Croydon · CR5 · Patio and decking cleaning
Same-week slots · Fully insured · Local Coulsdon fitters · Fixed written pricesBooking patio and decking cleaning near Farthing Downs? Steep downland roads, easy driveway parking and a narrow high street, and that is planned into the slot rather than discovered on the day. Prices start at £4.50 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 Coulsdon South, patio and decking cleaning here covers supply-free fitting from £4.50. With 22% of Coulsdon's 6,754 homes in flats, lift access and stair carries in CR5 shape the slot length we hold.
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
Same-week across every borough, with weekend slots common through spring and early summer when garden and roof-terrace use picks up. Coulsdon South (Southern) is the nearest station, so a CR5 visit rarely needs a whole morning set aside.
We expect solid London stock brick; locally that also means some of it dry-lined during a later refurbishment, measured on the walk in from Coulsdon South (Southern) rather than assumed from a map in CR5, and we carry the anchors, through-fixings and long bits that match. The mistake we spend most time undoing here is fixings landing in soft lime mortar joints instead of the brick body, as the Coulsdon stock goes, the reality on the streets around Farthing Downs.
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.
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. Steep downland roads, easy driveway parking and a narrow high street.
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
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 Coulsdon
Coulsdon CR5 is inter-war and owner-occupier-led: 22% of homes here are flats and 78% are houses, across 6,754 households (ONS Census 2021).
With 12% private renting against 74% owner-occupied, most CR5 bookings land on a move-in day rather than a weekend.
Walls are solid London stock brick; locally that also means some of it dry-lined during a later refurbishment, measured on the walk in from Coulsdon South (Southern) rather than assumed from a map, so the fixing that matters in Coulsdon is chosen on site — the usual failure here is fixings landing in soft lime mortar joints instead of the brick body, as the Coulsdon stock goes, the reality on the streets around Farthing Downs.
Coulsdon 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 — downland village on the North Downs edge, with Farthing Downs above the town — which is why a CR5 quote is not a Croydon average.
Getting to the door matters as much as the job: steep downland roads, easy driveway parking and a narrow high street. Coulsdon South (Southern) is the nearest station, 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 Coulsdon 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 Coulsdon and Old Coulsdon neighbourhood itself — not Croydon-wide averages, and not estimates.
17,050
Residents
Coulsdon and Old Coulsdon neighbourhood, Census 2021
6,754
Households
Median age 40.6
Flats vs houses
Residents by sex
Single-person households
25.5%
Privately rented
11.8%
Source: ONS Census 2021 via Nomis (TS008, TS041, TS007A, TS044, TS054, TS003), MSOA geography. Figures cover the ONS neighbourhoods Coulsdon, Old Coulsdon (E02000234, E02000237) — the published geography that covers Coulsdon, not the whole borough. Neighbourhood names: House of Commons Library MSOA Names (OGL). Coordinates for the CR5 district: 51.3109, -0.1413 — Outward postcode centroid, postcodes.io (Ordnance Survey Open Data).
50 in Coulsdon, and every job is quoted as a fixed written price before a fitter is booked on Croydon bookings, with 14% social-rented stock nearby. 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 on the Coulsdon rounds — and a median age of 41 in this neighbourhood, with 78% of Coulsdon homes being houses.
Yes — IKEA, Argos, Wayfair, Made and independent brands are all built to the manufacturer's instructions on CR5 jobs, with Croydon parking rules in play. We are independent of every retailer; the names simply describe what we assemble in Coulsdon most weeks on the Coulsdon rounds, with 26% 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 in Coulsdon, with a median age of 41 in this neighbourhood.
That is exactly why we build in the room it will live in on Croydon bookings. With 22% of Coulsdon homes being flats, narrow hallways and tight turns are the norm on the streets near Farthing Downs, with Farthing Downs a few streets away, so anything that will not pass a doorway once assembled is built where it stands.
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 on the Coulsdon rounds, with this being London Borough of Croydon territory — and Farthing Downs a few streets away, which needs a qualified joiner or builder. Anything outside that scope is quoted separately so the Coulsdon CR5 price you agree is the price you pay for Coulsdon (CR5) addresses, with a median age of 41 in this neighbourhood.
All three. With 12% of Coulsdon privately rented and 74% owner-occupied, roughly half the CR5 diary is agent- or landlord-instructed and invoiced separately from the person at the door on the Coulsdon rounds — and 12% of CR5 homes being privately rented, with 78% of Coulsdon homes being houses.
Farthing Downs is the marker we route to around Coulsdon South (Southern), with this being a short walk from Coulsdon South (Southern), and steep downland roads, easy driveway parking and a narrow high street. A CR5 slot added to an existing Croydon round usually lands the same week rather than the next in Coulsdon, with 74% owner-occupation locally.
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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. Coulsdon CR5 jobs are confirmed in writing before anyone travels, and the same crew covers the rest of croydon.
No deposit is taken until the price and slot are confirmed in writing.
