Croydon · CR5 · Pre-move-in cleaning
Same-week slots · Fully insured · Local Coulsdon fitters · Fixed written pricesBooking pre-move-in 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 £95 and are fixed before we travel. Each room is cleaned empty, from the top down, in the property you are about to move into.
Overview
Pre-move-in cleaning in Coulsdon CR5 is a fixed-price visit for owner-occupier-led homes in Croydon, most of them inter-war. 6,754 households sit inside this CR5 patch, 22% of them flats, so we quote on access near Farthing Downs rather than a London average.
How it works
Step 1
We work to your solicitor's likely key-release time, not a fixed morning or afternoon slot, so the clean lands before the van does.
Step 2
Every room cleaned from the top down while there is nothing to work around — the fastest and most thorough order to do it in.
Step 3
Cupboards, appliances, tiling and sanitaryware get the time a standard weekly clean never allows.
Step 4
Skirting, switches, sills and floors checked room by room against a written list before we sign off.
Step 5
Photos of the finished property sent the same day, so you have a record of the condition you moved into.
Why choose us
Completion dates move, so we hold flexible same-week slots and can usually confirm the exact time once contracts are exchanged. 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, which is why London Borough of Croydon kerb rules get settled before the van is loaded 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, which is what a 22% flat share across the ONS neighbourhood covering Coulsdon actually produces.
Cleaners carry £5m public liability and work to COSHH sheets for every product, which is what most managing agents ask for before a first inspection.
One cleaner for a flat; two for a house, so the property is finished in one visit rather than split across a day. Steep downland roads, easy driveway parking and a narrow high street.
Fixed prices
| Job | From | Typical time | What sets the price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Studio or one-bedroom flat | £95 | 2–3 hrs | Kitchen, bathroom and every cupboard cleaned inside before a single box comes in, including the previous tenant's dust and grease. |
| Two-bedroom flat or maisonette | £140 | 3–4 hrs | Two bathrooms or an en suite add time, and empty rooms mean skirting and window sills get a proper first-fit clean. |
| Three-bedroom house | £195 | 4–6 hrs | More floor area and usually a garage or utility room that a standard clean would skip. |
| Four-bedroom house or larger | £260 | 6–8 hrs | Two cleaners working room by room so the property is ready before the removal van is booked to arrive. |
| Oven, hob and extractor add-on | £65 | 1–2 hrs | New-build show ovens and inherited appliances both need a dip-tank clean before first use, not a wipe-over. |
| Carpet clean add-on, per room | £35 | 30–45 min | Hot-water extraction on the carpets left behind by a previous occupant, before furniture goes down on them. |
| Internal window and sill clean, whole property | £45 | 1 hr | Sills and internal glass throughout, so the light coming into an empty room isn't through someone else's fingerprints. |
Studio or one-bedroom flat
£95 · 2–3 hrs
Kitchen, bathroom and every cupboard cleaned inside before a single box comes in, including the previous tenant's dust and grease.
Two-bedroom flat or maisonette
£140 · 3–4 hrs
Two bathrooms or an en suite add time, and empty rooms mean skirting and window sills get a proper first-fit clean.
Three-bedroom house
£195 · 4–6 hrs
More floor area and usually a garage or utility room that a standard clean would skip.
Four-bedroom house or larger
£260 · 6–8 hrs
Two cleaners working room by room so the property is ready before the removal van is booked to arrive.
Oven, hob and extractor add-on
£65 · 1–2 hrs
New-build show ovens and inherited appliances both need a dip-tank clean before first use, not a wipe-over.
Carpet clean add-on, per room
£35 · 30–45 min
Hot-water extraction on the carpets left behind by a previous occupant, before furniture goes down on them.
Internal window and sill clean, whole property
£45 · 1 hr
Sills and internal glass throughout, so the light coming into an empty room isn't through someone else's fingerprints.
Prices include VAT with a £95 minimum charge per visit. Properties are cleaned empty wherever possible — furniture in situ takes longer and is quoted on survey. Completion-day bookings are held to the timescale conveyancers actually work to, not a fixed calendar slot.
Scope
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Coverage
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Sofas, armchairs, dining chairs and mattresses cleaned in place and dried the same day.
Hot-water extraction for wool, synthetic and sisal, with stain and odour treatment.
Contracted office, retail and clinic cleaning on a schedule, out of hours if the site needs it.
The whole-property version, top of the wardrobes down to the skirting.
Natural stone patios and timber or composite decking cleaned at the right pressure for each.
Block paving, resin-bound and imprinted concrete driveways cleaned, resanded and sealed.
Flats and apartments cleared with stair, lift and parking access planned in advance.
Working in Coulsdon
In Coulsdon (CR5) the split is 22% flats to 78% houses over 6,754 households, and the stock is inter-war.
Because 12% of Coulsdon is privately rented and 14% socially rented, a lot of CR5 work is agreed with a landlord or managing agent rather than the person opening the door.
Coulsdon substrates run to solid London stock brick; locally that also means some of it dry-lined during a later refurbishment, which is why London Borough of Croydon kerb rules get settled before the van is loaded. Nothing is drilled until the wall has been sounded, because fixings landing in soft lime mortar joints instead of the brick body, as the Coulsdon stock goes, which is what a 22% flat share across the ONS neighbourhood covering Coulsdon actually produces is the mistake that costs a CR5 customer twice.
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.
Steep downland roads, easy driveway parking and a narrow high street. Nearest station is Coulsdon South (Southern), and one cleaner for a flat; two for a house, so the property is finished in one visit rather than split across a day.
Area at a glance
Who lives in Coulsdon and what they live in decides how pre-move-in 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).
Studio or one-bedroom flat starts at £95 in Coulsdon around Coulsdon South (Southern), with 6,754 households on this patch, and every job is quoted as a fixed written price before a fitter is booked. Bedroom count and whether the property is empty set the price in Coulsdon. Furniture still in place, or a heavy inherited kitchen, adds time a truly empty property does not need on this side of Croydon, with this being London Borough of Croydon territory.
Yes — completion times move, so for CR5 bookings near Farthing Downs we hold a flexible same-week slot and confirm the exact time once contracts exchange, rather than a fixed calendar appointment on the Coulsdon rounds — and 14% social-rented stock nearby, with this being a short walk from Coulsdon South (Southern).
Both. 22% of Coulsdon homes are flats and the rest mostly houses; a new-build show kitchen still needs its cupboards and oven cleaned before first use on Croydon bookings, with 12% of CR5 homes being privately rented — and 6,754 households on this patch, and an older Coulsdon house gets the same room-by-room detail.
Some Croydon managing agents ask new leaseholders for a condition record in this 22% flats neighbourhood. We send photographs of the finished Coulsdon CR5 property the same day on this side of Croydon, with 22% of homes here being flats, which stands as that record.
Farthing Downs is the marker we route to on Croydon bookings, with 12% of CR5 homes being privately rented, 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 this being a short walk from Coulsdon South (Southern).
Completion dates move, so we hold flexible same-week slots and can usually confirm the exact time once contracts are exchanged on the Coulsdon rounds, with 12% of CR5 homes being privately rented. Coulsdon sits close to Coulsdon South (Southern), with Farthing Downs a few streets away, so we can usually add a CR5 job to an existing Croydon round at short notice on Croydon bookings.
Steep downland roads, easy driveway parking and a narrow high street on CR5 jobs. Where a permit or a suspended bay is needed in London Borough of Croydon it is itemised on the quote before the visit, never added afterwards on the streets near Farthing Downs — and 6,754 households on this patch, with 14% social-rented stock nearby.
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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.
