Greater London · 33 boroughs
After Builders Cleaning in London
Post-construction cleaning that clears fine plaster and MDF dust from the places builders' sheeting never reached — trickle vents, radiator fins, socket faces, window rebates and the tops of every door. Priced against what was built and how well the site was protected, not by the hour.
- £1m public liability
- Basic DBS-checked teams
- Since 2019
- Rough, main and sparkle stages timed to your handover
- HEPA extraction, dust-sealed rooms, paint-safe methods
- DBS-checked teams, £1m public liability
- Parking, permits, ULEZ and Congestion Charge included
- Boroughs covered
- 33Boroughs covered
- Areas with their own page
- 329Areas with their own page
- Sparkle clean from
- £135Sparkle clean from
- Re-sparkle promise
- 72hrRe-sparkle promise
How it is priced
Site protection decides the hours
Sheeted and protected — sparkle only
Floors were covered, doorways were zipped and the trades vacuumed as they went. What is left is film, labels, fingerprints and a fine settled layer: one pass, top down, then glass and floors.
Normal builders' aftermath — the usual booking
Some protection, some not. Plaster and MDF dust on every horizontal surface, paint specks on glass and ironmongery, grout haze on new tiles, silicone smears and sanding dust in the carpet pile. Two passes minimum, because dust falls again.
Unprotected site, heavy plaster or brick dust
Structural work, chasing, floor levelling or a wall coming down with nothing sheeted. Dust is in the cavities, the cabling runs, the radiator fins and the carpet backing. Three passes, extra filters and a longer rest-and-return before the sparkle.
The three stages
Rough clean, main clean then the sparkle
3 stages · 26 checked items · every one of them in London
Stage 1 — builders' rough clean
As the trades finish, before second fix
Get the volume of debris and heavy dust out so the remaining trades are not walking it back through the property. Booked by contractors far more often than by homeowners.
- Loose debris, offcuts and packaging bagged and removed
- Protective sheeting and tape lifted and taken away
- Floors swept and HEPA-vacuumed of bulk plaster and MDF dust
- Plaster splash knocked off floors, cills and ironmongery
- Adhesive labels stripped from glazing, sanitaryware and appliances
- Wet trades' residue cleared from sinks, traps and gullies
- Site made safe and walkable for the next trade
Stage 2 — the main after builders clean
Once all trades are off site
The real work: every horizontal and vertical surface in the property taken top down with HEPA extraction, twice, because fine dust falls again the moment you disturb it.
- Ceilings, coving, cornices and light fittings high-dusted
- Walls wiped or dry-sponged where the finish allows
- Every ledge: door tops, architraves, skirtings, boxing-in, cable ledges
- Radiators front, back and between the fins
- Sockets, switch plates, thermostats and smoke detectors
- Grout haze, silicone smears and paint specks blade-lifted
- New joinery inside and out — cupboards, wardrobes, drawer runners
- New sanitaryware, taps, screens and shower trays
- New appliances de-filmed inside and out, seals and filters
- Window frames, cills, reveals, tracks, trickle vents and drainage channels
- All glass and mirrors cleaned streak-free
- Floors last: correct product for the finish, edges and corners by hand
Stage 3 — the sparkle before handover
Handover, photography or move-in day
Dust settles twice. The sparkle catches the second fall plus anything the snagging trades brought back, and it is what the client, the photographer or the buyer actually sees.
