Floor cleaning in London, Liverpool and Manchester

Floor cleaning starts at £85 for wood, laminate or vinyl, £98 for tile and grout, and £111 for natural stone like marble or travertine. We match the method and the pH to the material, lift ground-in dirt out of grout lines and stone pores, and can reseal stone or polished concrete afterwards so it stays cleaner for longer. We cover London, Liverpool and Manchester. That is the short answer; the detail is below.

Floor cleaning sounds like one service. It is closer to eight. Wood, tile, stone, laminate, vinyl, LVT, rubber and polished concrete each want their own chemistry, their own kit, and in a couple of cases their own water temperature. Use the wrong product on engineered wood for two years and you take the finish off it. Put a domestic tile cleaner on marble and you etch it, visibly, in twenty minutes. No supermarket label tells you that. We have cleaned floors properly across London, Liverpool and Manchester since 2014, and a fair share of our calls are floor rescues, people whose last cleaner has ruined something expensive. From £85 for a typical living room, kit and products included. Ring 0333 555 2076 for a price on the phone. The detail is below.

Last updated April 2026. Covering Greater London (all boroughs, Zones 1 to 6 and most of the M25 catchment), Greater Liverpool and Greater Manchester.

Why floor cleaning is trickier than it looks

Most people assume a hoover, a mop and something from Waitrose covers it. For day-to-day maintenance, that is fine. You do not need us weekly. What a mop and a supermarket cleaner cannot do is shift the residue, film and embedded grit that builds up over months and years in the places a mop never reaches. Grout lines are basically little sponges for whatever is in your mop water. Every surface clean, the grout drinks a bit more. Two or three years on, the grout is darker than the day it went down, and no amount of mopping touches it.

The other thing households get wrong is chemistry. We see it constantly. Hardwood should never meet alkaline cleaner, and alkaline is what sits in most general-purpose floor products. Natural stone, marble, limestone, travertine, some sandstone, reacts to anything below pH 7 by etching, yet lemon juice, vinegar and most bathroom tile sprays are acidic. Laminate hates moisture, and a domestic mop leaves too much water behind, so the joints swell and the boards lift at the seams. Each mistake hides for a year or two, then suddenly does not. Professional floor cleaning is half knowing which chemistry goes where, and half having the kit to reach into the pores and the pile of the material instead of pushing water around on top of it.

Right. Enough of the lecture. Here is what we actually do.

Floor types we clean, and how

Hardwood and engineered wood

Solid oak, solid walnut, parquet, original Victorian boards, and engineered wood (a veneer on plywood, roughly four in five “wooden” floors in modern UK homes) look alike and behave differently. Both want pH-neutral cleaner, low moisture, and a flat microfibre system rather than a slop-bucket mop. We use a dedicated wood-floor cleaner with a buffing pad on anything that has lost its sheen, and a penetrating conditioner on floors that have dried out. Where the finish has worn through to bare wood, common on kitchen thresholds and around children’s chair legs, we can still clean it, but it will need a re-finish to restore it, which is a specialist trade rather than a cleaning job. We tell you straight when you have reached that point. From £85 for a typical 15 sq m room.

Natural stone: marble, limestone, travertine, granite, slate

Stone is the floor that goes most dramatically wrong when it is cleaned badly. Acidic products etch marble and limestone on contact. Not over time. On contact. We use stone-specific neutral cleaners and rotary buffers to work the product into the porosity. On sealed stone, and most residential stone is sealed, that is usually enough. On unsealed or stripped floors we often suggest a re-seal after cleaning, which protects the stone for 2 to 3 years and makes it far easier to clean from then on. We also polish honed or scratched marble, which is a diamond-pad job rather than a chemical one. That is a separate service to a basic clean and costs more, so ring us with your situation. From £111 for a typical stone-floor room, £4 to £6 per sq m for re-sealing.

Tile and grout

The most common job, and the one where the change is usually most dramatic, because grout darkens slowly enough that nobody clocks it until they see it next to a freshly cleaned patch. We put down an alkaline grout cleaner, leave it to dwell for ten minutes, run a rotary grout brush along every line, then extract so the dirty water leaves the floor instead of sinking back in. Grout that has been grey for five years often comes back to close to its original colour. Porcelain, ceramic, quarry tile, Victorian encaustic (the patterned kind in period hallways) and concrete tile all handled. Quarry and encaustic get a gentler approach, as they are more porous than modern tile. From £98 for a typical kitchen or bathroom floor. Grout re-colouring, as opposed to cleaning, is a different trade and we do not do it, which is worth knowing if your grout is damaged rather than just dirty.

