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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.
Lewisham · SE12 · Patio and decking cleaning
Professional Patio and decking cleaning in Lee, SE12
Same-week slots · Fully insured · Local Lee fitters · Fixed written pricesBooking patio and decking cleaning near The Manor House and its gardens? Driveways on many streets; Lee High Road is a red route with short bays, 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.
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SE12
- Patio and decking cleaning in Lee SE12 from £4.50, fixed in writing
- Most booked here: heavy mirrors and a full flat-pack wardrobe anchored to the wall
- Same-week across every borough, with weekend slots common through spring and early summer when garden and roof-terrace use picks up.
- London Borough of Lewisham permits, ULEZ itemised, never hidden
- Trustpilot 4.5· 3,100+ reviews
- Google 3.9· 1,429 reviews
- £5m public liability
- Licensed waste carrier CBDU300454
- Since 2019
- From, concrete flag patio, per m²
- £4.50From, concrete flag patio, per m²
- Lee homes are flats
- 39%Lee homes are flats
- Privately rented
- 22%Privately rented
- Households in Lee
- 6,151Households in Lee
Overview
Patio and decking cleaning in Lee SE12, explained
This page prices patio and decking cleaning for Lee SE12 specifically: mainly Victorian stock, 22% privately rented and 6,151 households in total. Work starts at £4.50, fixed in writing, with parking and London Borough of Lewisham permit rules costed before an insured fitter travels.
How it works
How patio and decking cleaning works in Lee
Five steps, the same on every SE12 job, so you know what happens before you commit. Terraced houses with solid London stock brick and later plasterboard linings on these streets — measured on the walk in from Lee (Southeastern) rather than assumed from a map is what we plan for here.
Step 1
Tell us the surface and access
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
Fixed written quote
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
Clear and pre-treat
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
Wash at the right pressure
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
Dry, treat and hand back
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
Why Lee customers book us
Local knowledge is not a slogan on this page — it is what stops a bracket coming out of a Lee wall.
Crew sized to the job
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. Driveways on many streets; Lee High Road is a red route with short bays.
Booked around your day
Same-week across every borough, with weekend slots common through spring and early summer when garden and roof-terrace use picks up. Lee (Southeastern) is the nearest station, so a SE12 visit rarely needs a whole morning set aside.
Lee walls, not generic walls
We expect solid London stock brick in SE12, some of it dry-lined during a later refurbishment, and with 27% one-person households in Lee, one adult is usually the only pair of hands on site in SE12, and we carry the anchors, through-fixings and long bits that match. The mistake we spend most time undoing here is Lee gives us fixings landing in soft lime mortar joints instead of the brick body, which is what a 39% flat share across the ONS neighbourhood covering Lee actually produces.
Fixed prices
Patio and decking cleaning prices in Lee
Fixed prices for SE12 and the rest of Lewisham. 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.
| 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.
Scope
What's included in Lee
The same scope across SE12, whether the job is a single item or a full room.
Included in the price
- Standard on Lewisham bookings: surface identified before we start — concrete, natural stone, softwood or composite — and the pressure and nozzle set for it, allowing for the 22% of SE12 homes that are privately rented and need the landlord's sign-off
- Algae, moss and lichen in shaded, north-facing corners treated with a biocide first rather than pressure-blasted alone, noted on the Lee job sheet so the next visit starts from it
- In Lee: deck board gaps cleared of trapped leaves and debris so water drains through rather than pooling and rotting the joists, timed against the walk in from Lee (Southeastern)
- On SE12 jobs: furniture and planters moved before cleaning and repositioned afterwards, agreed on the doorstep in Lee before anything is unpacked
- Standard on Lewisham bookings: wastewater and any cleaning product run-off directed away from surface water drains during the wash, arranged with London Borough of Lewisham where the kerb needs it
- A drainage check on roof terraces and balconies to confirm outlets are clear once the clean is finished — including patio and decking cleaning
Not included
- Replacing rotten, cracked or delaminating deck boards — that's a repair job, quoted separately by our decking team, outside the fixed price on Lee bookings
- Repointing or re-bedding natural stone patio slabs that have come loose or sunk, and we will say so before the SE12 visit rather than on the day
- Deep oil or paint staining that has soaked into porous stone and may need professional poulticing rather than a surface wash, which we refer on to the right trade in Lee
- Structural work on raised decking or a roof terrace balustrade, which needs a qualified joiner or builder, quoted separately if you need it arranged in SE12
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Coverage
Where we work around Lee SE12
Patio and decking cleaning across Lewisham and the SE12 district, mapped below.
Also in this area
Other handyman work in Lee
Same fitters, same SE12 rounds, same fixed-price approach.
Driveway cleaning in Lee
Block paving, resin-bound and imprinted concrete driveways cleaned, resanded and sealed.
Pathway jet washing in Lee
Front paths, side returns and communal walkways cleaned without disturbing loose flags.
Jet washing service in Lee
The wider outdoor jet washing hub covering every hard surface we clean.
Outdoor furniture installation in Lee
New garden furniture built and levelled on the patio or deck once it's clean.
