West Hendon homes, from 1900s terraces to Hendon Waterside
Rented homes in West Hendon come in two kinds: the terraces built near Station Road and the Broadway between about 1895 and 1915, and the new flats of Hendon Waterside, the 2,000-home scheme replacing the 1960s council estate on the edge of the Welsh Harp. Our end of tenancy clean costs the same for either, fixed by bedrooms: £207 for a one-bed flat, £243 for a two-bed, and from £156 for a studio.
Last updated October 2026.
West Hendon sits on a strip of land between the A5, which is called West Hendon Broadway as it passes through, and Brent Reservoir, the Welsh Harp. The reservoir was built in 1834 and 1835, covers 170 acres, straddles the Barnet and Brent boundary and has been a Site of Special Scientific Interest since 1985. Its pull as a day out faded once West Hendon itself was built up around the turn of the 20th century.
The older housing is from that time: two-storey terraces in the roads off the Broadway and around Hendon station on Station Road. The usual layout is a front room, a back room and a kitchen in the rear extension, with the stairs between. Where one has been split into flats, a single front door can lead to two homes, each with its own small kitchen and bathroom.
The council homes came later. The West Hendon estate, built in the late 1960s, had 680 homes. It is now being replaced block by block, and the flats that replace it are a different cleaning job altogether.
The new blocks by the reservoir
Hendon Waterside is a partnership of Barratt London, Barnet Council and Metropolitan Thames Valley Housing. The masterplan runs to more than 2,000 homes over six phases and nearly 20 years, with mansion blocks, terraced streets and a 21-storey building. Its first landmark was Hawfinch House, a 26-storey tower 85 metres high finished in July 2016, which became the tallest building in Barnet.
Six architecture practices have worked on the scheme, and the phases are mostly smaller flats. Phase 3A alone has 91 one-bed, 229 two-bed, 33 three-bed and 5 four-bed homes; phase 2 has 12 studios among its 184. Around a quarter of the homes are affordable and three quarters private. Completion of the whole site is targeted for 2030, so for some years yet, finished blocks will stand next to building sites.
The older estate is shrinking around them. Marsh Drive was the last original block, due for demolition in 2022, and York Park, which many residents saw as a memorial to the people killed in a 1941 bombing, was sold for new blocks. Perryfield Way is due to be closed off as the layout changes, so check your block’s current entrance before you book.
Prices for West Hendon flats and houses
| Property | Price |
|---|---|
| Studio | £156 |
| One-bedroom flat | £207 |
| Two-bedroom flat or house | £243 |
| Three bedrooms | £339 |
| Four bedrooms | £425 |
| Five bedrooms or more | quoted from the room count |
| One room or part of a home, or an odd layout | £30 per cleaner per hour |
The oven is an add-on and never included in those prices: £31 for a single oven, £62 for a double, £31 for a single wide oven, £62 for a 90cm range cooker. Our oven cleaning page shows what the oven clean covers.
Carpet added to the clean costs £29 a bedroom, £36 a living room, £47 for a through lounge, £35 a flight of stairs, £20 a hallway and £8 a landing. If your flat has carpet only in the bedrooms and a hard floor in the living space, the add-on stays small. Read your tenancy for a carpet clause first; the carpet cleaning page covers the standalone service.
Checklist for a new-build flat
All our cleaners are interviewed in person before they start, insured, and trained on our 57-point checklist. In a West Hendon flat the time goes on:
- The open-plan kitchen: cupboard fronts and the tops of wall units, the inside of every cupboard and drawer, the extractor and its filter, the integrated fridge, freezer and dishwasher, and the hob.
- Bathrooms and en-suites: glass screens, chrome taps and shower heads descaled, tiles, grout, toilet, basin and the extractor grille.
- Windows and balcony doors: the glass and frames from the inside, the door tracks and sills, which collect dust where there is building work nearby.
- Every room: skirting, doors, switches and sockets, radiators, wardrobes inside, and the floors hoovered and washed.
Scale builds up quickly here. Barnet is split between two water companies: Affinity Water supplies parts of the borough and Thames Water the rest. Affinity classes all its water as hard or very hard, and Thames says the same of its whole region, so whichever supplies your block, the screens and taps will need descaling, and they get it as standard.
Deposit rules for tenants leaving
Barnet rents are high enough to make the deposit worth protecting. The Office for National Statistics put the average at £1,949 a month in August 2026: £1,500 for a one-bed and £1,858 for a two-bed. Deposits are capped at five weeks’ rent when the yearly rent is under £50,000, so a tenant in a two-bed at the borough average has paid in about £2,140.
Your landlord or agent must protect that deposit in one of the government schemes (the Deposit Protection Service, MyDeposits or the Tenancy Deposit Scheme) within 30 days of taking it. Once you and the landlord agree how much comes back, it must be repaid within 10 days. A deduction for cleaning has to be measured against the check-in inventory, and fair wear and tear cannot be charged for.
Under the Renters’ Rights Act, most tenancies have run month to month since 1 May 2026, and you end yours with two months’ written notice. Shared flats need one more check: Barnet runs a borough-wide additional HMO licence for homes with three or more people from two or more households, listed on the council’s HMO licensing page. That is the landlord’s obligation, and it does not change the clean.
Booking a clean on the peninsula
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
Get a price from the calculator at the top of the page or call 0333 555 2076, 8am to 7pm, every day. Tell us the block, the floor and whether there is a concierge or a fob for the bin store. If we have to pay for parking, we add what it costs us and no more.
Hendon station, on Station Road, has Thameslink trains, with Brent Cross West one stop south. Our Colindale page covers the new towers to the north around the Northern line station, and the Hendon page covers the streets to the east around Hendon Central. For anywhere else in the borough, see our Barnet page.
We started in 2014, more than 300 letting agents now use us, and tenants have won back £1.2m in deposits. Google reviewers rate us 4.7. A clerk or agent who finds something we missed has 48 hours to tell us, and we send someone back to fix it without charge.
West Hendon end of tenancy FAQs
I rent a two-bed in one of the Hendon Waterside blocks. What will I pay?
£243 at the fixed price, plus £31 if you add the single oven.
My flat is half of a converted terrace near Station Road. Is that priced as a flat?
Yes. A one-bed conversion is £207 and a two-bed £243, the same as any flat with that many bedrooms.
Building work next door has covered my balcony in dust. Is that part of the clean?
The balcony doors, frames, tracks and the inside of the glass are. Tell us when you book if the balcony floor needs washing too, so we allow the time.
Does the clean help if my landlord tries to keep part of the deposit?
It gives you a professionally cleaned flat to set against the inventory. If the agent or clerk raises something within 48 hours, we come back. A 50% deposit holds your date, and the rest is due once the clean is done.