 riding on the check-out report.
The landlord can claim from it for cleaning only if the home is dirtier than it was at check-in, allowing for fair wear and tear. They cannot make a professional clean a condition of the tenancy. What decides most disputes is the check-in inventory, so dig out your copy before the clean and tell us anything it records as specially clean, such as a new oven or shampooed carpets.
On licensing, Richmond is simpler than many London boroughs. The council’s HMO licence page lists the national mandatory licence: five or more people from two or more households sharing a kitchen, bathroom or toilet. That is the landlord’s paperwork and does not change the cleaning standard at check-out.
Booking around stadium event days
The stadium on Whitton Road holds 82,000 for rugby and has carried the Allianz name since September 2024. When Richmond Council expects 25,000 or more people, it switches on the Twickenham Event Zone, also called Zone R, from 11am to 11pm; above 30,000, the full zone covers a large number of streets around the ground. Cars parked there without a permit are ticketed and some are removed. Residents in the zone can get resident and visitor permits free, and permits for the neighbouring Heatham, Cole Park and Whitton zones are valid on event days.
If your move-out falls on a match or concert day, we can still come. Book an early start, have a visitor permit ready for the cleaners’ van if you live inside the zone, and be ready for the station queue at platform 3 if you are leaving by train after the keys go back.
When you book, tell us the postcode, bedrooms, floor, the date the keys are due and any oven or carpet to add. The home should be empty with power and hot water on. The phone line is 0333 555 2076, 8am to 7pm, seven days a week. If the agent or clerk finds something we missed and tells us within 48 hours, we come back and put it right at no charge. We work right across London and the towns around it.
Twickenham end of tenancy FAQs
My flat is at Twickenham Gateway, above the station. Is a new-build flat priced differently?
No. It is priced by bedrooms like any other home, so a one-bed is £207 and a two-bed £243. Mention the floor and any balcony glass when you book.
I rent a two-bed cottage off Twickenham Green. Does the steep staircase add to the price?
No. The cottage takes the two-bed price of £243. The only extra on the stairs is carpet cleaning, at £35 a flight, if your tenancy agreement asks for it.
Can you clean on a Six Nations Saturday?
Yes. Start early, and if you live inside Zone R, keep a free visitor permit for our van. The zone runs from 11am to 11pm on big event days.
Three of us share a house in South Twickenham. Does the landlord need a licence, and does it affect the clean?
Richmond’s licensing page lists the mandatory licence for five or more sharers, so a house of three is below it. Either way the clean is judged against the check-in inventory. If you are leaving before the others, we can do your room and a fair share of the kitchen and bathroom at £30 per cleaner per hour.
We are leaving a five-bedroom house near the stadium. How is that priced?
Homes above four bedrooms are quoted from the room count. Call 0333 555 2076 or use the calculator at the top of the page with the full list of rooms.