Harrow · HA3 · Driveway cleaning
Same-week slots · Fully insured · Local Kenton fitters · Fixed written pricesBooking driveway cleaning near Kenton Recreation Ground? Easy — driveways and wide roads on almost every street, and that is planned into the slot rather than discovered on the day. Prices start at £120 and are fixed before we travel. Units are built in the room they live in, then wall-anchored where they need it.
Overview
Booked mostly by owner-occupier-led households around Kenton, driveway cleaning here covers supply-free fitting from £120. With 16% of Kenton's 6,923 homes in flats, lift access and stair carries in HA3 shape the slot length we hold.
How it works
Step 1
Tarmac, block paving, resin-bound or imprinted concrete, and roughly how many square metres — that sets both the pressure setting and the price.
Step 2
Cleaning, any re-sanding or resealing and the tip fee for spent sand are shown as separate lines rather than folded into one number.
Step 3
A biocide is applied to joints and shaded corners before washing, because pressure alone leaves roots behind that regrow within weeks.
Step 4
Hot water for tarmac and concrete; a stepped-down pressure and softer head for block paving, resin-bound and imprinted surfaces.
Step 5
Kiln-dried sand is brushed and vibrated into block paving joints once dry; sealant is reapplied on resin-bound and imprinted concrete driveways that include it.
Why choose us
Same-week across every borough, with the pressure and nozzle setting confirmed from your photos before the technician is booked so it isn't decided on arrival. Kenton (Bakerloo, Overground) is the nearest station, so a HA3 visit rarely needs a whole morning set aside.
We expect cavity brickwork outside — and timber stud partitions inside, which is why London Borough of Harrow kerb rules get settled before the van is loaded in HA3, and we carry the anchors, through-fixings and long bits that match. The mistake we spend most time undoing here is a four-hole bracket with two screws in a stud and two in fresh air, as the Kenton stock goes, the reality on the streets around Kenton Recreation Ground.
Wastewater containing detergent or biocide is contained and directed away from surface water drains during the clean, in line with water company trade effluent guidance, rather than allowed to run off into the road gutter.
One technician and a van-mounted hot-water pressure washer for most driveways; two on larger block-paving jobs where re-sanding is included, since brushing sand in is a second task run alongside the wash. Easy — driveways and wide roads on almost every street.
Fixed prices
| Job | From | Typical time | What sets the price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tarmac or plain concrete driveway, up to 20m² | £120 | 1–1.5 hrs | A flat, sealed surface with no joints to protect, so it's the fastest and lowest-risk driveway to hot-water wash at full pressure. |
| Block paving clean only, per m² | £4.50 | By area | Block paving has hundreds of joints per square metre; the pressure is kept low enough not to blow the jointing sand out before we've had the chance to resand it. |
| Block paving clean and re-sand with kiln-dried sand, per m² | £7.50 | By area | Kiln-dried sand has to be brushed in and vibrated down into every joint once the paving is fully dry, which is what actually stops the blocks rocking loose over winter. |
| Resin-bound driveway clean, per m² | £5.50 | By area | Resin-bound surfaces are cleaned at a lower pressure with a soft rotary head, because a standard turbo nozzle can strip aggregate out of the resin binder. |
| Pattern-imprinted concrete clean and reseal, per m² | £6.50 | By area | Imprinted concrete needs its sealant reapplied after cleaning or the colour fades and the surface starts absorbing oil and tyre marks again within a season. |
| Oil stain or moss treatment, per stain or per m² | £15 / £3 | Added to visit | Oil needs a degreaser dwell time before the hot-water wash; moss and algae need a biocide treatment first so it doesn't just regrow from the roots left in the joints. |
Tarmac or plain concrete driveway, up to 20m²
£120 · 1–1.5 hrs
A flat, sealed surface with no joints to protect, so it's the fastest and lowest-risk driveway to hot-water wash at full pressure.
Block paving clean only, per m²
£4.50 · By area
Block paving has hundreds of joints per square metre; the pressure is kept low enough not to blow the jointing sand out before we've had the chance to resand it.
Block paving clean and re-sand with kiln-dried sand, per m²
£7.50 · By area
Kiln-dried sand has to be brushed in and vibrated down into every joint once the paving is fully dry, which is what actually stops the blocks rocking loose over winter.
Resin-bound driveway clean, per m²
£5.50 · By area
Resin-bound surfaces are cleaned at a lower pressure with a soft rotary head, because a standard turbo nozzle can strip aggregate out of the resin binder.
Pattern-imprinted concrete clean and reseal, per m²
£6.50 · By area
Imprinted concrete needs its sealant reapplied after cleaning or the colour fades and the surface starts absorbing oil and tyre marks again within a season.
Oil stain or moss treatment, per stain or per m²
£15 / £3 · Added to visit
Oil needs a degreaser dwell time before the hot-water wash; moss and algae need a biocide treatment first so it doesn't just regrow from the roots left in the joints.
Domestic prices are the total you pay; landlord, letting agent and managing agent invoices are plus VAT at 20%. Sweeping up loose debris, bagging spent sand and a rinse-down of adjoining paths disturbed by the work are included. Where a parking permit or bay suspension is needed to run hoses from the van it is itemised in the written quote.
Scope
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Sardar gave me a great spring clean and the patio clean with professional chemicals. It was fast and reliable service. Will definitely do it again!
