Cleaners in Deptford

Deptford is SE8, which is one of the two postcodes this firm already works from, so it is home patch rather than an outlying area. Everything from the DLR line north towards the Thames and the old dockyard site is a five minute run for our vans. A studio move-out is £156 and a two bedroom flat £243, the same as it is in SE13.

The market decides the hour, not the day

Deptford High Street trades a market most days, and the stretch by Market Yard in the arches behind the station fills early. If your flat is on the high street itself we will ask which end you are, then come before the stalls go up or after they have cleared, because there is nothing usable in between. Off the high street it is straightforward. This matters most for carpet work, where the machine stays in the van and the hose has to reach your door, and for an oven where trays are carried out to the tank and back. Plan around the stalls and the job runs to time.

Two kinds of property, two lengths of job

Deptford splits. There are the newer flats near the station and towards the creek, compact places with a single integrated oven and hard flooring through the living space, and those turn round in three or four hours at check-out. Then there are the older terraces and the ex-council blocks, bigger, with more floor and more kitchen, and those run longer. The banded price follows the bedroom count rather than the building, so a two bed is £243 either way and the extra hour is ours.

Timing matters more here than size does. SE8 turns over on twelve month tenancies like the rest of the borough, which loads the final Friday of every month, and booking a Friday check-out on the Wednesday before it is optimistic. Give us a week where you can.

Who owns the staircase

Plenty of the older houses were cut into an upper and a lower flat years ago, and in a converted house the communal stair belongs to the freeholder rather than to your tenancy. We cannot clean it unless the freeholder or the managing agent has asked for it, and a single tenant cannot usually authorise work on the shared parts. That has caught us out before. Sort out who is paying before the last morning rather than on it, and if the flight lands on you, stairs are £41 with the landing included and we do them while we are in the building anyway.

What gets booked in SE8

Move-outs lead, because the stock turns over quickly and the agents along the high street want the check-out clean documented. Ovens come second, and at £77 for a single it is the most booked item on our list, with a hob stripped down at £23 and an extractor at £28 if you want those doing at the same time. Weekly housework is growing here as well, mostly people who moved out of central London for the extra room and now have more floor than time, at £22 per cleaner per hour.

Where we draw the line

We will not promise that a shower screen scaled for five years comes back clear, because the glass underneath is usually etched and no chemical brings that back. Rubbish removal in any volume is a different trade with a licence behind it. Nothing above a two-step ladder, so no outside glass off the ground. We would rather say no on the phone than on your doorstep. Describe the flat honestly and the quote holds on the day.

We are in New Cross and Greenwich most weeks as well, both a few minutes away, so a boundary street changes nothing about the price. The full list is on the prices page, and what each part of the round tends to book is on the areas page.

Questions we get asked

Is Deptford inside your normal area?

Yes. SE8 is one of the two postcodes we work from, alongside SE13, so there is no travel charge and no call out fee. A one bedroom move-out clean is £207 here exactly as it is in the town centre.

Can you park near Deptford High Street?

Not while the market is running. High street addresses get booked before the stalls go up or after they clear, and we work from the side streets otherwise. It changes the hour rather than the price.

How much is a one bed end of tenancy clean in Deptford?

£207, fixed, with the single oven included. Carpets are counted on top from £36 a bedroom if the agent has asked for them, and a stair flight with its landing is £41.

Do you clean the communal stairs in a converted house?

Only when the freeholder or the managing agent books it. A single tenant cannot usually authorise work on the shared parts, so agree who is paying before the last morning rather than during it.