Greenwich · SE7 · Patio and decking cleaning
Same-week slots · Fully insured · Local Charlton fitters · Fixed written pricesCharlton SE7 is a regular stop on our Greenwich round. Jacobean Charlton House, the Valley stadium and riverside retail parks, 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
Booked mostly by social-housing-led households around Charlton, patio and decking cleaning here covers supply-free fitting from £4.50. With 48% of Charlton's 5,904 homes in flats, lift access and stair carries in SE7 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
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. Match-day restrictions at the Valley, steep village hill and riverside estate roads.
Same-week across every borough, with weekend slots common through spring and early summer when garden and roof-terrace use picks up. Charlton (Southeastern) is the nearest station, so a SE7 visit rarely needs a whole morning set aside.
We expect precast concrete panels and dense blockwork; locally that also means often with surface conduit — and with 28% one-person households in Charlton, one adult is usually the only pair of hands on site in SE7, and we carry the anchors, through-fixings and long bits that match. The mistake we spend most time undoing here is drilling blind into a panel with reinforcement or a buried cable behind it on these streets — which is why Royal Borough of Greenwich 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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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 Charlton
Walk Charlton from Charlton House outwards and the mainly Victorian pattern is obvious: 48% of the 5,904 households in SE7 live in flats, 52% in houses.
Owner-occupation runs at 41% in Charlton, so alongside the 20% rental churn there is steady planned work — refurbishments, downsizes and probate clearances booked weeks ahead.
Walls are precast concrete panels and dense blockwork; locally that also means often with surface conduit — and with 28% one-person households in Charlton, one adult is usually the only pair of hands on site, so the fixing that matters in Charlton is chosen on site — the usual failure here is drilling blind into a panel with reinforcement or a buried cable behind it on these streets — which is why Royal Borough of Greenwich kerb rules get settled before the van is loaded.
Anyone who knows Charlton knows the pattern near Charlton House: jacobean Charlton House, the Valley stadium and riverside retail parks. We plan the SE7 visit around it. Charlton is outside the Congestion Charge zone but inside ULEZ; our vehicles are compliant, so nothing is added for it.
Match-day restrictions at the Valley, steep village hill and riverside estate roads. Nearest station is Charlton (Southeastern), 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 Charlton 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 Charlton Slopes and Charlton Village neighbourhood itself — not Greenwich-wide averages, and not estimates.
15,665
Residents
Charlton Slopes and Charlton Village neighbourhood, Census 2021
5,904
Households
Median age 36
Flats vs houses
Residents by sex
Single-person households
28.3%
Privately rented
20.2%
Source: ONS Census 2021 via Nomis (TS008, TS041, TS007A, TS044, TS054, TS003), MSOA geography. Figures cover the ONS neighbourhoods Charlton Slopes, Charlton Village (E02000324, E02000326) — the published geography that covers Charlton, not the whole borough. Neighbourhood names: House of Commons Library MSOA Names (OGL). Coordinates for the SE7 district: 51.4841, 0.0339 — Outward postcode centroid, postcodes.io (Ordnance Survey Open Data).
50 in Charlton, and every job is quoted as a fixed written price before a fitter is booked, with 5,904 households on this patch. 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 around Charlton (Southeastern) — and Greenwich parking rules in play, with a median age of 36 in this neighbourhood.
Yes — IKEA, Argos, Wayfair, Made and independent brands are all built to the manufacturer's instructions for Charlton (SE7) addresses, with 38% social-rented stock nearby. We are independent of every retailer; the names simply describe what we assemble in Charlton most weeks in this 48% flats neighbourhood, 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 for Charlton (SE7) addresses, with 28% one-person households here.
That is exactly why we build in the room it will live in for Charlton (SE7) addresses. With 48% of Charlton homes being flats, narrow hallways and tight turns are the norm on the streets near Charlton House — and Charlton House a few streets away, with 48% of homes here being flats, 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 in Charlton, with 28% one-person households here. Charlton sits close to Charlton (Southeastern), with 5,904 households on this patch, so we can usually add a SE7 job to an existing Greenwich round at short notice around Charlton (Southeastern).
Match-day restrictions at the Valley, steep village hill and riverside estate roads on the streets near Charlton House. Where a permit or a suspended bay is needed in Royal Borough of Greenwich it is itemised on the quote before the visit, never added afterwards on Greenwich bookings — and this being a short walk from Charlton (Southeastern), with 38% social-rented stock nearby.
Wastewater containing detergent or biocide is contained and directed away from surface water drains during the clean on SE7 jobs — and a median age of 36 in this neighbourhood, with 38% social-rented stock nearby, and drainage outlets on roof terraces and balconies are checked and cleared as part of the visit. That paperwork is what most Greenwich letting agents and managing agents ask for before work starts in a leasehold flat on the Charlton rounds, with 41% owner-occupation locally.
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Two ways to go: price it yourself on the quote page, or pick a slot on the live booking calendar. Charlton SE7 jobs are confirmed in writing before anyone travels, and the same crew covers the rest of greenwich.
No deposit is taken until the price and slot are confirmed in writing.
