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Lewisham · SE6 · Pre-move-in cleaning
Professional Pre-move-in cleaning in Catford, SE6
Same-week slots · Fully insured · Local Catford fitters · Fixed written pricesBooking pre-move-in cleaning near The Catford Cat? South Circular red route, shopping-centre service yards and permit bays behind, 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.
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SE6
- Pre-move-in cleaning in Catford SE6 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.
- London Borough of Lewisham 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
- Catford homes are flats
- 62%Catford homes are flats
- Privately rented
- 33%Privately rented
- Households in Catford
- 6,981Households in Catford
Overview
Pre-move-in cleaning in Catford SE6, explained
Booked mostly by mixed-tenure households around Catford, pre-move-in cleaning here covers supply-free fitting from £95. With 62% of Catford's 6,981 homes in flats, lift access and stair carries in SE6 shape the slot length we hold.
How it works
How pre-move-in cleaning works in Catford
Five steps, the same on every SE6 job, so you know what happens before you commit. In SE6, New-build and conversion flats lined with dot-and-dab plasterboard — measured on the walk in from Catford (Southeastern) rather than assumed from a map 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 Catford customers book us
Local knowledge is not a slogan on this page — it is what stops a bracket coming out of a Catford wall.
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. South Circular red route, shopping-centre service yards and permit bays behind.
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. Catford (Southeastern) is the nearest station, so a SE6 visit rarely needs a whole morning set aside.
Catford walls, not generic walls
We expect dot-and-dab plasterboard over blockwork; locally that also means with metal stud partitions between rooms, the reality on the streets around The Catford Cat in SE6, and we carry the anchors, through-fixings and long bits that match. The mistake we spend most time undoing here is short screws that grip only the board and slowly lever it off the dabs, as the Catford stock goes, which is what a 62% flat share across the ONS neighbourhood covering Catford actually produces.
Fixed prices
Pre-move-in cleaning prices in Catford
Fixed prices for SE6 and the rest of Lewisham. 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 Catford
The same scope across SE6, whether the job is a single item or a full room.
Included in the price
- In Catford: kitchen cupboards, drawers and worktops cleaned inside and out, timed against the walk in from Catford (Southeastern)
- On SE6 jobs: bathroom, sanitaryware and tiling limescale-treated and disinfected, agreed on the doorstep in Catford before anything is unpacked
- Standard on Lewisham bookings: skirting boards, door frames, switches and internal glass throughout, allowing for the 33% of SE6 homes that are privately rented and need the landlord's sign-off
- Floors vacuumed and mopped, ready for furniture the same day, noted on the Catford job sheet so the next visit starts from it
- In Catford: a move-in checklist so nothing is missed before keys are handed over, sized for the south circular red route, shopping-centre service yards and permit bays behind
Not included
- Removal of rubbish or furniture left behind by a previous occupant — quoted separately as a clearance, quoted separately if you need it arranged in SE6
- External window cleaning or exterior brickwork and render, outside the fixed price on Catford bookings
- Carpet and upholstery cleaning unless added to the booking, and we will say so before the SE6 visit rather than on the day
- Repairs, redecoration or making good beyond a clean, handled by London Borough of Lewisham or a specialist contractor instead
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Coverage
Where we work around Catford SE6
Pre-move-in cleaning across Lewisham and the SE6 district, mapped below.
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Same fitters, same SE6 rounds, same fixed-price approach.
Upholstery and sofa cleaning in Catford
Sofas, armchairs, dining chairs and mattresses cleaned in place and dried the same day.
Carpet cleaning in Catford
Hot-water extraction for wool, synthetic and sisal, with stain and odour treatment.
Commercial cleaning in Catford
Contracted office, retail and clinic cleaning on a schedule, out of hours if the site needs it.
One-off deep cleaning in Catford
The whole-property version, top of the wardrobes down to the skirting.
Patio and decking cleaning in Catford
Natural stone patios and timber or composite decking cleaned at the right pressure for each.
Driveway cleaning in Catford
Block paving, resin-bound and imprinted concrete driveways cleaned, resanded and sealed.
Flat and apartment clearance in Catford
Flats and apartments cleared with stair, lift and parking access planned in advance.
Most booked alongside this in Catford SE6
Working in Catford
Catford SE6 at a glance
Published figures for the neighbourhood that covers Catford — the numbers that actually change a pre-move-in cleaning quote.
6,981 households sit inside the SE6 neighbourhood covering Catford. The build is mainly Victorian, the tenure profile mixed-tenure, and 62% of those homes are flats.
