Brent · NW10 · Patio and decking cleaning
Same-week slots · Fully insured · Local Kensal Green and Kensal Rise fitters · Fixed written pricesKensal Green and Kensal Rise NW10 is a regular stop on our Brent round. Chamberlayne Road's independents and the great Victorian cemetery, so patio and decking cleaning here is quoted on the street the job is on — from £4.50, in writing, with insured fitters, every fixing torqued, and the flat-pack packaging taken away.
Overview
This page prices patio and decking cleaning for Kensal Green and Kensal Rise NW10 specifically: mainly Victorian stock, 30% privately rented and 3,940 households in total. Work starts at £4.50, fixed in writing, with parking and London Borough of Brent permit rules costed before an insured fitter travels.
How it works
Step 1
Concrete, natural stone, softwood or composite, roughly the area, and whether there's an outside tap or the flat needs water carried up by bowser.
Step 2
Priced per square metre for the surface you have, with oiling, re-staining or a bowser water supply shown as separate lines rather than bundled in.
Step 3
Furniture and planters moved, deck board gaps cleared of leaf litter, and algae or lichen in shaded corners given a biocide soak before washing.
Step 4
Concrete at full strength; natural stone, softwood and composite all stepped down to protect the surface, using a wide fan nozzle on composite specifically.
Step 5
Softwood decking is left to dry before any oiling; drainage outlets on roof terraces are checked clear; furniture is put back once the surface is dry underfoot.
Why choose us
One technician for a standard garden patio or deck; two for a roof terrace or balcony where water has to be carried up by bowser and furniture moved through a lift or stairwell. Narrow terraced streets, permit bays and railway bridges with height limits.
Same-week across every borough, with weekend slots common through spring and early summer when garden and roof-terrace use picks up. Kensal Rise (Overground) is the nearest station, so a NW10 visit rarely needs a whole morning set aside.
We expect lath and plaster over timber studs in NW10, with solid brick on the party and external walls — and with 30% of homes here privately rented, it sets the booking date as often as the job does in NW10, and we carry the anchors, through-fixings and long bits that match. The mistake we spend most time undoing here is a plasterboard plug spun into lime plaster in NW10, which crumbles the key and drops the panel — measured on the walk in from Kensal Rise (Overground) rather than assumed from a map.
Wastewater containing detergent or biocide is contained and directed away from surface water drains during the clean, and drainage outlets on roof terraces and balconies are checked and cleared as part of the visit.
Fixed prices
| Job | From | Typical time | What sets the price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Concrete flag patio, per m² | £4.50 | By area | Manufactured concrete flags take a standard rotary surface cleaner at full pressure without any risk to the finish. |
| York stone or sandstone patio, per m² | £6.50 | By area | Natural stone is more porous and softer than concrete, so it's cleaned at a lower pressure with a specialist stone-safe cleaner rather than the standard detergent. |
| Softwood decking clean, per m² | £5 | By area | Softwood boards need the pressure kept low and the nozzle kept moving, since a static jet will fur the grain and shorten the board's life. |
| Composite decking clean, per m² | £5.50 | By area | Composite boards need a wide fan nozzle and a lower bar pressure than timber, since a narrow jet can strip the capping layer that gives composite its colour and grip. |
| Decking oiling or re-staining after cleaning, per m² | £4 | Added to visit | Softwood decking needs re-oiling once dry to stay weatherproof; this is priced as a separate pass because it can only start once the boards have fully dried out. |
| Roof terrace or balcony deck, per m² | £7 | By area | No mains tap on most roof terraces means water is carried up by bowser, and drainage outlets have to be checked and cleared as part of the visit, not just the deck surface. |
Concrete flag patio, per m²
£4.50 · By area
Manufactured concrete flags take a standard rotary surface cleaner at full pressure without any risk to the finish.
York stone or sandstone patio, per m²
£6.50 · By area
Natural stone is more porous and softer than concrete, so it's cleaned at a lower pressure with a specialist stone-safe cleaner rather than the standard detergent.
Softwood decking clean, per m²
£5 · By area
Softwood boards need the pressure kept low and the nozzle kept moving, since a static jet will fur the grain and shorten the board's life.
Composite decking clean, per m²
£5.50 · By area
Composite boards need a wide fan nozzle and a lower bar pressure than timber, since a narrow jet can strip the capping layer that gives composite its colour and grip.
Decking oiling or re-staining after cleaning, per m²
£4 · Added to visit
Softwood decking needs re-oiling once dry to stay weatherproof; this is priced as a separate pass because it can only start once the boards have fully dried out.
Roof terrace or balcony deck, per m²
£7 · By area
No mains tap on most roof terraces means water is carried up by bowser, and drainage outlets have to be checked and cleared as part of the visit, not just the deck surface.
Domestic prices are the total you pay; managing agents and landlords are invoiced plus VAT at 20%. Furniture moved off the patio or deck before cleaning and put back after, and clearing debris from drainage gaps between deck boards, are included. Where a bowser or extended hose run is needed for a flat with no outside tap, that's shown as its own line.
Scope
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Coverage
Also in this area
Block paving, resin-bound and imprinted concrete driveways cleaned, resanded and sealed.
Front paths, side returns and communal walkways cleaned without disturbing loose flags.
The wider outdoor jet washing hub covering every hard surface we clean.
New garden furniture built and levelled on the patio or deck once it's clean.
