Crew sized to the job
One cleaner for a flat; two for a house, so the property is finished in one visit rather than split across a day. Driveway parking on most streets; the high street has timed loading only.
Greenwich · SE9 · Pre-move-in cleaning
Professional Pre-move-in cleaning in Eltham, SE9
Same-week slots · Fully insured · Local Eltham fitters · Fixed written pricesPre-move-in cleaning for Eltham (SE9) households — 13,732 of them, 27% in flats. From £95 fixed, one cleaner for a flat; two for a house, so the property is finished in one visit rather than split across a day Insured cleaners, every cupboard and appliance cleaned inside, and the property ready before the van arrives.
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- £5m public liability
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- Since 2019
SE9
- Pre-move-in cleaning in Eltham SE9 from £95, fixed in writing
- Most booked here: a home before move-in day
- Completion dates move, so we hold flexible same-week slots and can usually confirm the exact time once contracts are exchanged.
- Royal Borough of Greenwich permits, ULEZ itemised, never hidden
- Trustpilot 4.5· 3,100+ reviews
- Google 3.9· 1,426 reviews
- £5m public liability
- Licensed waste carrier CBDU300454
- Since 2019
- From, studio or one-bedroom flat
- £95From, studio or one-bedroom flat
- Eltham homes are flats
- 27%Eltham homes are flats
- Privately rented
- 15%Privately rented
- Households in Eltham
- 13,732Households in Eltham
Overview
Pre-move-in cleaning in Eltham SE9, explained
Pre-move-in cleaning in Eltham SE9 is a fixed-price visit for owner-occupier-led homes in Greenwich, most of them mainly Victorian. 13,732 households sit inside this SE9 patch, 27% of them flats, so we quote on access near Eltham Palace rather than a London average.
How it works
How pre-move-in cleaning works in Eltham
Five steps, the same on every SE9 job, so you know what happens before you commit. Terraced houses with solid London stock brick and later plasterboard linings, as the Eltham stock goes, where 64% owner-occupation means the same home is booked again rather than a new tenant each year is what we plan for here.
Step 1
Confirm the completion window
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
Empty-property clean
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
Kitchen and bathroom detail
Cupboards, appliances, tiling and sanitaryware get the time a standard weekly clean never allows.
Step 4
Final checklist
Skirting, switches, sills and floors checked room by room against a written list before we sign off.
Step 5
Handover
Photos of the finished property sent the same day, so you have a record of the condition you moved into.
Why choose us
Why Eltham customers book us
Four things decide whether a SE9 job goes well, and none of them are visible from a price list.
Booked around your day
Completion dates move, so we hold flexible same-week slots and can usually confirm the exact time once contracts are exchanged. Eltham (Southeastern) is the nearest station, so a SE9 visit rarely needs a whole morning set aside.
Eltham walls, not generic walls
We expect some of it dry-lined during a later refurbishment — and solid London stock brick — and with 28% one-person households in Eltham, one adult is usually the only pair of hands on site in SE9, 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 40 in this neighbourhood shapes what gets ordered here.
Insured and documented
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.
Fixed prices
Pre-move-in cleaning prices in Eltham
Fixed prices for SE9 and the rest of Greenwich. Bedroom count and whether the property is empty set the price. Furniture still in place, or a heavy inherited kitchen, adds time a truly empty property does not need.
| 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
What's included in Eltham
The same scope across SE9, whether the job is a single item or a full room.
Included in the price
- On SE9 jobs: kitchen cupboards, drawers and worktops cleaned inside and out, with 27% of homes here being flats, planned around the stair or the lift
- In Eltham: bathroom, sanitaryware and tiling limescale-treated and disinfected, the way it is done on Eltham jobs
- Skirting boards, door frames, switches and internal glass throughout — including pre-move-in cleaning
- Standard on Greenwich bookings: floors vacuumed and mopped, ready for furniture the same day, arranged with Royal Borough of Greenwich where the kerb needs it
- On SE9 jobs: a move-in checklist so nothing is missed before keys are handed over, pre-move-in cleaning london included
Not included
- Removal of rubbish or furniture left behind by a previous occupant — quoted separately as a clearance, which we refer on to the right trade in Eltham
- External window cleaning or exterior brickwork and render, handled by Royal Borough of Greenwich or a specialist contractor instead
- Carpet and upholstery cleaning unless added to the booking, and we will say so before the SE9 visit rather than on the day
- Repairs, redecoration or making good beyond a clean, outside the fixed price on Eltham bookings
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Coverage
Where we work around Eltham SE9
Pre-move-in cleaning across Greenwich and the SE9 district, mapped below.
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Same fitters, same SE9 rounds, same fixed-price approach.
Upholstery and sofa cleaning in Eltham
Sofas, armchairs, dining chairs and mattresses cleaned in place and dried the same day.
Carpet cleaning in Eltham
Hot-water extraction for wool, synthetic and sisal, with stain and odour treatment.
Commercial cleaning in Eltham
Contracted office, retail and clinic cleaning on a schedule, out of hours if the site needs it.
One-off deep cleaning in Eltham
The whole-property version, top of the wardrobes down to the skirting.
Patio and decking cleaning in Eltham
Natural stone patios and timber or composite decking cleaned at the right pressure for each.
Driveway cleaning in Eltham
Block paving, resin-bound and imprinted concrete driveways cleaned, resanded and sealed.