Garden clearance in Lee
Two crew and a Luton or tipper; three where everything has to be carried through a hallway.
Spring cleaning in Lee
A full top-to-bottom clean of the property once it has been emptied.
Green waste removal in Lee
Cuttings, turf and soil taken to a licensed composting site rather than to landfill.
Most booked alongside this in Lee SE12
Working in Lee
Lee SE12 at a glance
Published figures for the neighbourhood that covers Lee — the numbers that actually change a patio and decking cleaning quote.
Lee SE12 is mainly Victorian and owner-occupier-led: 39% of homes here are flats and 60% are houses, across 6,151 households (ONS Census 2021).
The owner-occupier-led mix here (60% owned, 22% privately rented) means a SE12 diary swings between short-notice tenancy deadlines and appointments set a fortnight out.
Walls are solid London stock brick in SE12, some of it dry-lined during a later refurbishment, and with 27% one-person households in Lee, one adult is usually the only pair of hands on site, so the fixing that matters in Lee is chosen on site — the usual failure here is Lee gives us fixings landing in soft lime mortar joints instead of the brick body, which is what a 39% flat share across the ONS neighbourhood covering Lee actually produces.
Manor House library, Lee Green's shops and streets of interwar houses. That character decides the practical detail of patio and decking cleaning here far more than the borough boundary does. Lee is outside the Congestion Charge zone but inside ULEZ; our vehicles are compliant, so nothing is added for it.
Getting to the door matters as much as the job: driveways on many streets; Lee High Road is a red route with short bays. Lee (Southeastern) 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
Lee SE12 by the numbers
Who lives in Lee 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 Grove Park & Lee South and Lee neighbourhood itself — not Lewisham-wide averages, and not estimates.
15,387
Residents
Grove Park & Lee South and Lee neighbourhood, Census 2021
6,151
Households
Median age 37.6
Flats vs houses
Flats 39.4%Houses 60.4%
Residents by sex
Male48%
Female52%
Single-person households
27.4%
Privately rented
21.6%
- Median age
- 37.6
- Owner-occupied
- 60.4%
- Social rented
- 17.9%
- Postcode districts
- SE12
- Nearest station
- Lee
- Parking
- CPZ + ULEZ
Source: ONS Census 2021 via Nomis (TS008, TS041, TS007A, TS044, TS054, TS003), MSOA geography. Figures cover the ONS neighbourhoods Grove Park & Lee South, Lee (E02000668, E02000675) — the published geography that covers Lee, not the whole borough. Neighbourhood names: House of Commons Library MSOA Names (OGL). Coordinates for the SE12 district: 51.4445, 0.0198 — Outward postcode centroid, postcodes.io (Ordnance Survey Open Data).
Common questions
Patio and decking cleaning in Lee SE12 — your questions.
How much does patio and decking cleaning cost in Lee SE12?
50 in Lee, and every job is quoted as a fixed written price before a fitter is booked across SE12, with 60% of Lee homes being houses. 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 this side of Lewisham — and 60% of Lee homes being houses, with Lewisham parking rules in play.
Do you assemble IKEA and other flat-pack furniture in Lee SE12?
Yes — IKEA, Argos, Wayfair, Made and independent brands are all built to the manufacturer's instructions on SE12 jobs, with a median age of 38 in this neighbourhood. We are independent of every retailer; the names simply describe what we assemble in Lee most weeks on this side of Lewisham, with this being London Borough of Lewisham territory.
How long does flat-pack assembly take in Lee?
5–2 hours. Sliding-door and corner wardrobes take two to four times as long because the tracks have to be dead level on SE12 jobs, with 6,151 households on this patch.
Will a built wardrobe fit through a Lee doorway?
That is exactly why we build in the room it will live in on the Lee rounds. With 39% of Lee homes being flats, narrow hallways and tight turns are the norm across SE12, with 18% social-rented stock nearby — and this being London Borough of Lewisham territory, so anything that will not pass a doorway once assembled is built where it stands.
How quickly can you reach Lee from your Lewisham round?
The Manor House and its gardens is the marker we route to on SE12 jobs, with Lewisham parking rules in play — and a median age of 38 in this neighbourhood, and driveways on many streets; Lee High Road is a red route with short bays. A SE12 slot added to an existing Lewisham round usually lands the same week rather than the next around Lee (Southeastern), with 39% of homes here being flats.
Is same-day or evening patio and decking cleaning available in Lewisham?
Same-week across every borough, with weekend slots common through spring and early summer when garden and roof-terrace use picks up on the streets near The Manor House and its gardens, with 60% of Lee homes being houses. Lee sits close to Lee (Southeastern), with 18% social-rented stock nearby, so we can usually add a SE12 job to an existing Lewisham round at short notice for Lee (SE12) addresses.
Do you handle difficult access in Lee?
Driveways on many streets; Lee High Road is a red route with short bays in Lee. Where a permit or a suspended bay is needed in London Borough of Lewisham it is itemised on the quote before the visit, never added afterwards on this side of Lewisham — and 27% one-person households here, with this being a short walk from Lee (Southeastern).
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