Two crew and a Luton or tipper; three where everything has to be carried through a hallway.
A full top-to-bottom clean of the property once it has been emptied.
Cuttings, turf and soil taken to a licensed composting site rather than to landfill.
Working in Kensal Green and Kensal Rise
The NW10 stock around Kensal Green Cemetery is mainly Victorian. ONS records 55% flats, 45% houses and 3,940 households in Kensal Green and Kensal Rise.
30% of households rent privately and 49% own, which is why patio and decking cleaning demand here peaks around tenancy changeovers and completion dates.
Walls are lath and plaster over timber studs in NW10, with solid brick on the party and external walls — and with 30% of homes here privately rented, it sets the booking date as often as the job does, so the fixing that matters in Kensal Green and Kensal Rise is chosen on site — the usual failure here is a plasterboard plug spun into lime plaster in NW10, which crumbles the key and drops the panel — measured on the walk in from Kensal Rise (Overground) rather than assumed from a map.
Anyone who knows Kensal Green and Kensal Rise knows the pattern near Kensal Green Cemetery: chamberlayne Road's independents and the great Victorian cemetery. We plan the NW10 visit around it. Kensal Green and Kensal Rise is outside the Congestion Charge zone but inside ULEZ; our vehicles are compliant, so nothing is added for it.
Narrow terraced streets, permit bays and railway bridges with height limits. Nearest station is Kensal Rise (Overground), and one technician for a standard garden patio or deck; two for a roof terrace or balcony where water has to be carried up by bowser and furniture moved through a lift or stairwell.
Area at a glance
Who lives in Kensal Green and Kensal Rise and what they live in decides how patio and decking cleaning is quoted and how long a visit takes. These are the published Census 2021 figures for the Kensal Green neighbourhood itself — not Brent-wide averages, and not estimates.
9,941
Residents
Kensal Green neighbourhood, Census 2021
3,940
Households
Median age 37.8
Flats vs houses
Residents by sex
Single-person households
30%
Privately rented
29.9%
Source: ONS Census 2021 via Nomis (TS008, TS041, TS007A, TS044, TS054, TS003), MSOA geography. Figures cover the ONS neighbourhood Kensal Green (E02000125) — the published geography that covers Kensal Green and Kensal Rise, not the whole borough. Neighbourhood names: House of Commons Library MSOA Names (OGL). Coordinates for the NW10 district: 51.5412, -0.2482 — Outward postcode centroid, postcodes.io (Ordnance Survey Open Data).
50 in Kensal Green and Kensal Rise, with 30% one-person households here, and every job is quoted as a fixed written price before a fitter is booked around Kensal Rise (Overground). Surface material first — natural stone and composite decking cost more per square metre than concrete because both need a lower pressure that takes longer to cover the same area — then access, since a roof terrace with no outside tap needs water carried up rather than run from a hose in this 55% flats neighbourhood, with 3,940 households on this patch.
Yes — IKEA, Argos, Wayfair, Made and independent brands are all built to the manufacturer's instructions on the Kensal Green and Kensal Rise rounds, with 30% of NW10 homes being privately rented. We are independent of every retailer; the names simply describe what we assemble in Kensal Green and Kensal Rise most weeks for Kensal Green and Kensal Rise (NW10) addresses, with this being a short walk from Kensal Rise (Overground).
5–2 hours. Sliding-door and corner wardrobes take two to four times as long because the tracks have to be dead level on NW10 jobs, with this being a short walk from Kensal Rise (Overground).
That is exactly why we build in the room it will live in in Kensal Green and Kensal Rise. With 55% of Kensal Green and Kensal Rise homes being flats, narrow hallways and tight turns are the norm on this side of Brent — and 21% social-rented stock nearby, with this being London Borough of Brent territory, so anything that will not pass a doorway once assembled is built where it stands.
Wastewater containing detergent or biocide is contained and directed away from surface water drains during the clean in Kensal Green and Kensal Rise — and 45% of Kensal Green and Kensal Rise homes being houses, with 49% owner-occupation locally, and drainage outlets on roof terraces and balconies are checked and cleared as part of the visit. That paperwork is what most Brent letting agents and managing agents ask for before work starts in a leasehold flat around Kensal Rise (Overground), with this being a short walk from Kensal Rise (Overground).
Replacing rotten, cracked or delaminating deck boards — that's a repair job, quoted separately by our decking team; Repointing or re-bedding natural stone patio slabs that have come loose or sunk; Deep oil or paint staining that has soaked into porous stone and may need professional poulticing rather than a surface wash; Structural work on raised decking or a roof terrace balustrade across NW10 — and this being London Borough of Brent territory, with 30% one-person households here, which needs a qualified joiner or builder. Anything outside that scope is quoted separately so the Kensal Green and Kensal Rise NW10 price you agree is the price you pay on this side of Brent, with Brent parking rules in play.
All three. With 30% of Kensal Green and Kensal Rise privately rented and 49% owner-occupied, roughly half the NW10 diary is agent- or landlord-instructed and invoiced separately from the person at the door on NW10 jobs — and 3,940 households on this patch, with 30% of NW10 homes being privately rented.
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Free quote · 1-hour reply
Two ways to go: price it yourself on the quote page, or pick a slot on the live booking calendar. Kensal Green and Kensal Rise NW10 jobs are confirmed in writing before anyone travels, and the same crew covers the rest of brent.
No deposit is taken until the price and slot are confirmed in writing.
