Greater London · Carpet cleaning
Carpet Cleaning in London
Fitted carpet, stair runners and rugs cleaned across all 33 London boroughs and 329 named areas. We test the fibre before anything is sprayed, price per room rather than per hour, and give you a drying time you can plan around.
- £1m public liability
- Basic DBS-checked teams
- Since 2019
- Fixed price from £2.4 per room — £65 minimum visit
- Wool, synthetic, sisal and viscose each get their own method
- 2–6 hour drying window, air movers as standard
- Permits, parking and ULEZ already inside the price
The service, London-wide
One method never fits every London carpet so we test first
A Victorian terrace with a wool stair runner, a purpose-built tower with a sealed flat and no cross-ventilation, and a high-churn rental needing a dated receipt for a check-out are three completely different jobs. London holds all three within a mile of each other, which is why we choose the method at the door from a fibre test rather than selling one process to everybody.
Every borough below has its own page, and every named area under it has one too — with local housing context, the demand profile that stock produces, honest guidance on which marks will lift, and its own questions answered.
- Boroughs covered
- 33Boroughs covered
- Areas with their own page
- 329Areas with their own page
- Per room from
- £2.4Per room from
- Typical drying window
- 2–6hrTypical drying window
Five methods
The fibre decides the method not the price list
Hot water extraction (steam)
Pre-spray, mechanical agitation with a brush or rotary tool, dwell time, then a high-pressure rinse recovered instantly by a powerful vacuum so the pile is left damp, never wet.
Best for: Synthetic wall-to-wall carpet, stairs and landings, heavy family soiling and anything that has never been professionally cleaned.
Drying: 2–6 hours with air movers running
What it cannot do: It cannot be used aggressively on wool or jute without risking shrinkage, browning and cellulosic wicking.
Low-moisture and dry compound
A damp absorbent compound or a light misted pre-spray is worked through the pile with a counter-rotating brush, then vacuumed out with the soil bound to it.
Best for: Wool carpet, sisal, seagrass and jute, delicate weaves, and any room that has to be back in use within the hour.
Drying: Walk-on almost immediately, fully dry in 30–60 minutes
What it cannot do: It will not pull deep, ground-in soil out of a carpet that has been left ten years — that needs extraction.
Encapsulation
A polymer chemistry is applied and agitated; it crystallises around the soil as it dries so the next vacuum pass lifts it away rather than re-depositing it.
Best for: Large open areas, communal corridors, managed blocks and office carpet tiles where downtime has to be near zero.
Drying: 30–60 minutes
What it cannot do: It is a maintenance method, not a restoration one — it will not rescue a badly soiled or urine-affected carpet.
Bonnet / rotary pad
An absorbent pad on a rotary machine lifts surface soil from the top third of the pile after a light pre-spray.
Best for: Interim maintenance between full cleans, hotel corridors and short loop-pile commercial carpet.
Drying: 30–90 minutes
What it cannot do: It only cleans the top of the pile, so we never sell it as a deep clean.
Rug hand cleaning
Fibre and dye tested first, dry-soil removal, then a hand clean matched to the construction with the fringes detailed separately and the rug dried flat and groomed.
Best for: Wool, silk, viscose and antique or oriental rugs, plus any rug sitting on a hard floor that has to be protected.
Drying: 4–12 hours depending on pile depth and ventilation
What it cannot do: Viscose rugs will never look factory-new after any wet process — we say so before we touch one.
Scope
What every London booking includes and what it does not
Included in every visit
- Pre-inspection and a fibre test, so the method is chosen before anything is applied
- Furniture moved where it is safe to do so, with sliders under the feet and foam blocks under the legs on the way back
- Door-frame and corner protection so nothing is scuffed dragging hoses through
- A thorough pre-vacuum — most soil in a carpet is dry, and extraction alone will not lift it
- Pre-spray, dwell time and mechanical agitation rather than a single wet pass
- Grooming after cleaning so the pile dries standing up and looks even
- Air-mover speed drying and a realistic walk-on time confirmed before we leave
Not included — and why
- Carpet repairs, re-stretching, re-fitting and seam work — a fitter's job, not a cleaner's.
- Permanent dye loss and bleach spots — colour repair is a specialist trade and we refer it out rather than pretend a clean will fix it.
- Flood, escape-of-water and sewage restoration — that is a drying and remediation job with its own equipment and insurance route.
