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. Roundabout red routes, market-day loading limits and booked lifts in the towers.
Lewisham · SE13 · Pre-move-in cleaning
Professional Pre-move-in cleaning in Lewisham, SE13
Same-week slots · Fully insured · Local Lewisham fitters · Fixed written pricesLewisham SE13 is a regular stop on our Lewisham round. The market, the shopping centre and a cluster of new residential towers, so pre-move-in cleaning here is quoted on the street the job is on — from £95, in writing, with insured cleaners, every cupboard and appliance cleaned inside, and the property ready before the van arrives.
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SE13
- Pre-move-in cleaning in Lewisham SE13 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· 1,429 reviews
- £5m public liability
- Licensed waste carrier CBDU300454
- Since 2019
- From, studio or one-bedroom flat
- £95From, studio or one-bedroom flat
- Lewisham homes are flats
- 75%Lewisham homes are flats
- Privately rented
- 33%Privately rented
- Households in Lewisham
- 3,987Households in Lewisham
Overview
Pre-move-in cleaning in Lewisham SE13, explained
Booked mostly by social-housing-led households around Lewisham, pre-move-in cleaning here covers supply-free fitting from £95. With 75% of Lewisham's 3,987 homes in flats, lift access and stair carries in SE13 shape the slot length we hold.
How it works
How pre-move-in cleaning works in Lewisham
Five steps, the same on every SE13 job, so you know what happens before you commit. Lewisham gives us council and housing-association blocks built from precast concrete and dense block, and with 33% of homes here privately rented, it sets the booking date as often as the job does 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 Lewisham customers book us
Local knowledge is not a slogan on this page — it is what stops a bracket coming out of a Lewisham wall.
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. Lewisham (DLR, Southeastern) is the nearest station, so a SE13 visit rarely needs a whole morning set aside.
Lewisham walls, not generic walls
We expect precast concrete panels and dense blockwork; locally that also means often with surface conduit — the reality on the streets around Lewisham Market on the High Street in SE13, and we carry the anchors, through-fixings and long bits that match. The mistake we spend most time undoing here is in SE13, drilling blind into a panel with reinforcement or a buried cable behind it — and with 36% one-person households in Lewisham, one adult is usually the only pair of hands on site.
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 Lewisham
Fixed prices for SE13 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 Lewisham
The same scope across SE13, whether the job is a single item or a full room.
Included in the price
- Kitchen cupboards, drawers and worktops cleaned inside and out — including pre-move-in cleaning
- Standard on Lewisham bookings: bathroom, sanitaryware and tiling limescale-treated and disinfected, arranged with London Borough of Lewisham where the kerb needs it
- On SE13 jobs: skirting boards, door frames, switches and internal glass throughout, with 75% of homes here being flats, planned around the stair or the lift
- In Lewisham: floors vacuumed and mopped, ready for furniture the same day, the way it is done on Lewisham jobs
- A move-in checklist so nothing is missed before keys are handed over, noted on the Lewisham job sheet so the next visit starts from it
Not included
- Removal of rubbish or furniture left behind by a previous occupant — quoted separately as a clearance, and we will say so before the SE13 visit rather than on the day
- External window cleaning or exterior brickwork and render, outside the fixed price on Lewisham bookings
- Carpet and upholstery cleaning unless added to the booking, which we refer on to the right trade in Lewisham
- 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 Lewisham SE13
Pre-move-in cleaning across Lewisham and the SE13 district, mapped below.
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Same fitters, same SE13 rounds, same fixed-price approach.
Upholstery and sofa cleaning in Lewisham
Sofas, armchairs, dining chairs and mattresses cleaned in place and dried the same day.
Carpet cleaning in Lewisham
Hot-water extraction for wool, synthetic and sisal, with stain and odour treatment.
Commercial cleaning in Lewisham
Contracted office, retail and clinic cleaning on a schedule, out of hours if the site needs it.
One-off deep cleaning in Lewisham
The whole-property version, top of the wardrobes down to the skirting.
Patio and decking cleaning in Lewisham
Natural stone patios and timber or composite decking cleaned at the right pressure for each.
Driveway cleaning in Lewisham
Block paving, resin-bound and imprinted concrete driveways cleaned, resanded and sealed.
Flat and apartment clearance in Lewisham
Flats and apartments cleared with stair, lift and parking access planned in advance.
