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Jet Washing in Lee, SE12
In Lee (SE12) the usual instruction is a full block-paved driveway clean with kiln-dried re-sanding. Driveways on many streets; Lee High Road is a red route with short bays. The surfaces we meet on these Lewisham streets are block paving, imprinted concrete, concrete slab patios and long side returns, each taking a different pressure.
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- Since 2019
- Fixed price from £95 — £110 minimum visit
- Pressure set to the surface: soft wash on render, 60–80 bar on Victorian tile
- Kiln-dried re-sanding on block paving included, never an add-on
- London Borough of Lewisham permits, ULEZ and silt disposal inside the price
The service, locally
Jet washing in Lee
- Front path from
- £95Front path from
- Lee homes are flats
- 39%Lee homes are flats
- Surfaces on the matrix
- 8Surfaces on the matrix
- Households in Lee
- 6,151Households in Lee
Instant estimate
Price your Lee jet wash
Estimated for Lee SE12
£170 – £300
Typical time on site: 2–3 hours
- Block-paved driveway
- £170 – £300
£110 minimum charge per visit. Prices include VAT, water, power, permits and silt disposal. Nothing is added on the day without your written agreement first. Re-sanding on block paving and all edge detailing are already inside these figures — in London that is part of the job, not an add-on.
How it works
How jet washing in Lee works
- Send photosTwo pictures and a rough size get you a fixed written price the same working day.
- We clean and protectDrains guarded, plants sheeted, correct pressure for the surface, every edge detailed by hand.
- Re-sand and walk roundJoints re-sanded, silt taken away, before-and-after photos and a walk-round before we leave.
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Surface selector
Pressure, method and risk in Lee
Block paving
Jet130–150 bar, rotary headEnclosed rotary pass, then edges and manholes detailed by hand.
Risk: Sand blasted from joints, leaving blocks free to rock.
Full guide →Sandstone, limestone, York stone
Reduced80–110 bar, wide fanBiocide first, dwell, then a low-pressure lift that keeps the riven face.
Risk: Etching and zebra striping from a turbo nozzle.
Full guide →Pattern-imprinted concrete
Reduced100–120 bar, no turboWash off the failed seal, neutralise, dry, re-seal on a second visit.
Risk: Lifting colour hardener and exposing grey aggregate.
Full guide →Porcelain and vitrified paving
Reduced100 bar, fan lanceAlkaline pre-spray, agitate, rinse, then squeegee dry.
Risk: Grout washout and permanent hard-water spotting.
Full guide →Victorian tessellated path
Never pressure60–80 bar maximumHand work, pH-neutral chemistry, soft rotary at low pressure.
Risk: Losing tiles or blowing out lime pointing.
Full guide →Timber and composite decking
Reduced60–80 bar with the grainPercarbonate cleaner, dwell, wide fan drawn with the grain.
Risk: Furring soft-wood boards and lifting fixings.
Full guide →Render, brick and walls
Soft washUnder 40 barDilute biocide top down, left to work, controlled rinse.
Risk: Water driven through render cracks and stripped mortar.
Full guide →Communal bin stores and car parks
Jet150 bar, hot water90°C water with degreaser, rotary pass, drain guard on every gully.
Risk: Contaminated run-off entering a highway drain.
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Why Hello Services in Lee
Permits, ULEZ and parking included
In Lee, london Borough of Lewisham suspensions are arranged and paid for by us in this 39% flats neighbourhood, with a median age of 38 in this neighbourhood, so charging zones never reach your invoice. That covers driveway cleaning on Lee jobs too.
Pressure set from a test metre
For SE12 bookings, we work to the weakest material on site in this 39% flats neighbourhood, with 18% social-rented stock nearby — and 27% one-person households here, because joint sand washed out by the previous contractor, leaving blocks free to rock is what a rushed job leaves behind. Around Lee (Southeastern) we allow for the parking and the walk-in before the slot is confirmed.
Re-sanding included, never an add-on
Kiln-dried sand brushed and vibrated in on the day on SE12 jobs, with this being a short walk from Lee (Southeastern), then topped up once the surface dries.
Photographed before and after
Each SE12 visit is documented, so landlords and building managers get evidence without asking on the Lee rounds.