- Second HEPA pass on every horizontal surface
- Fingerprints off glass, ironmongery, switch plates and appliances
- Chrome, brassware and mirrors polished
- Any snagging-trade dust and boot marks cleared
- Floors re-mopped or buffed to the finish
- Walk-round with you or your project manager, snag list signed off
- Photographs of each room for the client file on request
Not included
- Rubble, plasterboard, tiles and heavy construction waste — that goes with your contractor's licensed disposal
- Asbestos-suspect material of any kind; work stops and you are told immediately
- Hoarding licences and highway permits for the works themselves
- Making good: filling, sanding, touching in paint or re-siliconing
- Removing paint or adhesive where the manufacturer says the finish cannot take it
- Scaffold-height external glazing without the correct access equipment
- Garden clearance, spoil removal and landscaping waste
- Commissioning, testing or cleaning inside live electrical or gas equipment
- Anything that risks damaging a brand-new finish — we flag it in writing rather than gamble
Fixed prices
London after builders cleaning prices by project size
| Project | Protected site | Full builders clean | Team | What's included |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single room refit (kitchen or bathroom) | £135 | £135 | 1–2 cleaners | Protective film and adhesive labels off, paint and silicone specks blade-lifted from glass and tiles, grout haze cleared, unit interiors and drawer runners vacuumed, plaster dust off every ledge, new appliance interiors and seals, floor washed to the edges. |
| Two rooms or a knock-through | £135 | £135 | 2 cleaners | Both rooms plus the corridor the dust travelled down: skirtings, architraves, door tops, sockets and switch plates, radiator backs and fins, window frames, tracks and trickle vents, all glass inside and out where reachable. |
| Rear extension or loft conversion | £135 | £135 | 2 cleaners | New glazing and roof lights de-filmed and blade-cleaned, plaster dust HEPA-lifted from every surface twice, bifold or sliding-door tracks and drainage channels cleared, new floor sealed-finish washed with the correct product, plus the rooms the extension opens onto. |
| Whole flat refurbishment (1–2 bed) | £135 | £135 | 2–3 cleaners | Full three-stage clean of every room, MVHR and trickle vent grilles, all cupboard and wardrobe interiors, new bathroom and kitchen detail passes, balcony glass and channel, and a communal-corridor dust check at your front door. |
| Whole house refurbishment (3 bed) | £135 | £135 | 3 cleaners | Every room, stairs, landings and loft room, two bathrooms, all new joinery inside and out, radiators, boxing-in, cabling ledges, garage or utility, plus a final sparkle pass on the day of handover or photography. |
| Whole house refurbishment (4 bed) | £135 | £135 | 3–4 cleaners | Everything above across a larger footprint: multiple bathrooms, second staircase or basement, utility and boot room, extensive glazing, and a scheduled return visit between second fix and handover. |
| 5 bed+, new build or fit-out | £135 | £135 | 4+ cleaners | Programmed multi-day clean for developers, contractors and self-builders: builders' clean, pre-handover clean and final sparkle, with a signed-off snag sheet and photographic evidence for the client file. |
All prices are in GBP and are the price you pay. Domestic work is supplied VAT-free where the cleaner is self-employed; builder, developer, contractor and managing-agent contracts invoiced through the company are quoted plus VAT at 20%, with a purchase-order reference and payment terms agreed before the visit.
Builders' waste and packaging removal — £90 per van load
Offcuts, packaging, protective sheeting and empty tins taken away under our upper-tier waste carrier registration, with a waste transfer note issued. Rubble, plasterboard and hazardous materials are quoted separately.
Post-construction carpet extraction — £55 per room
Dry HEPA passes first to lift sanding and plaster dust out of the backing, then hot-water extraction. Skipping the dry stage just turns dust into a paste — so we never do it the other way round.
External window and frame clean — £75 per property
Reach-and-wash on new glazing, frames, cills and reveals to third floor, including mortar splash and render spray. Above that needs access equipment and a separate quote.
Cement and grout haze removal — £60 per room
pH-appropriate haze remover with dwell time on new porcelain, natural stone and terrazzo, then a neutralising rinse so the sealer is not compromised.
Paint, plaster and adhesive removal from floors — £65 per room
Blade and solvent work matched to the floor finish — engineered oak, LVT, resin, tile or stone — with a test patch first. Included on small areas; priced when it is the main job.
MVHR and extract filter change — £45 per unit
Grilles, ducts at the terminal and the unit filters. Construction dust destroys MVHR filters, and leaving them in circulates it around a finished flat for months.
Second sparkle visit before handover — £120 per visit
Booked for the morning of the photography, viewing or client handover, after snagging trades have been back. Dust settles twice; this is the visit that makes the photographs work.
Patio, path and driveway wash-down — £95 per property
Jet wash of mortar splash, plaster runoff and tyre marks on new or existing hard landscaping, plus a drain and gully clear.
How the project runs
From programme to sign-off
- Tell us the works, not just the bedroomsA single kitchen refit, a rear extension, a loft, a whole-house refurb or a new-build handover are different jobs. Say what was done and whether the site was sheeted — that decides the stages and the hours, not the floor area.
- Get a fixed price and a slot in your programmeThe estimate is fixed against the works, the dust level and any add-ons. Parking, permits, ULEZ, HEPA machines, filters and products are already inside it, and we book around your trades rather than across them.
- Stage 1 while the last trades finish, if you need itContractors usually book a rough clean so the site stays workable: debris and sheeting out, floors HEPA-vacuumed, labels off, everything safe for second fix and snagging.
- Stage 2 — the full post-construction clean, top downOnce the site is clear, a DBS-checked team works ceiling to floor with HEPA extraction: high dusting, ledges, joinery, glass, sanitaryware, appliances, then floors last — twice over, because fine dust falls again.
- Stage 3 sparkle, walk-round and the re-sparkle promiseWe come back for a sparkle pass on handover, photography or move-in day and walk the property with you against a snag sheet. If dust settles again within 72 hours, we return and put it right free.
