Brent · NW10 · Patio and decking cleaning
Same-week slots · Fully insured · Local Neasden fitters · Fixed written pricesNeasden NW10 is a regular stop on our Brent round. The Hindu temple, the North Circular and industrial estates beside 1930s housing, 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
Patio and decking cleaning in Neasden NW10 is a fixed-price visit for renter-heavy homes in Brent, most of them inter-war. 3,586 households sit inside this NW10 patch, 51% of them flats, so we quote on access near BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir rather than a London average.
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. North Circular access is difficult; side streets are wide with driveways.
Same-week across every borough, with weekend slots common through spring and early summer when garden and roof-terrace use picks up. Neasden (Jubilee) is the nearest station, so a NW10 visit rarely needs a whole morning set aside.
We expect with solid brick on the party and external walls, over lath and plaster over timber studs — the reality on the streets around BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir 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 Neasden, which crumbles the key and drops the panel — which is why London Borough of Brent kerb rules get settled before the van is loaded.
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.
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Coverage
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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 Neasden
Census 2021 puts Neasden at 3,586 households with a median age of 35.2. The inter-war stock is renter-heavy, which is why 49% houses and 51% flats need different handling in NW10.
Owner-occupation runs at 35% in Neasden, so alongside the 47% rental churn there is steady planned work — refurbishments, downsizes and probate clearances booked weeks ahead.
Expect with solid brick on the party and external walls, over lath and plaster over timber studs — the reality on the streets around BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir behind the plaster in NW10. That is why fixings are picked in the room rather than off a van shelf, and why a plasterboard plug spun into lime plaster in Neasden, which crumbles the key and drops the panel — which is why London Borough of Brent kerb rules get settled before the van is loaded is the fault we are called back to undo.
Anyone who knows Neasden knows the pattern near BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir: the Hindu temple, the North Circular and industrial estates beside 1930s housing. We plan the NW10 visit around it. Neasden is outside the Congestion Charge zone but inside ULEZ; our vehicles are compliant, so nothing is added for it.
North Circular access is difficult; side streets are wide with driveways. Nearest station is Neasden (Jubilee), 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 Neasden 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 Neasden neighbourhood itself — not Brent-wide averages, and not estimates.
10,353
Residents
Neasden neighbourhood, Census 2021
3,586
Households
Median age 35.2
Flats vs houses
Residents by sex
Single-person households
28.4%
Privately rented
46.7%
Source: ONS Census 2021 via Nomis (TS008, TS041, TS007A, TS044, TS054, TS003), MSOA geography. Figures cover the ONS neighbourhood Neasden (E02000106) — the published geography that covers Neasden, 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 Neasden, and every job is quoted as a fixed written price before a fitter is booked for Neasden (NW10) addresses, with BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir a few streets away. 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 Neasden — and 28% one-person households here, with 49% of Neasden homes being houses.
Yes — IKEA, Argos, Wayfair, Made and independent brands are all built to the manufacturer's instructions on the streets near BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, with 19% social-rented stock nearby. We are independent of every retailer; the names simply describe what we assemble in Neasden most weeks across NW10, with 28% one-person households here.
5–2 hours. Sliding-door and corner wardrobes take two to four times as long because the tracks have to be dead level on the Neasden rounds, with 47% of NW10 homes being privately rented.
That is exactly why we build in the room it will live in on the streets near BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir. With 51% of Neasden homes being flats, narrow hallways and tight turns are the norm across NW10 — and 49% of Neasden homes being houses, with 3,586 households on this patch, so anything that will not pass a doorway once assembled is built where it stands.
Same-week across every borough, with weekend slots common through spring and early summer when garden and roof-terrace use picks up for Neasden (NW10) addresses, with Brent parking rules in play. Neasden sits close to Neasden (Jubilee), with 28% one-person households here, so we can usually add a NW10 job to an existing Brent round at short notice in Neasden.
North Circular access is difficult; side streets are wide with driveways on NW10 jobs. Where a permit or a suspended bay is needed in London Borough of Brent it is itemised on the quote before the visit, never added afterwards on the streets near BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir — and Brent parking rules in play, with this being London Borough of Brent territory.
Wastewater containing detergent or biocide is contained and directed away from surface water drains during the clean around Neasden (Jubilee), with 47% of NW10 homes being privately rented — and BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir a few streets away, 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 in this 51% flats neighbourhood, with BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir a few streets away.
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Two ways to go: price it yourself on the quote page, or pick a slot on the live booking calendar. Neasden 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.