Most booked alongside this in Lewisham SE13
Working in Lewisham
Lewisham SE13 at a glance
Published figures for the neighbourhood that covers Lewisham — the numbers that actually change a pre-move-in cleaning quote.
The SE13 stock around Lewisham Market on the High Street is mainly Victorian. ONS records 75% flats, 25% houses and 3,987 households in Lewisham.
33% of households rent privately and 32% own, which is why pre-move-in cleaning demand here peaks around tenancy changeovers and completion dates.
Expect precast concrete panels and dense blockwork; locally that also means often with surface conduit — the reality on the streets around Lewisham Market on the High Street behind the plaster in SE13. That is why fixings are picked in the room rather than off a van shelf, and why in SE13, drilling blind into a panel with reinforcement or a buried cable behind it — and with 36% one-person households in Lewisham, one adult is usually the only pair of hands on site is the fault we are called back to undo.
Anyone who knows Lewisham knows the pattern near Lewisham Market on the High Street: the market, the shopping centre and a cluster of new residential towers. We plan the SE13 visit around it. Lewisham is outside the Congestion Charge zone but inside ULEZ; our vehicles are compliant, so nothing is added for it.
Roundabout red routes, market-day loading limits and booked lifts in the towers. Nearest station is Lewisham (DLR, 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
Lewisham SE13 by the numbers
Who lives in Lewisham 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 Lewisham Central & Park neighbourhood itself — not Lewisham-wide averages, and not estimates.
9,142
Residents
Lewisham Central & Park neighbourhood, Census 2021
3,987
Households
Median age 35.3
Flats vs houses
Flats 75%Houses 24.9%
Residents by sex
Male49%
Female51%
Single-person households
36.4%
Privately rented
32.9%
- Median age
- 35.3
- Owner-occupied
- 32%
- Social rented
- 35%
- Postcode districts
- SE13
- Nearest station
- Lewisham
- Parking
- CPZ + ULEZ
Source: ONS Census 2021 via Nomis (TS008, TS041, TS007A, TS044, TS054, TS003), MSOA geography. Figures cover the ONS neighbourhood Lewisham Central & Park (E02007009) — the published geography that covers Lewisham, not the whole borough. Neighbourhood names: House of Commons Library MSOA Names (OGL). Coordinates for the SE13 district: 51.4596, -0.0097 — Outward postcode centroid, postcodes.io (Ordnance Survey Open Data).
Common questions
Pre-move-in cleaning in Lewisham SE13 — your questions.
How much does pre-move-in cleaning cost in Lewisham SE13?
Studio or one-bedroom flat starts at £95 in Lewisham around Lewisham (DLR, Southeastern), with 36% one-person households here, 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 on SE13 jobs. Furniture still in place, or a heavy inherited kitchen, adds time a truly empty property does not need on the Lewisham rounds, with a median age of 35 in this neighbourhood.
Can you clean a property in Lewisham on the day of completion?
Yes — completion times move, so for SE13 bookings near Lewisham Market on the High Street we hold a flexible same-week slot and confirm the exact time once contracts exchange, rather than a fixed calendar appointment on this side of Lewisham — and Lewisham parking rules in play, with 33% of SE13 homes being privately rented.
Do you clean new-build flats as well as older houses in Lewisham?
Both. 75% of Lewisham homes are flats and the rest mostly houses; a new-build show kitchen still needs its cupboards and oven cleaned before first use in Lewisham, with 35% social-rented stock nearby — and 3,987 households on this patch, and an older Lewisham 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 SE13 jobs. We send photographs of the finished Lewisham SE13 property the same day around Lewisham (DLR, Southeastern), with Lewisham parking rules in play, which stands as that record.
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 around Lewisham (DLR, Southeastern), with 25% of Lewisham homes being houses. Lewisham sits close to Lewisham (DLR, Southeastern), with 35% social-rented stock nearby, so we can usually add a SE13 job to an existing Lewisham round at short notice on SE13 jobs.
Do you handle difficult access in Lewisham?
Roundabout red routes, market-day loading limits and booked lifts in the towers on the streets near Lewisham Market on the High Street. 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 across SE13, with a median age of 35 in this neighbourhood.
Are your fitters insured for work in SE13?
Cleaners carry £5m public liability and work to COSHH sheets for every product in Lewisham, with 36% one-person households here, which is what most managing agents ask for before a first inspection. That paperwork is what most Lewisham letting agents and managing agents ask for before work starts in a leasehold flat on Lewisham bookings, with 3,987 households on this patch.
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