Flat and apartment clearance in Eltham
Flats and apartments cleared with stair, lift and parking access planned in advance.
Most booked alongside this in Eltham SE9
Working in Eltham
Eltham SE9 at a glance
Published figures for the neighbourhood that covers Eltham — the numbers that actually change a pre-move-in cleaning quote.
Census 2021 puts Eltham at 13,732 households with a median age of 40. The mainly Victorian stock is owner-occupier-led, which is why 73% houses and 27% flats need different handling in SE9.
15% of households rent privately and 64% own, which is why pre-move-in cleaning demand here peaks around tenancy changeovers and completion dates.
Walls are some of it dry-lined during a later refurbishment — and solid London stock brick — and with 28% one-person households in Eltham, one adult is usually the only pair of hands on site, so the fixing that matters in Eltham is chosen on site — the usual failure here is fixings landing in soft lime mortar joints instead of the brick body on these streets — a median age of 40 in this neighbourhood shapes what gets ordered here.
Anyone who knows Eltham knows the pattern near Eltham Palace: the medieval palace, Art Deco Eltham Palace and streets of 1930s semis. We plan the SE9 visit around it. Eltham is outside the Congestion Charge zone but inside ULEZ; our vehicles are compliant, so nothing is added for it.
Driveway parking on most streets; the high street has timed loading only. Nearest station is Eltham (Southeastern), 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
Eltham SE9 by the numbers
Who lives in Eltham 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 Eltham North and Eltham Park and Eltham South and Eltham West and New Eltham neighbourhood itself — not Greenwich-wide averages, and not estimates.
34,732
Residents
Eltham North and Eltham Park and Eltham South and Eltham West and New Eltham neighbourhood, Census 2021
13,732
Households
Median age 40
Flats vs houses
Flats 26.5%Houses 73.4%
Residents by sex
Male48.5%
Female51.5%
Single-person households
28%
Privately rented
14.6%
- Median age
- 40
- Owner-occupied
- 64.4%
- Social rented
- 20.9%
- Postcode districts
- SE9
- Nearest station
- Eltham
- Parking
- CPZ + ULEZ
Source: ONS Census 2021 via Nomis (TS008, TS041, TS007A, TS044, TS054, TS003), MSOA geography. Figures cover the ONS neighbourhoods Eltham North, Eltham Park, Eltham South, Eltham West, New Eltham (E02000335, E02000337, E02000339, E02000340, E02000344) — the published geography that covers Eltham, not the whole borough. Neighbourhood names: House of Commons Library MSOA Names (OGL). Coordinates for the SE9 district: 51.4451, 0.0549 — Outward postcode centroid, postcodes.io (Ordnance Survey Open Data).
Common questions
Pre-move-in cleaning in Eltham SE9 — your questions.
How much does pre-move-in cleaning cost in Eltham SE9?
Studio or one-bedroom flat starts at £95 in Eltham for Eltham (SE9) addresses, with a median age of 40 in this neighbourhood, 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 Eltham. Furniture still in place, or a heavy inherited kitchen, adds time a truly empty property does not need on Greenwich bookings, with 28% one-person households here.
Can you clean a property in Eltham on the day of completion?
Yes — completion times move, so for SE9 bookings near Eltham Palace we hold a flexible same-week slot and confirm the exact time once contracts exchange, rather than a fixed calendar appointment on Greenwich bookings — and a median age of 40 in this neighbourhood, with this being Royal Borough of Greenwich territory.
Do you clean new-build flats as well as older houses in Greenwich?
Both. 27% of Eltham homes are flats and the rest mostly houses; a new-build show kitchen still needs its cupboards and oven cleaned before first use on the Eltham rounds, with this being Royal Borough of Greenwich territory — and 13,732 households on this patch, and an older Eltham house gets the same room-by-room detail.
Will Royal Borough of Greenwich or my managing agent expect proof the property was cleaned before I moved in?
Some Greenwich managing agents ask new leaseholders for a condition record on the streets near Eltham Palace. We send photographs of the finished Eltham SE9 property the same day on Greenwich bookings, with Greenwich parking rules in play, which stands as that record.
Are your fitters insured for work in SE9?
Cleaners carry £5m public liability and work to COSHH sheets for every product on this side of Greenwich, with this being Royal Borough of Greenwich territory, which is what most managing agents ask for before a first inspection. That paperwork is what most Greenwich letting agents and managing agents ask for before work starts in a leasehold flat in Eltham, with 15% of SE9 homes being privately rented.
What is not included in pre-move-in cleaning in Eltham?
Removal of rubbish or furniture left behind by a previous occupant — quoted separately as a clearance; External window cleaning or exterior brickwork and render; Carpet and upholstery cleaning unless added to the booking; Repairs, redecoration or making good beyond a clean for Eltham (SE9) addresses — and 28% one-person households here, with 73% of Eltham homes being houses. Anything outside that scope is quoted separately so the Eltham SE9 price you agree is the price you pay in this 27% flats neighbourhood, with Eltham Palace a few streets away.
Who books pre-move-in cleaning in Eltham SE9 — tenants, landlords or owners?
All three. With 15% of Eltham privately rented and 64% owner-occupied, roughly half the SE9 diary is agent- or landlord-instructed and invoiced separately from the person at the door for Eltham (SE9) addresses — and this being a short walk from Eltham (Southeastern), with Eltham Palace a few streets away.
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