- Underlay replacement, including where pet urine has penetrated below the backing.
- Guaranteed removal of set-in dye stains. Nobody reputable guarantees it, because a dye stain has chemically changed the fibre — the colour is no longer sitting on the carpet, it is part of it.
How the clean runs
From first message to walk-on time
- Tell us the rooms, stairs, rugs and any problem stainsRoom count and rough sizes, whether the hall, stairs and landing are carpeted, how many rugs and what they are made of, plus a photo of anything that worries you.
- Fixed price per room or per job, no survey neededYou get a fixed figure by message or phone, with the minimum charge, the add-ons and the realistic drying time stated in writing before you book.
- Technician arrives with professional extraction equipmentMachine, hoses and air movers in, furniture protected, door frames and corners guarded, and the traffic route through the property agreed first.
- Fibres identified, stains pre-treated, then deep cleanedA fibre test decides the method. Stains are pre-treated by type, the carpet is pre-sprayed and agitated, then cleaned with extraction, low-moisture or dry compound as appropriate.
- Groomed, speed-dried and a walk-on time confirmedThe pile is groomed so it dries standing, air movers go on, and we tell you exactly when you can walk on it and when furniture can come off the blocks.
Fixed prices
Carpet cleaning prices in London per room, not per hour
| Job | From | To | Time on site | Drying | What it covers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single small room | £45 | £55 | 2–4 hrs | Under 12m² — box bedroom, study or small dining room, pre-vacuumed, pre-sprayed and extracted. | |
| Standard room | £55 | £70 | 3–5 hrs | 12–20m² — the average London lounge or double bedroom, furniture moved where safe and put back on blocks. | |
| Large or through-lounge | £75 | £95 | 3–6 hrs | Over 20m², including knocked-through reception rooms and open-plan living space in newer conversions. | |
| Hall, stairs and landing | £65 | £90 | 3–6 hrs | The single most-ordered job in the category — priced as a package including spindles, risers and winder treads. | |
| Each additional room | £30 | £40 | 3–5 hrs | Added to any booking on the same visit — the machine is already set up, so the marginal rate drops. | |
| Whole house — 2 bedrooms | £175 | £215 | 4–6 hrs | Two bedrooms, lounge, hall, stairs and landing cleaned in one visit. | |
| Whole house — 3 bedrooms | £215 | £265 | 4–6 hrs | Three bedrooms, lounge, hall, stairs and landing — the classic London family semi or terrace. | |
| Whole house — 4 bedrooms | £265 | £330 | 5–7 hrs | Four bedrooms plus reception rooms, hall, stairs and two landings where the layout runs to three storeys. | |
| Whole house — 5 bedrooms or more | £330 | £430 | 5–8 hrs | Larger family houses quoted on room count and fibre, with two technicians so the drying window stays sensible. | |
| Rug — small (up to 4m²) | £40 | £60 | 2–8 hrs | Synthetic rugs cleaned in place; wool, silk and antique rugs assessed and cleaned low-moisture with fringe detailing. | |
| Rug — large (over 6m²) | £75 | £130 | 4–12 hrs | Room-size rugs on hard floors, cleaned in situ with a protective barrier underneath. Wool and delicate fibres carry a surcharge. | |
| Stain-only call-out | £65 | £95 | 1–3 hrs | One or two problem spots treated with the correct chemistry — subject to the minimum charge. | |
| Communal corridor — per floor | £55 | £85 | 30–60 min | Encapsulation cleaning for managed blocks, scheduled around residents with fast walk-on times. | |
| Office carpet — per m² | £2.4 | £3.2 | 1–6 hrs | Commercial contract carpet cleaned out of hours by extraction or encapsulation, minimum charge applies. |
£65 minimum charge per visit. All prices are in GBP and include VAT. A minimum charge of £65 applies to any visit, so single small rooms and stain-only call-outs are quoted against it rather than billed below cost. Heavily soiled or urine-affected carpet sometimes needs a second pass — where it does, we quote it before we start rather than adding it to the invoice afterwards.