Laminate, vinyl and LVT

Low moisture, neutral chemistry, no abrasives. Laminate in particular cannot take standing water and wants a damp-only mop, never a wet one. Luxury vinyl tile and sheet vinyl are more forgiving, but they still do better with a proper cleaner than with general-purpose products, which leave a film that dulls the floor within six months of it going down. From £85 for a typical room. If the laminate has already lifted at the joints or started to swell, cleaning will not reverse that, and we flag it rather than pretend otherwise.

Polished concrete, rubber and linoleum

Less common in homes, more common now in kitchens and extensions. Polished concrete wants a neutral cleaner and regular burnishing to hold the sheen, and most households undercare for it. Rubber flooring, gym rooms and utility rooms, scrubs up well with alkaline cleaner but needs a proper rinse. Genuine linoleum, the real thing, not vinyl sold as lino, is alkaline-sensitive and wants neutral products. From £98, depending on the material and the condition.

When floor cleaning actually matters

Honest answer: less often than the marketing suggests. Monthly mopping with the right product, plus one proper professional clean a year, covers most homes. Here is where a professional clean earns its keep.

• Before you put a property on the market. Clean floors are the single most effective visual upgrade for listing photos, and agents keep telling us floor condition sways offers in a way buyers never quite put into words. Do it before the photographer comes round.
• End of tenancy. Landlords are fussy about floors, because replacing them is dear. A professional clean with a receipt is cheap insurance against deposit deductions. See end of tenancy cleaning.
• After builders. Construction dust settles into grout, into wood grain, into any porous surface, and it is murder to get out with domestic kit. We sometimes run it in two stages: HEPA hoover, then a full clean once the fine dust has stopped re-settling. See after builders cleaning.
• Pet accidents. Urine on untreated stone or wood etches into the surface within hours. If it has come through carpet backing to the floor below, you have a smell that gets worse in humid weather. Fast, proper treatment is often the line between cleanable and replace.
• After illness or an incident. Vomit, blood, any biological mess. We treat these with enzyme products that break the organic material down rather than mask it.
• After a leak or a flood. Different job. A floor that has been genuinely wet has to dry out first, which is a restoration specialist’s work, and only then does it get cleaned.

What it costs

The prices below include products, equipment and travel inside our standard coverage area. A big continuous area, an open-plan kitchen, a hall running through to a living room, a whole ground floor, comes down on a per-square-metre basis, because the setup time stays the same however much floor we cover.

Minimum booking is £95, because below that it is not worth getting the van and the kit out. Full pricing across every service is on the prices page.

What actually happens on the day

1. Arrival and inspection. We check the material, and if you are not sure what your floor is, we tell you. There is a small moment of clarity when someone finds out their “solid wood” floor is engineered, or the other way round. We assess the condition, separate damage from dirt, and flag anything that will not respond to cleaning, so there are no surprises.
2. Prep. We move light furniture, sofas, chairs, rugs, and work around the heavy pieces. If you want the whole floor done, shift what you can before we arrive.
3. Dry prep. Full hoover with commercial kit first. Wet cleaning before dry removal turns grit into sandpaper against the surface.
4. Chemistry. Material-specific cleaner at the proper dwell time. Ten minutes on grout. Five on sealed stone. Spray-and-go on wood, which should never sit in solution.
5. Mechanical work. Rotary buffer for wood, stone and concrete. Grout brush for tile lines. Microfibre flat mop for laminate and vinyl. Extraction on heavily soiled tile and grout.
6. Rinse and dry. Neutral rinse on anything that has had alkaline or acidic product on it. Microfibre dry-off on wood and laminate. Fans on request to speed it along.
7. Walk-through. We show you the result. Anything you want gone over again, we do it there and then.