Coverage
Choose your borough then your area
Central London
- After builders cleaning in City of LondonEC1, EC2, EC3, EC4 · 10 areas
- After builders cleaning in WestminsterW1, W2, W9, SW1 · 15 areas
- After builders cleaning in CamdenNW1, NW3, NW5, NW6 · 16 areas
- After builders cleaning in IslingtonN1, N4, N5, N7 · 11 areas
- After builders cleaning in Kensington and ChelseaSW3, SW5, SW7, SW10 · 11 areas
- After builders cleaning in HackneyE5, E8, E9, N1 · 15 areas
- After builders cleaning in Tower HamletsE1, E2, E3, E14 · 14 areas
- After builders cleaning in SouthwarkSE1, SE5, SE15, SE16 · 14 areas
- After builders cleaning in LambethSE1, SE11, SE24, SE27 · 12 areas
North London
- After builders cleaning in BarnetN2, N3, N11, N12 · 12 areas
- After builders cleaning in EnfieldEN1, EN2, EN3, N9 · 8 areas
- After builders cleaning in HaringeyN4, N6, N8, N10 · 7 areas
- After builders cleaning in BrentNW2, NW6, NW9, NW10 · 10 areas
- After builders cleaning in HarrowHA0, HA1, HA2, HA3 · 10 areas
- After builders cleaning in Waltham ForestE4, E10, E11, E17 · 5 areas
East London
South London
- After builders cleaning in GreenwichSE2, SE3, SE7, SE9 · 10 areas
- After builders cleaning in LewishamSE4, SE6, SE8, SE12 · 12 areas
- After builders cleaning in WandsworthSW11, SW12, SW15, SW17 · 8 areas
- After builders cleaning in MertonSW19, SW20, CR4, SM4 · 6 areas
- After builders cleaning in CroydonCR0, CR2, CR5, CR7 · 10 areas
- After builders cleaning in SuttonSM1, SM2, SM3, SM5 · 6 areas
- After builders cleaning in Kingston upon ThamesKT1, KT2, KT3, KT5 · 8 areas
- After builders cleaning in BromleyBR1, BR2, BR3, BR4 · 11 areas
- After builders cleaning in BexleyDA1, DA5, DA6, DA7 · 7 areas
West London
- After builders cleaning in Hammersmith and FulhamW6, W12, W14, SW6 · 9 areas
- After builders cleaning in EalingW3, W5, W7, W13 · 9 areas
- After builders cleaning in HounslowTW3, TW4, TW5, TW7 · 7 areas
- After builders cleaning in Richmond upon ThamesTW1, TW2, TW9, TW10 · 11 areas
- After builders cleaning in HillingdonUB3, UB4, UB7, UB8 · 8 areas
Questions
London after builders cleaning questions, answered
£135 — the after-builders figure on our national rate card at /prices, whatever the size of the works.
Protective film, foam and adhesive label removal from glazing, appliances, ironmongery and sanitaryware; cement and grout haze from new tiling; paint, plaster and silicone specks blade-lifted from new finishes; M-class HEPA extraction of fine dust from ledges, radiator fins, tracks, vents and cavities; MVHR and extract filter changes; and a second pass, because construction dust settles twice.
Three to four hours for a single-room refit, six to eight for an extension or loft, seven to ten for a whole flat, one to one and a half days for a 3-bed house and two to three days for a large house or fit-out. Protection matters more than floor area: an unprotected site takes roughly a third longer.
All 33 London boroughs and 329 named areas, from the Congestion Charge zone out to the Greater London boundary. Every area has its own page with local renovation context and permit reality; enter your postcode in the quote form to confirm your street.
Yes. Stage 1 is a builders' rough clean during second fix so the site stays workable. Stage 2 is the full post-construction clean once every trade is off site. Stage 3 is the sparkle, booked for handover, photography or move-in morning. Book one, two or all three.
Packaging, protective sheeting, offcuts and light debris from £110 a quarter van load under our upper-tier waste carrier registration, with a waste transfer note. Rubble, plasterboard, tiles and hazardous material must go through your contractor's licensed disposal route.
No, because they are matched to the finish and test-patched first. We follow manufacturer care sheets for engineered oak, resin, terrazzo, quartz, powder-coated aluminium and fresh paint, keep caustics and abrasives out of the van, and put anything questionable in writing before we touch it.
A large share of our London work is contractor-side: site inductions, agreed programmes, purchase orders, VAT invoicing, multi-plot rates and photographic sign-off per room for the client file.
Every cleaner is identity-checked, reference-checked and DBS-screened, and we carry £1m public liability plus treatment risk cover. Certificates and our waste carrier registration are available on request before the visit.
Tell us within 72 hours — a photo by message is enough — and we come back and re-sparkle free of charge. We also walk the property with you against a snag sheet before we leave.
Book your London builders clean
Fixed price on screen, sparkle timed to your handover, and a 72-hour re-sparkle promise. Call 020 3633 4555 or get your price online in under a minute.
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