End of tenancy cleaning in West Ealing
Most W13 lets are flats cut out of older houses, which is why this page follows a clerk through one of those first. The end of tenancy clean itself is priced by size: £156 for a studio, up to £425 for a four-bedroom house, with ovens and carpets added only if your inventory asks for them. Anything the agent or clerk flags within 48 hours is cleaned again free.
Last updated October 2026.
The check-out walk-through in a W13 conversion flat
Walpole, the council ward that takes in much of West Ealing, has an unusual housing mix. At the 2021 census 21.8% of its households lived in a flat inside a converted or shared house, roughly one in five, and 35.3% rented privately.
So the typical check-out here is a flat on one floor of a terraced or semi-detached house, with its own front door off a shared hall. This is the order an inventory clerk usually walks it in, and what they look for in each room.
Entrance and hall. The clerk opens the flat door and looks at the paintwork around the latch, the light switch and the top of the door. In a conversion the hall is often a narrow strip with a meter cupboard; the cupboard gets opened, and dust on top of the meter is written down.
Kitchen. Many conversion kitchens were fitted into a former back bedroom or the rear extension, so they are small and the cooker sits close to a wall. Grease ends up on the wall beside the hob, on the extractor filter and down the side of the unit next to the cooker.
The cleaner pulls the cooker and the fridge out where they slide, cleans behind and underneath, and empties and wipes every cupboard and drawer. The sink and taps are descaled, because Thames Water supplies W13 and the company says all the water in its region is hard.
Bathroom. A clerk runs the taps, checks the plughole and looks hard at the silicone and grout. In older houses the bathroom is often in the rear part of the building with a small window or none, so the extractor fan cover clogs with dust and the ceiling corners grow mould. Limescale on the shower screen and tap bases is cleared with descaler, then the screen is dried so it does not streak.
Living room and bedrooms. Period rooms are tall. Picture rails, the tops of door frames, curtain poles and ceiling roses all hold dust, and a clerk with a torch will find it. Sash windows have deep sills and runners where grime collects; the cleaner wipes both, plus the glass on the inside. Skirting, radiators, switches and sockets are done in every room, and wardrobes are cleaned inside.
Floors. Carpets are vacuumed edge to edge and hard floors are washed. If the check-in report says the carpets were professionally cleaned, the clerk will expect the same at check-out, which is where the carpet add-on comes in.
In a conversion flat the clerk usually finds the dust above head height, on picture rails and door tops.
West Ealing prices by size of home
The price is set by the number of bedrooms, so it stays the same however long the team takes to finish the checklist.
| Property | Price |
|---|---|
| Studio | £156 |
| One-bedroom flat | £207 |
| Two-bedroom flat or house | £243 |
| Three-bedroom flat or house | £339 |
| Four-bedroom house | £425 |
| Part job or unusual layout | £30 per cleaner per hour |
The hourly rate suits a top-up, for example when you have cleaned most of the flat yourself and want the kitchen and bathroom brought up to standard. For a full check-out the fixed price is simpler. Your exact figure is in the price calculator at the top of this page, or ring 0333 555 2076, 8am to 7pm, seven days a week.
Carpet and oven add-ons
Booked with the end of tenancy clean, carpet cleaning costs £29 a bedroom, £36 a living room, £47 a through lounge, £35 a flight of stairs, £20 a hallway and £8 a landing. A through lounge is common in West Ealing terraces where the front and back rooms were knocked into one. Our carpet cleaning page covers the method and standalone prices.
The oven is always an add-on and 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. The racks come out to be cleaned separately, and the door glass is cleaned where the door design allows. More detail is on the oven cleaning page.
Converted houses, estates and the new blocks by the station
Beyond the conversions, West Ealing has several estates with their own feel. The Argyle Park estate, built in the 1920s, runs from Argyle Road to the Greenford branch railway; these are inter-war houses with smaller rooms and lower ceilings than the Victorian streets nearer the Broadway, and they clean faster for the same bedroom count. Langham Gardens flats date from 1970 and the Berners Drive and Coleridge Square estate from the early 1980s.
The biggest change is at Green Man Lane, just north of the high street. The 1977 council estate of 464 flats is being replaced in phases with new homes branded Jigsaw, built by A2Dominion.
