How much an end-of-tenancy clean costs
Prices for an end-of-tenancy clean vary more than most people expect, and not because companies charge differently for the same job. It is that the job is rarely the same. Here is what actually moves the price, and what to check before you accept a quote.
As a rough guide, a professional end-of-tenancy clean in the UK runs from around £120 for a small one-bedroom flat to £300 or more for a larger house, before extras like carpet cleaning. Those are ranges, not a quote, and the spread inside them is the interesting part.
A number on its own tells you very little. The same two-bedroom flat can sit at either end of that range depending on its condition, whether carpets and appliances are included, and how it was left. A cost guide that gives you a single figure per bedroom is quoting the job it hopes to get, not the one in front of it.
What moves the price
Four things account for most of the variation. Size, but measured in rooms and bathrooms rather than bedrooms, because a second bathroom adds more work than a second bedroom. Condition, which is the big one: a property left broadly tidy and one left after a long tenancy with no cleaning are different jobs at the same address.
Then inclusions. Carpet cleaning, internal windows and external areas are often quoted separately, so a low headline price can end up higher than a fuller one once the extras are added. And access: a same-day turnaround, a top-floor flat with no lift, or a property an hour from the nearest team all cost more to service.
Why a flat rate card is usually a warning
A fixed price per bedroom looks reassuring and often is not. It works for the company because it averages out: the easy jobs subsidise the hard ones, and if a property turns out worse than average, the corners come out of the clean rather than the price. For a letting agent that is the wrong trade, because the corner that gets cut is usually the one the inventory clerk photographs.
A scoped price is the alternative. Someone looks at the property or its check-out photos, prices the actual condition, and tells you what is and is not included. It takes a little longer to get and it is worth it, because the number you are given is the number that holds.
Send us the address and the check-out date, or a few photos, and we will scope it and confirm a price rather than quote a rate card.
Request a quoteGetting a price that holds
The quickest way to a reliable number is to give whoever is quoting enough to scope it: the size, the rough condition, whether carpets and appliances are in scope, and the date. The more specific you are, the less the price can move later, and the easier it is to compare two quotes that are genuinely for the same work.
