Housekeeping / Cleaner in Reading
Regular home cleaning and maid service on a schedule that suits you. Vetted, insured crews across RG1, RG2, RG30, RG31, RG6, RG7 — with a fixed price agreed before we start, from £45.
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Housekeeping / Cleaner · Reading
from £45
Fixed price, quoted before we arrive
- Postcodes
- RG1, RG2, RG30, RG31, RG6, RG7
- Availability
- 7 days
- Cover
- £1m liability
- Licence
- CBDU300454
What we can show you for Reading
Reading access and housing notes
RG1, RG2, RG30, RG31, RG6, RG7 housing stock and loading reality, written for Reading rather than the county.
Housekeeping / Cleaner in Reading: what actually matters here
Berkshire's largest town and its transport hub, where dense Victorian terraces off the Oxford Road and in Katesgrove meet a station quarter of new apartment blocks and the interwar suburbs of Tilehurst and Southcote.
The housing stock is Victorian and Edwardian terraces across RG1 and RG30, interwar and post-war semis at Tilehurst, Southcote and Whitley, and 2010s apartment blocks around the station and the Kennet, which decides the tools, protection and crew size we bring to a housekeeping / cleaner job.
Central Reading is a controlled parking zone with timed loading bays, Broad Street is pedestrianised to general traffic, and the terraced streets off the Oxford Road rarely have a dropped kerb, so we identify a legal stopping point and price the carry from there. Reading Borough residents book a slot at the re3 recycling centre at Smallmead, Island Road RG2 0RP — but the borough boundary is not the postal one: Purley on Thames and the western part of Tilehurst are West Berkshire, and Earley and Lower Earley in RG6 are Wokingham Borough, so tip and permit rules there are those councils', not Reading's.
We treat Reading as one service area: Katesgrove, Newtown, Coley and Whitley and the rest of RG1, RG2 and RG30 share the same housekeeping / cleaner price list and the same crews.
Reading is one of the larger settlements in the county, and addresses around Reading Abbey ruins and Forbury Gardens in particular tend to need the access details confirmed before the van is loaded — we ask about that at quote stage, not on the day.
What a housekeeping / cleaner job includes
Regular housekeeping is the same cleaner, on the same day, working to a list you set. It is ongoing maintenance rather than a one-off reset: kitchen, bathrooms, floors, dusting and bed changes on a weekly or fortnightly rhythm, with the visit length fixed so you know exactly what the week costs. Cleaning teams are directly employed and DBS-checked, which is why you get a named person rather than whoever is free.
Every visit
- Kitchen surfaces, hob, sink and appliance fronts cleaned down
- Bathrooms cleaned and disinfected — sanitary ware, screens, mirrors and floors
- All floors vacuumed and hard floors mopped
- Dusting of reachable surfaces, sills, shelves and skirtings
- Beds made or changed with linen you leave out, and bins emptied
On a rota you choose
- Inside the fridge, the microwave and the oven door glass
- Interior windows, doors and frames
- Under-bed and behind-sofa vacuuming
- Ironing and laundry cycles run during the visit
How it runs
- A named, DBS-checked cleaner on a fixed weekly or fortnightly slot
- A written task list agreed at the start and changed whenever you ask
- Products and machines supplied, or yours used if you prefer particular ones
- Key-holding or a smart-lock code arranged in writing, never informally
What changes the price on a housekeeping / cleaner job
- Pets and shedding change the vacuum time noticeably; tell us at quote stage so the visit is long enough rather than always overrunning.
- Holiday and sickness cover is arranged with a replacement from the same team, and you are told who is coming before the day — we would rather move the slot than send a stranger unannounced.
- The first visit almost always takes longer than the routine ones. Where a home has not been cleaned to standard recently, we quote a one-off deep clean first and then the regular slot maintains it — that is cheaper than paying deep-clean effort at housekeeping frequency forever.
- Clutter is the single biggest drag on a timed visit: a cleaner tidying is a cleaner not cleaning. Say which surfaces you want tidied and which left alone and the time goes where you want it.
Cleaning reviews from Berkshire customers
4.5 ★ from 3,131 Trustpilot reviewsThis five star review is for Nicole and Marius who performed a miracle on the house that was left in a mess after the first cleaning team that was sent by Hello Services. We specifically booked end of builders clean which doesn’t mean a simple mop up, it requires extra effort and plenty of time.… Read in full →
Ace team Had Nicoleta and her team clean our apartment yesterday - end of tenancy . Everything looked immaculate . The team reached on time and took 2 hours to clean up our 1 BHK flat . Very professional and highly recommended
From the very first email and quote till the very end - prompt, clear and friendly. Had the end of tenancy cleaning and I am absolutely happy with the job that Nicole and Marius did. Would definitely recommend and when needed, hire them again with no doubt. Good value for money as well.
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Where we cover around Reading
- KatesgroveRG1
- NewtownRG1
- ColeyRG1
- WhitleyRG2
- RedlandsRG1
- SouthcoteRG30
- NorcotRG30
- TilehurstRG31
- KentwoodRG31
- BattleRG1
- EarleyRG6
- Lower EarleyRG6
Housekeeping / Cleaner in nearby towns
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Recent jobs near you
Real jobs our crews have completed nearby, with the price the customer actually paid. Published with their permission.
End OF Tenancy Cleaning
Reading
August 2026
3 end of tenancy cleaning jobs completed in Reading in August 2026.
Oven Cleaning
Reading
July 2026
One oven cleaning job completed in Reading in July 2026.
Carpet Cleaning
Reading
July 2026
2 carpet & rug cleaning jobs completed in Reading in July 2026.
Reading questions, answered.
How quickly can you book housekeeping / cleaner in Reading?
Same-week slots are standard in Reading, with next-day often available midweek. Month-end tenancy changeovers are the busiest window across Berkshire, so book those a week or two ahead.
Do I get the same cleaner each time?
Yes, that is the point of a regular slot — a named cleaner on a fixed day. If they are on holiday or off sick we arrange cover from the same team and tell you who is coming beforehand.
Do I need to be home?
No. Most regular customers are at work. Key-holding or a smart-lock code is arranged in writing when the schedule is set up, so the arrangement is on record rather than a verbal favour.
Can I change what gets done?
Any time. The task list is yours — swap the ironing for the oven door, add the inside of the fridge one week, skip a bedroom nobody uses. Just tell us before the visit so the time is planned.
What is the notice period?
There is no tie-in contract. Give us reasonable notice to move or cancel a visit and there is no charge; if we turn up to a locked house with no notice, the visit is charged because the slot was held for you.