London pre-move-in cleaning · Central London
Local pre-move-in cleaning for Kensington and Chelsea and its 11 covered areas. The densest borough in the country — white stucco crescents, museum quarter and the Portobello and World's End ends.
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. |
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.
Working in Kensington and Chelsea
Kensington and Chelsea is built from stucco-fronted terraces, mansion flats, mews houses and the lancaster west and world's end estates, and the mix changes street by street — Bayswater (W2), Chelsea (SW3) and Earl's Court (SW5) each behave differently on the day.
Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea sets the constraint: some of the tightest cpzs in london, mews entrances under 2.1m and communal-stair-only access in many mansion blocks. Locally that means hotel servicing congestion, permit bays and five-storey walk-ups and cadogan estate parking rules, king's road red-route loading and mews arches with height limits. Part of Kensington and Chelsea sits inside the Congestion Charge zone, so the charge is quoted as its own line rather than hidden in the labour rate.
Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea tenancies and the local letting agents in Kensington and Chelsea both work to a written check-out standard rather than a general impression of clean. We clean to that list, photograph the finish and re-attend free if the inventory clerk disagrees.
Why it looks like this: market gardens turned into the great exhibition's albertopolis, then estate-built stucco terraces for the victorian wealthy.
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Coverage
Also in this borough
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.
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Covers Kensington And Chelsea as part of their London patch.
Directly employed by Hello Services for cleaning — PAYE staff on our own books, not a rotating pool of subcontractors.
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Real jobs our crews have completed nearby, with the price the customer actually paid. Published with their permission.
Deep Cleaning
Kensington and Chelsea
July 2026
One deep cleaning job completed in Kensington and Chelsea in July 2026.
Deep Cleaning
Kensington and Chelsea
June 2026
One deep cleaning job completed in Kensington and Chelsea in June 2026.
Deep Cleaning
Kensington and Chelsea
September 2025
One deep cleaning job completed in Kensington and Chelsea in September 2025.
Studio or one-bedroom flat starts at £95 in Kensington and Chelsea, and the ladder runs up to £45 for the largest job on the table above. 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. Part of the borough is inside the Congestion Charge zone, so a £15 daily charge is added as its own line when the job falls inside the charging hours.
We cover the whole borough: SW10, SW3, SW5, SW7, W10, W11, W14, W2 and W8. On the ground that includes Bayswater, Chelsea, Earl's Court, Holland Park, Kensington and Ladbroke Grove.
Completion dates move, so we hold flexible same-week slots and can usually confirm the exact time once contracts are exchanged. Central London is covered by crews already working in the borough, so travel time is not billed on top.
Some of the tightest CPZs in London, mews entrances under 2.1m and communal-stair-only access in many mansion blocks. Where a permit or a bay suspension is needed we arrange it with Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea and show the cost in the quote before you agree it. Nothing is added afterwards.
Yes. Stucco-fronted terraces, mansion flats, mews houses and the Lancaster West and World's End estates is exactly the stock we work in daily. Where there is no lift, the crew size is set by the floor level at quote stage, so a third-floor walk-up is priced as a third-floor walk-up rather than re-quoted on the doorstep.
Cleaners carry £1m public liability and work to COSHH sheets for every product, which is what most managing agents ask for before a first inspection. Certificates go out with the booking confirmation, which is what Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea tenancies and most local managing agents ask for.
One cleaner for a flat; two for a house, so the property is finished in one visit rather than split across a day. Vehicles are ULEZ-compliant, which matters in every Kensington and Chelsea postcode, and the crew carries everything needed to complete the job in one visit.
Removal of rubbish or furniture left behind by a previous occupant — quoted separately as a clearance, External window cleaning or exterior brickwork and render and Carpet and upholstery cleaning unless added to the booking. If something on that list turns up in Kensington and Chelsea, we tell you at survey and point you at the right trade rather than taking the booking anyway.
Real jobs our crews have completed nearby, with the price the customer actually paid. Published with their permission.
Deep Cleaning
Kensington and Chelsea
July 2026
One deep cleaning job completed in Kensington and Chelsea in July 2026.
Deep Cleaning
Kensington and Chelsea
June 2026
One deep cleaning job completed in Kensington and Chelsea in June 2026.
Deep Cleaning
Kensington and Chelsea
September 2025
One deep cleaning job completed in Kensington and Chelsea in September 2025.
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