By August 2025, 507 new homes were finished, and a final phase of 413 is due to start in late 2026 or early 2027 with Higgins Partnerships as the new contractor. A new-build flat is checked against check-in photos taken when everything was new, so the clerk expects worktops, hob glass and shower trays close to that standard.
More rented flats are on the way. In May 2025 the Planning Inspectorate approved the John Lewis Partnership’s plan to replace the West Ealing Waitrose with a new store and 428 build-to-rent homes, 83 of them affordable, about 350 metres from the station. Build-to-rent landlords usually run their own move-out checklist. Leaving one of these blocks? Forward the operator’s move-out sheet with your booking and the team cleans to that sheet as well as ours.
Renting is common across the borough. At the 2021 census 34.0% of Ealing households rented privately, up from 27.5% in 2011, against 30.0% across London. The ONS put the average Ealing rent at £2,109 a month in August 2026, and a one-bed at £1,629.
Landlord licensing in W13 and over the Hanwell line
Ealing has two kinds of private rented licensing, and West Ealing falls under only one of them. The borough-wide additional HMO licence, in force since 1 April 2022 and due to end in spring 2027, covers homes shared by three or four tenants who are not all one family and who share a kitchen, bathroom or toilet; five or more sharers need a mandatory HMO licence. The council consulted from 14 July to 24 September 2026 on renewing the additional scheme for another five years from April 2027.
Selective licensing, which covers ordinary single-household lets, does not reach the West Ealing wards. It does cover Hobbayne ward on the Hanwell side, where Designation 2 runs from 3 January 2023 to January 2028. A couple renting a one-bed flat a few streets apart can therefore be on different sides of that line.
Since 14 November 2025 an Article 4 direction has meant that converting a family house into a small HMO needs planning permission across most of the borough. For tenants in a shared house, the practical point is the communal kitchen and bathroom. When housemates leave on different weeks, each can pay by the hour (£30 per cleaner) for a bedroom and their part of the shared rooms.
Parking zones and the day of the clean
West Ealing station was rebuilt for the Elizabeth line, with a new building opened on 25 March 2021. It is in fare zone 3, with Elizabeth line trains east through central London and west to Heathrow, plus the Great Western shuttle up the Greenford branch from Monday to Saturday. The cleaners still come by van because of the kit, so parking matters.
- Zone H, West Ealing: Monday to Friday, 9.30am to 5.30pm, including Drayton Green Road, Hastings Road, Denmark Road and parts of the Uxbridge Road.
- Zone HH, West Ealing: Monday to Friday, 9am to 10am and 3pm to 4pm, including Castlebar Road, Cleveland Road and The Avenue.
A resident visitor permit covers the van in a permit bay. Where paid parking is the only option, we add what it costs us to the quote, and we tell you before the day. Weekend cleans avoid the restrictions in both zones.
We need four details to book: postcode, bedrooms, floor, and lift or no lift. Leave the meters on, since the kitchen cannot be degreased without hot water, and clear your belongings out first. Neighbouring areas such as Northfields, south of the Uxbridge Road, have a different mix of homes, and the full borough list is on our end of tenancy cleaning Ealing page.
West Ealing end of tenancy FAQs
Does my West Ealing landlord need a licence for a one-bed flat?
Usually not. Selective licensing does not cover the West Ealing wards, so a flat let to one household needs no licence. A flat or house shared by three or more people from different households needs an additional HMO licence anywhere in Ealing.
Can the van park on my street during the clean?
In Zone H the bays are controlled on weekdays from 9.30am to 5.30pm, and in Zone HH only for two hours a day. A visitor permit is the cheapest route. If we have to pay to park, the cost goes on the quote at what we pay.
Will the hard water make the clean more expensive?
No. The cleaners descale taps, shower screens, tiles and the sink on every job, and the price stays the one for your number of bedrooms.
I am leaving a new flat at Green Man Lane. Is the clean any different?
The checklist is the same, but the standard is set by check-in photos of a brand new flat. The cleaners spend longer on hob glass, shower trays and the window tracks, which show wear fastest. Send us any move-out list from your landlord or managing agent.
How much is a one-bed with the oven?
The clean is £207 and a single oven adds £31. A double oven adds £62 instead. A 50% deposit holds your date, and the rest is due once the clean is done.