Services that often go together

• Carpet cleaning. Homes with a mix of carpet and hard floor get both done the same day. Different kit, same van, the logistics work.
• Deep clean. A whole-home reset. Floors are the biggest surface in any property, so skipping them makes the rest of a deep clean look flat.
• After-builders cleaning. Construction-dust work has to come before the final floor clean, or you are just pushing plaster slurry around.
• End of tenancy. Floors are one of the top three things inventory clerks pull you up on. Do not leave them out of the spec.
• Regular domestic cleaning. Between professional cleans, our weekly or fortnightly team keeps floors on the right chemistry, which makes the annual deep clean easier.

Frequently asked questions

How often should I have my floors professionally cleaned?

Most floors need a professional clean once a year. Busy households, young kids, pets, a lot of guests, often go every 6 to 9 months. Tile and grout in a kitchen or bathroom can stretch to 12 to 18 months. Hardwood in a quiet room can wait 18 to 24 months. The floor tells you. If it looks dull, or the grout has gone darker than you remember, it is time.

Can you clean all types of floor?

Yes. Hardwood, engineered wood, parquet, solid oak, tile (porcelain, ceramic, quarry, encaustic, Victorian), natural stone (marble, limestone, travertine, granite, slate), polished concrete, laminate, vinyl, LVT, linoleum and rubber. The method changes a lot between them, which is why the right product matters. If you are not sure what your floor is, we work it out on arrival.

Will cleaning damage my wooden floor?

Not with the right chemistry. Damage on wood comes from alkaline cleaners that strip the finish, too much water that swells the grain, and abrasive pads that scratch the sheen. We use pH-neutral wood cleaner, low moisture, and soft microfibre. We have cleaned thousands of wood floors without a damage claim. The ones we take over from other cleaners are often better after one visit than they have been in years.

What about grout that has gone completely black?

Heavily discoloured grout usually cleans up a lot with professional extraction. Grout that has soaked up mould or dye may not come all the way back to its original colour. We give you a straight expectation on arrival. If the grout is structurally damaged or stained past cleaning, the fix is re-colouring or replacement, which is a tiling trade, not a cleaning one, and we say so when that is the case.

Do you re-seal stone floors after cleaning?

Yes, on request. Sealing adds £4 to £6 per square metre and lasts 2 to 3 years on sealed residential stone. It makes future cleaning a lot easier, because the stone takes up fewer spills. Worth adding if your stone floor went down more than three years ago, or has started holding marks.

How long until I can walk on the floor after cleaning?

Wood, laminate and vinyl, about 30 minutes. Tile and grout, about an hour for a full cure. Sealed stone, an hour. If we have put a re-seal down, leave it 24 hours before heavy traffic and 72 hours before you put rugs or big furniture back.

Will you move my furniture?

Light furniture, sofas, dining chairs, small tables, yes. Heavy items, sideboards, bookshelves, beds, upright pianos, we work around. If you want the whole floor done, including under the heavy pieces, move them first or flag it when you book so we can plan it.

What if I do not know what type of floor I have?

Fine. We identify it on arrival. If it is ambiguous, and wood-effect floors that turn out to be LVT come up a lot, or tile that looks like stone, we test before we commit to a method. The material decides the chemistry, which is why a cleaner who starts without checking is the first thing to be wary of.

Can you remove pet urine damage from wood floors?

Sometimes. Fresh on a sealed floor usually cleans up fully with an enzyme treatment. Urine that has soaked through the finish into the grain leaves a dark stain that no surface clean reaches. The only fix there is sanding back and re-finishing that patch, which is a specialist trade. We tell you honestly which one yours is when we arrive.

Are your products safe around children and pets?

Yes, once dry. Our standard range is EU Ecolabel certified and low-VOC. For a household with eczema, asthma or chemical sensitivities, we carry a fragrance-free hypoallergenic range. Flag it when you book.

Is Monster Cleaning insured?

Yes. £5 million public liability, £10 million employer’s liability. Documents on request. Accidental damage is covered up to the policy limit.

What areas do you cover?

All London boroughs (Zones 1 to 6 and most of the M25 catchment), Greater Liverpool and Greater Manchester. Ring 0333 555 2076 with your postcode to confirm.

Ready to book?

Call 0333 555 2076. Tell us the floor type, how much of it, and the rough condition, and we will price it on the phone. Not sure what the floor is? We will work it out from a photo on WhatsApp, or on arrival. Out of hours, message us and we will ring back first thing.