With 33% private renting against 42% owner-occupied, most SE6 bookings land on a move-in day rather than a weekend.
Walls are dot-and-dab plasterboard over blockwork; locally that also means with metal stud partitions between rooms, the reality on the streets around The Catford Cat, so the fixing that matters in Catford is chosen on site — the usual failure here is short screws that grip only the board and slowly lever it off the dabs, as the Catford stock goes, which is what a 62% flat share across the ONS neighbourhood covering Catford actually produces.
The fibreglass cat, the Broadway theatre and the Rushey Green shops. That character decides the practical detail of pre-move-in cleaning here far more than the borough boundary does. Catford is outside the Congestion Charge zone but inside ULEZ; our vehicles are compliant, so nothing is added for it.
On access, south Circular red route, shopping-centre service yards and permit bays behind — one reason one cleaner for a flat; two for a house, so the property is finished in one visit rather than split across a day. Fitters travelling in use Catford (Southeastern).
Area at a glance
Catford SE6 by the numbers
Who lives in Catford 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 Catford Bridge and Catford East & Mountsfield Park neighbourhood itself — not Lewisham-wide averages, and not estimates.
16,978
Residents
Catford Bridge and Catford East & Mountsfield Park neighbourhood, Census 2021
6,981
Households
Median age 35.2
Flats vs houses
Flats 61.9%Houses 38%
Residents by sex
Male48.2%
Female51.8%
Single-person households
33.1%
Privately rented
32.7%
- Median age
- 35.2
- Owner-occupied
- 42.1%
- Social rented
- 25.1%
- Postcode districts
- SE6
- Nearest station
- Catford
- Parking
- CPZ + ULEZ
Source: ONS Census 2021 via Nomis (TS008, TS041, TS007A, TS044, TS054, TS003), MSOA geography. Figures cover the ONS neighbourhoods Catford Bridge, Catford East & Mountsfield Park (E02000670, E02000672) — the published geography that covers Catford, not the whole borough. Neighbourhood names: House of Commons Library MSOA Names (OGL). Coordinates for the SE6 district: 51.4385, -0.0165 — Outward postcode centroid, postcodes.io (Ordnance Survey Open Data).
Common questions
Pre-move-in cleaning in Catford SE6 — your questions.
How much does pre-move-in cleaning cost in Catford SE6?
Studio or one-bedroom flat starts at £95 in Catford, with The Catford Cat a few streets away, 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 for Catford (SE6) addresses. Furniture still in place, or a heavy inherited kitchen, adds time a truly empty property does not need in this 62% flats neighbourhood, with 25% social-rented stock nearby.
Can you clean a property in Catford on the day of completion?
Yes — completion times move, so for SE6 bookings near The Catford Cat we hold a flexible same-week slot and confirm the exact time once contracts exchange, rather than a fixed calendar appointment in this 62% flats neighbourhood — and 33% one-person households here, with 6,981 households on this patch.
Do you clean new-build flats as well as older houses in Lewisham?
Both. 62% of Catford 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 Catford rounds — and a median age of 35 in this neighbourhood, with 62% of homes here being flats, and an older Catford house gets the same room-by-room detail.
Will London Borough of Lewisham or my managing agent expect proof the property was cleaned before I moved in?
Some Lewisham managing agents ask new leaseholders for a condition record on Lewisham bookings. We send photographs of the finished Catford SE6 property the same day on the streets near The Catford Cat, with 25% social-rented stock nearby, which stands as that record.
How quickly can you reach Catford from your Lewisham round?
The Catford Cat is the marker we route to across SE6, with 6,981 households on this patch, and south Circular red route, shopping-centre service yards and permit bays behind. A SE6 slot added to an existing Lewisham round usually lands the same week rather than the next on the Catford rounds, with 33% one-person households here.
Is same-day or evening pre-move-in cleaning available in Lewisham?
Completion dates move, so we hold flexible same-week slots and can usually confirm the exact time once contracts are exchanged in this 62% flats neighbourhood, with a median age of 35 in this neighbourhood. Catford sits close to Catford (Southeastern), with this being London Borough of Lewisham territory, so we can usually add a SE6 job to an existing Lewisham round at short notice on this side of Lewisham.
Do you handle difficult access in Catford?
South Circular red route, shopping-centre service yards and permit bays behind on the Catford rounds. 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 for Catford (SE6) addresses — and The Catford Cat a few streets away, with 33% of SE6 homes being privately rented.
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