Sardar jet washed my front and back patios. He did a great job, was on time, and communicated well. He checked that I was happy with the work and was very neat and tidy while working and afterwards.
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Coverage
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Rubble, plasterboard and strip-out waste cleared with waste transfer notes issued.
Working in Kenton
Kenton HA3 is inter-war and owner-occupier-led: 16% of homes here are flats and 84% are houses, across 6,923 households (ONS Census 2021).
Because 26% of Kenton is privately rented and 8% socially rented, a lot of HA3 work is agreed with a landlord or managing agent rather than the person opening the door.
Kenton substrates run to cavity brickwork outside — and timber stud partitions inside, which is why London Borough of Harrow kerb rules get settled before the van is loaded. Nothing is drilled until the wall has been sounded, because a four-hole bracket with two screws in a stud and two in fresh air, as the Kenton stock goes, the reality on the streets around Kenton Recreation Ground is the mistake that costs a HA3 customer twice.
Kenton is outside the Congestion Charge zone but inside ULEZ; our vehicles are compliant, so nothing is added for it. What shapes the job more is the neighbourhood itself — uniform interwar semis between Harrow and Wembley, quiet and residential — which is why a HA3 quote is not a Harrow average.
Easy — driveways and wide roads on almost every street. Nearest station is Kenton (Bakerloo, Overground), and one technician and a van-mounted hot-water pressure washer for most driveways; two on larger block-paving jobs where re-sanding is included, since brushing sand in is a second task run alongside the wash.
Area at a glance
Who lives in Kenton and what they live in decides how driveway cleaning is quoted and how long a visit takes. These are the published Census 2021 figures for the Kenton East and Kenton West neighbourhood itself — not Harrow-wide averages, and not estimates.
22,689
Residents
Kenton East and Kenton West neighbourhood, Census 2021
6,923
Households
Median age 38.4
Flats vs houses
Residents by sex
Single-person households
15.7%
Privately rented
25.6%
Source: ONS Census 2021 via Nomis (TS008, TS041, TS007A, TS044, TS054, TS003), MSOA geography. Figures cover the ONS neighbourhoods Kenton East, Kenton West (E02000449, E02006882) — the published geography that covers Kenton, not the whole borough. Neighbourhood names: House of Commons Library MSOA Names (OGL). Coordinates for the HA3 district: 51.5938, -0.3209 — Outward postcode centroid, postcodes.io (Ordnance Survey Open Data).
Tarmac or plain concrete driveway, up to 20m² starts at £120 in Kenton for Kenton (HA3) addresses — and this being a short walk from Kenton (Bakerloo, Overground), with 26% of HA3 homes being privately rented, and every job is quoted as a fixed written price before a fitter is booked. Surface type first, then area. Block paving and resin-bound surfaces cost more per square metre than plain concrete because the lower pressure needed takes longer to cover the same area on Harrow bookings, with 84% of Kenton homes being houses — and a median age of 38 in this neighbourhood, and re-sanding or resealing is a second pass, not an add-on to the wash.
Yes — IKEA, Argos, Wayfair, Made and independent brands are all built to the manufacturer's instructions for Kenton (HA3) addresses, with 16% one-person households here. We are independent of every retailer; the names simply describe what we assemble in Kenton most weeks, with 6,923 households on this patch.
5–2 hours. Sliding-door and corner wardrobes take two to four times as long because the tracks have to be dead level around Kenton (Bakerloo, Overground), with 66% owner-occupation locally.
That is exactly why we build in the room it will live in on the streets near Kenton Recreation Ground. With 16% of Kenton homes being flats, narrow hallways and tight turns are the norm for Kenton (HA3) addresses, with 16% of homes here being flats — and this being a short walk from Kenton (Bakerloo, Overground), so anything that will not pass a doorway once assembled is built where it stands.
Easy — driveways and wide roads on almost every street on this side of Harrow. Where a permit or a suspended bay is needed in London Borough of Harrow it is itemised on the quote before the visit, never added afterwards in this 16% flats neighbourhood — and a median age of 38 in this neighbourhood, with Kenton Recreation Ground a few streets away.
Wastewater containing detergent or biocide is contained and directed away from surface water drains during the clean, in line with water company trade effluent guidance, rather than allowed to run off into the road gutter in this 16% flats neighbourhood — and 16% one-person households here, with 84% of Kenton homes being houses. That paperwork is what most Harrow letting agents and managing agents ask for before work starts in a leasehold flat on this side of Harrow, with 8% social-rented stock nearby.
Replacing cracked, sunken or missing block paving units — that's a re-lay job, quoted separately by our paving team; Structural repointing of natural stone or brick driveways, which needs a mason rather than a pressure wash; Removing oil that has soaked deep into porous stone over years in Kenton — and this being a short walk from Kenton (Bakerloo, Overground), with 26% of HA3 homes being privately rented, which may need professional poulticing rather than a surface treatment; Driveways shared with an active vehicle crossover where traffic can't be paused for the duration of the clean. Anything outside that scope is quoted separately so the Kenton HA3 price you agree is the price you pay on this side of Harrow, with this being a short walk from Kenton (Bakerloo, Overground).
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Two ways to go: price it yourself on the quote page, or pick a slot on the live booking calendar. Kenton HA3 jobs are confirmed in writing before anyone travels, and the same crew covers the rest of harrow.
No deposit is taken until the price and slot are confirmed in writing.
