With Monster Cleaning, sofa cleaning in Barnet starts at £57 for a fabric two-seater, but we bill no visit under £67, so that sofa on its own comes to £67. Upholstery cleaning in Barnet covers fabric pieces only, and you keep off the cushions for 12 to 24 hours while they dry, whether the sofa sits in a Colindale block, a flat over the Golders Green parades or an Edgware semi.
Last updated November 2026.
Pick “Upholstery” in the booking form above and the price builds as you add pieces; within the hour, between 8am and 7pm, the office phones to agree a date. Prefer to talk? Ring or WhatsApp 0333 555 2076, list what needs doing and hear the price there and then.
What each piece costs
| Piece | Price |
|---|---|
| Minimum visit | £67 |
| Two-seater sofa | £57 |
| Each seat beyond two three-seater £83, four-seater £109 | £26 |
| Armchair | £33 |
| Dining or office chair | £13 or £11 |
| Mattress, single or double | £35 |
| Curtain, short drop | £35 |
| Curtain, long drop | £42 |
| Fabric protection | £13 a seat |
Upholstery cleaning
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A two-seater with an armchair comes to £90, or £92 with a mattress instead. A corner sofa, a recliner, a headboard or a king-size mattress gets a phone quote. Carpets can ride along with the same crew (bedroom £36, living room £43, a flight of stairs £41); see carpet cleaning in Barnet.
What can be cleaned, and how
Reading the care label
- W Water-based clean
- WS Water or solvent
- S Solvent only: checked on the day
- X Vacuum only
First comes the care label. W allows water-based cleaning and WS allows either method. S means solvent only, and since our machine works with water, an S piece is looked at on the day and you get a yes or no before it is touched. X means a vacuum only. Our care-label symbols page explains the tags.
After testing a hidden patch for colour and vacuuming with the cushions off, the technician lets a pre-spray suited to the fibre sit for around ten minutes. Then a small hot water wand rinses the cover and draws the water straight back up. The full sequence is on our upholstery cleaning page.
We do not clean leather, faux leather or part-leather pieces, nor antique furniture stuffed with horsehair or hessian; leather belongs with a leather specialist.
Marks, pet hair and drying
Every mark is pre-treated, and before the machine starts the technician tells you which ones look likely to shift; nobody can promise total removal. Fresh coffee, tea, wine, food, grease, make-up and sweat on the arms usually come up. Older wine or coffee, ink, curry and turmeric often stay as a paler mark. Bleach marks stay too, since the dye itself is lost. Urine that has reached the foam can be lessened, but the foam may have to be replaced.
Extraction pulls more pet hair and dander out of the weave than a home vacuum does; our guide to cleaning a sofa yourself deals with spills between visits. Allow 12 to 24 hours before anyone sits down; deep or feather cushions are slowest, so book a morning and open a window.
Lifts, fobs and lets in Colindale and Hendon
Colindale is mostly flats: three in four households in the Colindale South ward lived in a purpose-built block at the 2021 Census, more than in any other Barnet ward. The machine goes up in the lift if there is one, then along the corridor, so give the office the block and entrance, your floor, how the technician gets through the door (fob, intercom or concierge) and where a van can wait. The west side of the Edgware Road at Colindale is in Brent; for an address there, see upholstery cleaning in Brent.
Around the Middlesex University campus on The Burroughs, Hendon has plenty of rented flats and houses. A tenant moving out can have upholstery done alongside an end of tenancy clean in Barnet, at lower rates:
| Piece | Price |
|---|---|
| Two-seater sofa | £51, then £23 a seat |
| Armchair | £24 |
| Mattress | £29 |
| Curtains | £33 short drop, £37 long drop |
Mattresses, then curtains
A mattress is vacuumed, its sweat rings and other marks get a pre-treatment, and the clean itself uses little moisture: £35 for a single or double, king-size quoted by phone. It also takes 12 to 24 hours to dry, so make up a spare bed.
Curtains are charged per drop, a drop being a single panel measured from rail to hem: £35 short, £42 long. Each panel is looked at on the day, and before anything starts you hear whether it can be done in place and what it costs. Very dirty or delicate curtains have to come down and go elsewhere for cleaning.
Golders Green flats over the shops
The council’s conservation area description says Golders Green town centre, around the crossing of Finchley Road and Golders Green Road, is almost entirely shopping parades with homes on the floors above. For a flat over a shop, say which street door to use and how many flights there are, because the machine is carried up by hand.
