Kensington and Chelsea · W11 · Patio and decking cleaning
Same-week slots · Fully insured · Local Notting Hill fitters · Fixed written pricesNotting Hill W11 is a regular stop on our Kensington and Chelsea round. Pastel terraces, communal garden squares and the carnival's home streets, 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 Notting Hill W11 specifically: mixed-era stock, 43% privately rented and 9,720 households in total. Work starts at £4.50, fixed in writing, with parking and Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea 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. Carnival weekend closures, resident bays all week and communal gardens with no vehicle access.
Same-week across every borough, with weekend slots common through spring and early summer when garden and roof-terrace use picks up. Notting Hill Gate (Central, Circle, District) is the nearest station, so a W11 visit rarely needs a whole morning set aside.
We expect lath and plaster over timber studs; locally that also means with solid brick on the party and external walls — a median age of 39 in this neighbourhood shapes what gets ordered here in W11, and we carry the anchors, through-fixings and long bits that match. The mistake we spend most time undoing here is which crumbles the key and drops the panel — and a plasterboard plug spun into lime plaster — measured on the walk in from Notting Hill Gate (Central, Circle, District) 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.
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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 Notting Hill
Walk Notting Hill from Portobello Road Market outwards and the mixed-era pattern is obvious: 75% of the 9,720 households in W11 live in flats, 25% in houses.
Private renting sits at 43% and owner-occupation at 42%; the first group books patio and decking cleaning at short notice, the second plans it.
Notting Hill substrates run to lath and plaster over timber studs; locally that also means with solid brick on the party and external walls — a median age of 39 in this neighbourhood shapes what gets ordered here. Nothing is drilled until the wall has been sounded, because which crumbles the key and drops the panel — and a plasterboard plug spun into lime plaster — measured on the walk in from Notting Hill Gate (Central, Circle, District) rather than assumed from a map is the mistake that costs a W11 customer twice.
Anyone who knows Notting Hill knows the pattern near Portobello Road Market: pastel terraces, communal garden squares and the carnival's home streets. We plan the W11 visit around it. Notting Hill sits inside the Congestion Charge zone as well as ULEZ, so both are itemised on the quote rather than absorbed into an hourly rate.
Getting to the door matters as much as the job: carnival weekend closures, resident bays all week and communal gardens with no vehicle access. Notting Hill Gate (Central, Circle, District) 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 Notting Hill 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 Notting Hill Gate and Notting Hill South and Notting Hill West neighbourhood itself — not Kensington and Chelsea-wide averages, and not estimates.
20,146
Residents
Notting Hill Gate and Notting Hill South and Notting Hill West neighbourhood, Census 2021
9,720
Households
Median age 39.3
Flats vs houses
Residents by sex
Single-person households
44.4%
Privately rented
43.1%
Source: ONS Census 2021 via Nomis (TS008, TS041, TS007A, TS044, TS054, TS003), MSOA geography. Figures cover the ONS neighbourhoods Notting Hill Gate, Notting Hill South, Notting Hill West (E02000582, E02000583, E02000584) — the published geography that covers Notting Hill, not the whole borough. Neighbourhood names: House of Commons Library MSOA Names (OGL). Coordinates for the W11 district: 51.5123, -0.2155 — Outward postcode centroid, postcodes.io (Ordnance Survey Open Data).
50 in Notting Hill, and every job is quoted as a fixed written price before a fitter is booked on this side of Kensington and Chelsea, with 15% 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 across W11, with 42% owner-occupation locally — and this being a short walk from Notting Hill Gate (Central, Circle, District).
Yes — IKEA, Argos, Wayfair, Made and independent brands are all built to the manufacturer's instructions on Kensington and Chelsea bookings, with Kensington and Chelsea parking rules in play. We are independent of every retailer; the names simply describe what we assemble in Notting Hill most weeks on the Notting Hill rounds, with 75% of homes here being flats.
5–2 hours. Sliding-door and corner wardrobes take two to four times as long because the tracks have to be dead level for Notting Hill (W11) addresses, with a median age of 39 in this neighbourhood.
That is exactly why we build in the room it will live in on the streets near Portobello Road Market. With 75% of Notting Hill homes being flats, narrow hallways and tight turns are the norm on Kensington and Chelsea bookings — and 15% social-rented stock nearby, with 42% owner-occupation locally, 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 Kensington and Chelsea — and Portobello Road Market a few streets away, with 9,720 households on this patch, and drainage outlets on roof terraces and balconies are checked and cleared as part of the visit. That paperwork is what most Kensington and Chelsea letting agents and managing agents ask for before work starts in a leasehold flat across W11, with a median age of 39 in this neighbourhood.
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 W11, with 9,720 households on this patch — and a median age of 39 in this neighbourhood, which needs a qualified joiner or builder. Anything outside that scope is quoted separately so the Notting Hill W11 price you agree is the price you pay on the Notting Hill rounds, with 44% one-person households here.
All three. With 43% of Notting Hill privately rented and 42% owner-occupied, roughly half the W11 diary is agent- or landlord-instructed and invoiced separately from the person at the door on the streets near Portobello Road Market — and this being a short walk from Notting Hill Gate (Central, Circle, District), with 43% of W11 homes being privately rented.
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Two ways to go: price it yourself on the quote page, or pick a slot on the live booking calendar. Notting Hill W11 jobs are confirmed in writing before anyone travels, and the same crew covers the rest of kensington and chelsea.
No deposit is taken until the price and slot are confirmed in writing.