Fixed prices
Jet washing prices in Lee
| Job | From | To | Typical size | Time on site | What it covers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Front path and steps | £110 | £165 | up to 12 m² | 1–2 hrs | Tiles, threshold, step risers and gully |
| Patio — slab or natural stone | £140 | £260 | up to 35 m² | 2–4 hrs | Biocide, low-pressure lift, joints checked |
| Block-paved driveway | £170 | £300 | up to 45 m² | 3–5 hrs | Rotary clean, edge detail, re-sanding included |
| Imprinted concrete driveway | £200 | £340 | up to 45 m², clean only | 3–5 hrs | Cleaned and neutralised ready for sealing |
| Timber or composite decking | £120 | £220 | up to 25 m² | 2–3 hrs | Grain-direction wash, balustrade included |
| Garden and boundary walls | £95 | £190 | up to 20 linear metres | 1–3 hrs | Soft-wash biocide, copings and pier caps |
| Render or cladding soft wash | £240 | £460 | one two-storey elevation | half day | Pole soft wash, windows masked, plants sheeted |
| Communal bin store, walkway or car park bay | £180 | £380 | per zone | 2–5 hrs | Hot water, degreaser, drain guards, photo report |
£110 minimum charge per visit. Prices include VAT, water, power, permits and silt disposal. Nothing is added on the day without your written agreement first.
Same-visit bundles
Front-of-house reset
£240 – £400
Saves about £40 against separate visits
Driveway, front path, steps and boundary wall in one visit.
Back garden reset
£230 – £420
Saves about £45 against separate visits
Patio, decking, garden walls and the side return together.
Whole exterior
£520 – £900
Saves about £110 against separate visits
Every hard surface plus a render soft wash and gutter exterior.
Treatments and local costs
What can change the price in Lee
| Treatment | From | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Kiln-dried re-sanding | Included | included on block paving |
| Weed and moss root treatment | £35 | per driveway or patio |
| Impregnating or acrylic sealing | £7 | per m², minimum £180 |
| Oil and tyre-mark treatment | £45 | per patch area |
| Gutter, fascia and soffit wash | £95 | per elevation |
| Gully and channel-drain flush | £60 | per property |
| Graffiti and paint removal | Included | on survey |
Sealing always needs a separate dry visit — a sealer over damp stone blooms white.
- Parking and permits
- London Borough of Lewisham suspensions and visitor permits are arranged, paid for by us and already inside the quote.
- Charging zones
- Lewisham sits outside the Congestion Charge zone and inside ULEZ. Our vans are compliant, so ULEZ never reach your invoice.
- Water and power
- No outside tap or socket? We carry a bowser and a generator, and we never recharge metered water.
Scope
What is included in Lee
Included in every visit
- Written fixed price from your photos, before booking
- Drain guards on every gully, silt taken away
- Plants, doors, vents and air bricks sheeted first
- Kiln-dried re-sanding on all block paving
- Permits, ULEZ and parking arranged and paid for
Not included — and why
- Re-laying sunken or rocking paving — that is groundworks
- Guaranteed removal of deeply absorbed old oil
- Sealing on the same visit as the clean
- Roof tile pressure washing — roofs are soft-washed only
Coverage
Jet washing around Lee
Nearby areas we also jet wash
Related services
Other cleaning we run in Lee
Appliance and oven cleaning
Kitchen appliances in SE12 cleaned indoors while the outside dries.
Hoarder clean-up
Overloaded Lee yards and gardens cleared with care before any washing starts.
Pre-sale cleaning
Kerb appeal for an Lee listing — frontage washed before the photographer arrives.
After builders cleaning
Cement splash and skip marks off a SE12 frontage.
One-off deep cleaning
Inside and outside reset in the same Lee week.
End of tenancy cleaning
A green path fails a check-out as fast as an oven.
Carpet cleaning
Less grit walks in once the Lee path is clean.
Regular domestic cleaning
Weekly visits across SE12 with an annual outdoor reset.
Office cleaning
Entrances and forecourts around Lee kept presentable.
About the area
Lee in context
Manor House library, Lee Green's shops and streets of interwar houses. 1930s semis with drives, Victorian terraces and small blocks of flats, which is why SE12 work is dominated by block paving. The Manor House and its gardens is the landmark most customers navigate by.
