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Carpet Cleaning in London

Fitted carpet, stair runners and rugs cleaned across all 33 London boroughs and 317 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.

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  • 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
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Illustration of carpet cleaning across London housing stock — a Victorian stair runner, a period front room rug, a new-build flat and a communal corridor

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
317Areas 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

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

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

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

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

How the clean runs

From first message to walk-on time

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
Illustration of six carpet cleaning methods — hot water extraction, dry compound brushing, encapsulation, bonnet pad, hand rug cleaning and stain protection

Fixed prices

Carpet cleaning prices in London per room, not per hour

Fixed carpet cleaning prices in London
JobFromToTime on siteDryingWhat it covers
Single small room£45£5530–45 min2–4 hrsUnder 12m² — box bedroom, study or small dining room, pre-vacuumed, pre-sprayed and extracted.
Standard room£55£7045–60 min3–5 hrs12–20m² — the average London lounge or double bedroom, furniture moved where safe and put back on blocks.
Large or through-lounge£75£951–1.5 hrs3–6 hrsOver 20m², including knocked-through reception rooms and open-plan living space in newer conversions.
Hall, stairs and landing£65£901–1.5 hrs3–6 hrsThe single most-ordered job in the category — priced as a package including spindles, risers and winder treads.
Each additional room£30£4025–40 min3–5 hrsAdded to any booking on the same visit — the machine is already set up, so the marginal rate drops.
Whole house — 2 bedrooms£175£2152.5–3.5 hrs4–6 hrsTwo bedrooms, lounge, hall, stairs and landing cleaned in one visit.
Whole house — 3 bedrooms£215£2653–4.5 hrs4–6 hrsThree bedrooms, lounge, hall, stairs and landing — the classic London family semi or terrace.
Whole house — 4 bedrooms£265£3304–5.5 hrs5–7 hrsFour bedrooms plus reception rooms, hall, stairs and two landings where the layout runs to three storeys.
Whole house — 5 bedrooms or more£330£4305–7 hrs5–8 hrsLarger family houses quoted on room count and fibre, with two technicians so the drying window stays sensible.
Rug — small (up to 4m²)£40£6030–45 min2–8 hrsSynthetic rugs cleaned in place; wool, silk and antique rugs assessed and cleaned low-moisture with fringe detailing.
Rug — large (over 6m²)£75£13045–90 min4–12 hrsRoom-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£9530–60 min1–3 hrsOne or two problem spots treated with the correct chemistry — subject to the minimum charge.
Communal corridor — per floor£55£8530–50 min30–60 minEncapsulation cleaning for managed blocks, scheduled around residents with fast walk-on times.
Office carpet — per m²£2.4£3.2By area1–6 hrsCommercial 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

All 33 boroughs, grouped by sub-region. Each borough page lists every area we cover with its own local page.
Read the carpet stain removal guide

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.

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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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