In the wider Golders Green ward, one household in five lives in a flat or bedsit inside a converted or shared house (2021 Census), so mention the floor and whether the stairs are shared. If your road is in a controlled parking zone, a visitor permit for the van keeps parking off the bill. Next door, Childs Hill ward runs to the Camden boundary; homes over it are covered by upholstery cleaning in Camden.
Parking and access in Barnet
For a Barnet postcode the form charges nothing for street parking. When no free space turns up near you on the day, what the van pays to park goes on the bill at cost as a separate line, capped at £40 a visit, and you see the figure before you confirm the booking. A drive, a free bay or a visitor permit saves it, so say if you have one.
In a Barnet controlled parking zone, cars may only use marked bays, and each zone sets its own days and hours, which the council’s TraffWeb map shows street by street. Visitor permits last a day: virtual ones are held in a MiPermit account against a vehicle registration, while paper scratch cards arrive by recorded post and need at least five working days.
Around Copthall Stadium an event-day zone applies on Saracens home match days and two other major event days a year; inside it, choose another date. Indoors, leave a metre or so of floor free round each piece and take any rug out from under the sofa.
Edgware and Mill Hill: shop flats and driveways
Edgware town centre lies in both Barnet and Harrow, so give the full postcode when you book; homes on the Harrow side are covered by upholstery cleaning in Harrow. Along Station Road the flats sit above the shops in three- and four-storey brick buildings, reached through doorways between the shop fronts, and the councils’ joint plan notes several controlled parking zones on its streets.
Across the Edgware and Mill Hill wards, about six in ten households live in houses (2021 Census). If the van can pull onto your drive, tell the office: parking there is free, and the technician unloads at your front door.
Who does the cleaning
Our London teams make the Barnet visits and clean carpets with the same machines, while the office at 75 Shakespeare Avenue, Feltham (TW14 9HU, in Hounslow) handles bookings. Before going out alone, each technician is interviewed face to face, insured and trained against our 57-point checklist. See also our London upholstery page and prices page.
Finchley, Whetstone and High Barnet
Finchley has many flats carved out of houses: about one in six households in the Finchley Church End and West Finchley wards lived in a converted or shared house at the 2021 Census. Tell the office the floor, whether there is a lift and whether the flat has a street door of its own.
Whetstone and High Barnet have more houses and fewer flats than central Finchley; if yours has a drive the van can use, mention it when you book. The High Barnet ward runs to the Enfield boundary at Cockfosters, and addresses over it are covered by upholstery cleaning in Enfield.
Getting a date
On the phone or WhatsApp, list the pieces with sofa sizes, the fabric, any pets and the marks that worry you. A photo helps, and you hear the price on the same call.
- Phone and WhatsApp
- 0333 555 2076, 8am to 7pm
- office@monstercleaning.com
- Notice
- A few days is usually enough; same-day or next-day only with a technician nearby
- Changes
- £50 to move or cancel inside 48 hours
Frequently asked questions
What does a sofa clean cost in Barnet?
A two-seater is £57, each seat beyond two adds £26 and an armchair is £33. No visit is billed under £67, which is what a two-seater on its own comes to.
Can you clean a sofa on an upper floor of a Colindale block?
Yes. Give the block and entrance, the floor, whether there is a lift and how the technician gets in, plus where a van can stop.
Is a flat above a Golders Green shop a problem?
No. Say which street door to use and how many flights there are, so the technician knows how far the machine is carried.
Do you cover Edgware on the Harrow side as well?
Yes. The town centre is split between Barnet and Harrow, and our London teams cover both halves; give the full postcode so the office can check the parking.
Where does the van park in a Barnet parking zone?
A free bay, a drive or one of your visitor permits means no parking cost. Otherwise the van’s parking is billed at cost as a separate line, up to £40, and shown to you before you confirm. Near Copthall, avoid a Saracens home match day.
How soon can we use the sofa and the bed again?
After 12 to 24 hours. Thick or feather-filled cushions take the longest.
Do you clean leather or faux leather?
No. Only fabric is cleaned; for leather, faux leather or a sofa that mixes leather and fabric, use a leather specialist.
Can you shift the marks on my sofa or mattress?
Each is pre-treated and you hear first which look likely to shift, but complete removal is never promised.
How do I book, and how far ahead?
Use the form above, or call or WhatsApp 0333 555 2076 between 8am and 7pm. A few days ahead is usually enough, and a change made inside 48 hours costs £50.
Who are the technicians, and are they insured?
Yes. Every one is insured, interviewed face to face and trained on our 57-point checklist before working unsupervised.
Will you come back to re-clean the sofa?
No. The 48-hour re-clean belongs to our end of tenancy service, and even there it does not cover carpets or upholstery.