Where Lee sits in our coverage
Everything we fit in Lee is booked through our jet washing in Lewisham page, which sits under jet washing across London. The same crew works the adjoining postcodes too — jet washing in Grove Park SE12 (under ½ mile), jet washing in Eltham SE9 (1.5 miles), jet washing in Hither Green SE13 (1.6 miles), jet washing in Lewisham SE13 (1.6 miles) and jet washing in Blackheath SE3 (1.7 miles). If your address sits on the boundary, book the closest page — the price and the crew are the same. For every trade we run at this postcode, see all services in Lee.
Most booked alongside this in Lee
Lee SE12 at a glance
Dwelling mix
39% flats · 61% houses · 6,151 households
Water hardness
250–350 mg/l — hard, so smooth surfaces are dried, not air-dried.
Dominant surface: block paving
- Area
- Lee, Lewisham
- Postcodes served
- SE12
- Nearest station
- Lee (Southeastern)
- Most-booked job
- a full block-paved driveway clean with kiln-dried re-sanding
- Watch out for
- joint sand washed out by the previous contractor, leaving blocks free to rock
- Charging zones
- Lewisham sits outside the Congestion Charge zone and inside ULEZ
- Residents (Lee)
- 15,387
- Households (Lee)
- 6,151
- Typical visit
- Half a day in SE12
Source: ONS Census 2021 via Nomis (TS008, TS041, TS007A, TS044, TS054, TS003), MSOA geography. Figures cover the ONS neighbourhoods Grove Park & Lee South, Lee (E02000668, E02000675) — the published geography that covers Lee, not the whole borough. Neighbourhood names: House of Commons Library MSOA Names (OGL).
Questions
Lee SE12 jet washing questions
A front path in SE12 starts at £95, a patio up to 35 m² runs £140–£260 and a block-paved driveway up to 45 m² runs £170–£300 with re-sanding included for Lee (SE12) addresses — and a median age of 38 in this neighbourhood, with 60% of Lee homes being houses. Minimum charge £110. Two photos get a fixed written price the same working day on Lewisham bookings.
Not when the pressure matches the material. Locally that means block paving, and the risk we guard against is joint sand washed out by the previous contractor, leaving blocks free to rock in this 39% flats neighbourhood, with this being London Borough of Lewisham territory. We test a hidden metre first and drop to soft washing, under 40 bar, on render, brick and fragile stone on Lewisham bookings, with this being a short walk from Lee (Southeastern).
Yes, and it is included. Kiln-dried sand is brushed and vibrated into the joints on the day in Lee, with a median age of 38 in this neighbourhood, then topped up again once the surface dries. Cleaning block paving without re-sanding leaves the blocks free to move and sink on Lewisham bookings.
Into our tank. Every gully gets a drain guard before we start, silt is vacuumed up and removed under our waste carrier licence for Lee (SE12) addresses — and 27% one-person households here, with 60% owner-occupation locally, and detergent never reaches a Lewisham highway drain. That is a legal requirement, not an extra.
Driveways on many streets; Lee High Road is a red route with short bays for Lee (SE12) addresses. London Borough of Lewisham suspensions and visitor permits are arranged and paid for by us and sit inside the quoted price in Lee, with 6,151 households on this patch. Where the only route to a back garden is through the house, we lay hose matting and wear boot covers on Lewisham bookings, with a median age of 38 in this neighbourhood.
Black spot lichen, yes — killed at the root with a biocide, fading over two to three weeks rather than on the day around Lee (Southeastern), with 27% one-person households here. Old oil soaked into porous concrete lightens with hot water and a poultice but rarely disappears in Lee, with Lewisham parking rules in play. We say so before you book.
Yes. Every area in Lewisham has its own page in Lee, and we cross borough boundaries constantly. If your address sits on the edge of SE12, book the nearest page and we will confirm the same fixed price on Lewisham bookings, with 27% one-person households here.
Source: ONS Census 2021, borough totals via Nomis (table TS008, TS041, TS007A, TS044, TS054, TS003). Figures describe the whole borough, the smallest area ONS publishes every one of these tables for.
Book jet washing in Lee SE12
Send two photos for a fixed written price the same working day. Permits, water, power, drain guards and re-sanding are already in the figure.
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