Coverage
Choose your borough then your area
Central London
- Carpet cleaning in City of LondonEC1, EC2, EC3, EC4
- Carpet cleaning in WestminsterW1, W2, W9, SW1
- Carpet cleaning in CamdenNW1, NW3, NW5, NW6
- Carpet cleaning in IslingtonN1, N4, N5, N7
- Carpet cleaning in Kensington and ChelseaSW3, SW5, SW7, SW10
- Carpet cleaning in HackneyE5, E8, E9, N1
- Carpet cleaning in Tower HamletsE1, E2, E3, E14
- Carpet cleaning in SouthwarkSE1, SE5, SE15, SE16
- Carpet cleaning in LambethSE1, SE11, SE24, SE27
North London
East London
South London
- Carpet cleaning in GreenwichSE2, SE3, SE7, SE9
- Carpet cleaning in LewishamSE4, SE6, SE8, SE12
- Carpet cleaning in WandsworthSW11, SW12, SW15, SW17
- Carpet cleaning in MertonSW19, SW20, CR4, SM4
- Carpet cleaning in CroydonCR0, CR2, CR5, CR7
- Carpet cleaning in SuttonSM1, SM2, SM3, SM5
- Carpet cleaning in Kingston upon ThamesKT1, KT2, KT3, KT5
- Carpet cleaning in BromleyBR1, BR2, BR3, BR4
- Carpet cleaning in BexleyDA1, DA5, DA6, DA7
Questions
London carpet cleaning questions, answered
A standard London room is £55–£70, hall, stairs and landing from £55, and the minimum charge on any visit is £65. Prices are fixed per room or per job before we arrive — never by the hour — and parking, permits and ULEZ are already inside the figure.
Hot water extraction leaves the pile damp rather than wet and is walk-on in 2–6 hours with air movers running. Encapsulation and dry compound methods are walk-on in 30–60 minutes, which is why we use them in sealed flats and communal corridors where you cannot cross-ventilate.
Yes, and we test the fibre before anything is applied. Wool and wool-mix get a pH-neutral, controlled-moisture clean; sisal, seagrass and jute get a dry compound only, because water browns them permanently. Viscose rugs are cleaned with the honest warning that they never return to a factory-new look after any wet process.
No, and anyone promising otherwise is selling you something. Tannin, protein, grease and ink respond well to the right chemistry. Dye stains, bleach spots and pile-crush have chemically or physically changed the fibre, so we identify those before we start rather than after you have paid.
We cover all 33 London boroughs and 329 named areas, each with its own page, local pricing context and FAQs. Pick your borough below to find your area, or call us and we will confirm the slot and the price in one call.
Yes — this is one of the most common bookings we take in London. You get a dated receipt itemising the address, the date and the rooms cleaned, which is what an inventory clerk or agent asks for when a deposit deduction is being argued.
Move small and fragile items and clear the floor of anything loose. We move sofas, beds and tables where it is safe to do so, put sliders under the feet and foam blocks under the legs on the way back, and leave heavy fitted units and anything with a risk of damage in place.
Surface urine, yes — an enzyme treatment breaks down the salts causing the odour rather than perfuming over them, and it is £18 per room. Where urine has soaked through the backing into underlay or floorboards, no surface clean fixes it and anyone telling you otherwise is selling you a return visit. We check with a moisture meter and tell you which of the two you have before you commit.
Every 12 months for a household with pets or young children, and every 18 months without them. Hall, stairs and landing wear roughly three times faster than bedrooms, which is why the HSL is priced as its own package. Rented homes should be cleaned at every check-out as a minimum, since most London tenancy agreements ask for a professional receipt at the end.
Yes. Every technician carries public liability and treatment-risk cover, arrives in branded uniform and works to a written method statement you can ask to see before the job starts.
Prefer to send photos and get a fixed price back? Use thecarpet and upholstery cleaning quote form — it takes about two minutes and there is no obligation.
Book carpet cleaning in London
Fixed price on screen, the right method for your fibre, and a realistic drying window. Call 020 3633 4555 or get your price online in under a minute.
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Carpet & Rug Cleaning reviews from Greater London customers
Sardar and his assistant Shaheen did an amazing job cleaning my apartment including deep cleaning the kitchen , bathrooms, wooden floors as well as carpets ! They were detailed , efficient , quick and left the flat looking fabulous ! Highly dependable - would love to work with them again !
We did an end of tenancy cleaning service with Hello cleaners last month at Camden. The team was very professional right from booking to completion. Dhaval and team did an excellent job, and the cleaning quality especially of carpets and wooden flooring was of a very high standard. Highly recommended!
Cleaned nicely,very good communication and friendly. The stains didnt go away,as its been there too long on washing machine.
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