Greenwich · SE18 · Patio and decking cleaning
Same-week slots · Fully insured · Local Plumstead fitters · Fixed written pricesPatio and decking cleaning in Plumstead SE18, Greenwich, from £4.50. Terraced streets climbing steeply from the high street to the common, which is why our SE18 quotes account for very steep hills, narrow terraced streets and permit bays near the station. You get a fixed price in writing, an insured fitter and a tidy finish.
Overview
Booked mostly by mixed-tenure households around Plumstead, patio and decking cleaning here covers supply-free fitting from £4.50. With 33% of Plumstead's 9,964 homes in flats, lift access and stair carries in SE18 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. Very steep hills, narrow terraced streets and permit bays near the station.
Same-week across every borough, with weekend slots common through spring and early summer when garden and roof-terrace use picks up. Plumstead (Elizabeth line) is the nearest station, so a SE18 visit rarely needs a whole morning set aside.
We expect solid London stock brick in Plumstead, some of it dry-lined during a later refurbishment — and with 27% one-person households in Plumstead, one adult is usually the only pair of hands on site in SE18, 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 on these streets — a median age of 36 in this neighbourhood shapes what gets ordered here.
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
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 Plumstead
The SE18 stock around Plumstead Common is mainly Victorian. ONS records 33% flats, 67% houses and 9,964 households in Plumstead.
Owner-occupation runs at 41% in Plumstead, so alongside the 32% rental churn there is steady planned work — refurbishments, downsizes and probate clearances booked weeks ahead.
Expect solid London stock brick in Plumstead, some of it dry-lined during a later refurbishment — and with 27% one-person households in Plumstead, one adult is usually the only pair of hands on site behind the plaster in SE18. That is why fixings are picked in the room rather than off a van shelf, and why fixings landing in soft lime mortar joints instead of the brick body on these streets — a median age of 36 in this neighbourhood shapes what gets ordered here is the fault we are called back to undo.
Anyone who knows Plumstead knows the pattern near Plumstead Common: terraced streets climbing steeply from the high street to the common. We plan the SE18 visit around it. Plumstead is outside the Congestion Charge zone but inside ULEZ; our vehicles are compliant, so nothing is added for it.
Very steep hills, narrow terraced streets and permit bays near the station. Nearest station is Plumstead (Elizabeth line), 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 Plumstead 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 Plumstead Common & Riverside and Plumstead High Street and Plumstead South neighbourhood itself — not Greenwich-wide averages, and not estimates.
28,010
Residents
Plumstead Common & Riverside and Plumstead High Street and Plumstead South neighbourhood, Census 2021
9,964
Households
Median age 35.6
Flats vs houses
Residents by sex
Single-person households
27.2%
Privately rented
32%
Source: ONS Census 2021 via Nomis (TS008, TS041, TS007A, TS044, TS054, TS003), MSOA geography. Figures cover the ONS neighbourhoods Plumstead Common & Riverside, Plumstead High Street, Plumstead South (E02000318, E02000319, E02000329) — the published geography that covers Plumstead, not the whole borough. Neighbourhood names: House of Commons Library MSOA Names (OGL). Coordinates for the SE18 district: 51.4845, 0.0723 — Outward postcode centroid, postcodes.io (Ordnance Survey Open Data).
50 in Plumstead, and every job is quoted as a fixed written price before a fitter is booked for Plumstead (SE18) addresses, with this being a short walk from Plumstead (Elizabeth line). 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 Plumstead rounds — and 67% of Plumstead homes being houses, with 32% of SE18 homes being privately rented.
Yes — IKEA, Argos, Wayfair, Made and independent brands are all built to the manufacturer's instructions on the Plumstead rounds, with a median age of 36 in this neighbourhood. We are independent of every retailer; the names simply describe what we assemble in Plumstead most weeks on SE18 jobs, with 9,964 households on this patch.
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 Plumstead rounds, with this being a short walk from Plumstead (Elizabeth line).
That is exactly why we build in the room it will live in for Plumstead (SE18) addresses. With 33% of Plumstead homes being flats, narrow hallways and tight turns are the norm on the streets near Plumstead Common — and this being a short walk from Plumstead (Elizabeth line), with Plumstead Common a few streets away, 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 on this side of Greenwich, with Greenwich parking rules in play — and this being Royal Borough of Greenwich territory, 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 across SE18, with 27% one-person households here.
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 streets near Plumstead Common — and 33% of homes here being flats, with Plumstead Common a few streets away, which needs a qualified joiner or builder. Anything outside that scope is quoted separately so the Plumstead SE18 price you agree is the price you pay across SE18, with 32% of SE18 homes being privately rented.
All three. With 32% of Plumstead privately rented and 41% owner-occupied, roughly half the SE18 diary is agent- or landlord-instructed and invoiced separately from the person at the door on the Plumstead rounds — and 27% one-person households here, with 32% of SE18 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. Plumstead SE18 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.
