Central London · Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
Pre-sale cleaning in Kensington and Chelsea before the photographs
Photography-day presentation cleans and full pre-sale resets across 11 Kensington and Chelsea areas. Fixed prices from £135, DBS-checked teams, and parking, permits and ULEZ already inside the quote.
- Booked to your photography or open-house date
- Two tiers: photo-ready presentation or full pre-sale reset
- 48-hour promise — anything missed, we come back free
The service, locally
Selling in Kensington and Chelsea? present it properly first
Hello Services runs pre-sale cleaning across the London Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, covering 11 named areas and every outward code from SW3, SW5, SW7, SW10, W8, W10, W11, W14. We clean properties that are about to be photographed, listed and viewed — not properties that simply need tidying.
Market gardens turned into the Great Exhibition's Albertopolis, then estate-built stucco terraces for the Victorian wealthy. The practical result for a seller is simple: stucco-fronted terraces, mansion flats, mews houses and the lancaster west and world's end estates. photograph well when the glass, worktops and floors are right, and badly when they are not. Access is priced in too — some of the tightest cpzs in london, mews entrances under 2.1m and communal-stair-only access in many mansion blocks.
- Kensington and Chelsea areas covered
- 11Kensington and Chelsea areas covered
- Photo-ready clean from
- £135Photo-ready clean from
- Homes that are flats
- 82.9%Homes that are flats
- Borough population
- 143,000Borough population
Why sellers book it
What a pre-sale clean in Kensington and Chelsea actually buys you
Photographs sell the viewing
Portal thumbnails are how a London buyer decides whether to book. Clean glass, clear worktops and lifted traffic lanes change how bright and how large a room photographs — before anyone stages a single cushion.
Presentation is priced into offers
Limescale, grease film and pet odour read as deferred maintenance, and buyers deduct for them far more heavily than the clean would ever cost. Removing them removes the excuse for a reduction.
Timed around the agent, not the diary
We book to your photography slot, first open house or valuation, including early mornings and weekends, so the property peaks on the day it matters rather than three days before.
One team, one fixed price
DBS-checked cleaners, £5m public liability, parking, permits and ULEZ inside the price, and a 48-hour promise: if we missed something, we come back free.
In buyer order
The rooms a buyer judges and the order we clean them
Front door and hallway
The first ten seconds of a viewing. Door furniture polished, glass in the door cleaned both sides, hallway floor edged by hand, coats and shoes cleared to make the space read wider than it is.
Kitchen
Worktops, splashbacks, cupboard fronts, handles, extractor and the oven interior. Grease film flattens light in photographs; removing it is what makes a kitchen look newer than it is.
Bathrooms and en-suites
Limescale off screens, taps and tiles, grout brightened, silicone treated for mould and chrome polished. Buyers price a tired bathroom into their offer.
Windows and light
Glass, frames, cills, tracks and trickle vents inside, plus external glass as an add-on. Every agent photograph is a light photograph.
Floors and traffic lanes
Correct product for the finish, edges by hand, and extraction on carpets to lift traffic lanes and the dark edging along skirtings.
Smell
Bins, drains, waste traps, soft furnishings and pet areas treated at source. Air freshener over an odour reads as a hidden problem.
Fixed prices
Pre-sale cleaning prices in Kensington and Chelsea borough-wide
| Property | Photo-ready | Full pre-sale reset | Typical time | Team | What's included |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Studio / 1-bed flat | £135 | £215 | 3–5 hrs | 1–2 cleaners | Glass, kitchen, bathroom, floors, odour reset and a styling tidy for the shoot. |
| 2-bed flat or house | £175 | £285 | 4–6 hrs | 2 cleaners | Adds bedrooms, wardrobes, internal glass and full limescale work in both bathrooms. |
| 3-bed house | £235 | £365 | 6–8 hrs | 2 cleaners | Adds stairs, hallway paintwork, oven interior and a front-of-house kerb appeal pass. |
| 4-bed house | £295 | £455 | 1 day | 2–3 cleaners | Adds a second reception, utility, en-suites and window frames, cills and tracks throughout. |
| 5-bed / large house | £365 | £585 | 1–1.5 days | 3 cleaners | Whole-house presentation including loft rooms, basement, conservatory and outside frontage. |
Prices include VAT, all products and equipment, parking, permits, ULEZ and the Congestion Charge where it applies. Nothing is added on the day.
Add-ons
What else sellers add in Kensington and Chelsea priced up front
External window and frame clean
£75 per propertyReach-and-wash on glass, frames, cills and reveals to third floor. The single biggest change to how bright a listing photograph looks.
Carpet and upholstery extraction
£55 per roomHot-water extraction that lifts traffic lanes, pet odour and the dark edging along skirtings that buyers read as wear.
Kerb appeal wash-down
£95 per propertyFront path, steps, bin store, front door, porch tiles and railings jet-washed and wiped — the first photograph and the first viewing both start here.
Declutter and staging tidy
£90 per half daySurfaces cleared to a photography standard, personal items boxed and stored neatly, wardrobes and worktops presented as space rather than storage.
Removal of unwanted items
£90 per van loadFurniture, garden waste and general clutter taken away under our upper-tier waste carrier registration with a transfer note.
Odour and pet treatment
£65 per propertyEnzyme treatment and air scrubbing for smoke, damp, cooking and pet odour. Viewers form a verdict on smell before they reach the living room.
Viewing-day touch-up visit
£85 per visitA short pass on the morning of an open house or a valuation — glass, kitchen, bathroom and floors put back to photograph condition.
Not the same job
Pre-sale clean or deep clean which one you need
| Pre-sale clean | Deep clean | |
|---|---|---|
| Judged by | Buyers, photographers and valuers | The people living there |
| Order of work | Entrance, kitchen, bathrooms, light, floors, odour | Room by room, top to bottom |
| Finishing pass | Styling tidy and a photography-day touch-up | No presentation pass |
| Typical trigger | Listing date, open house or completion | Spring reset, end of a tenancy, illness or a move-in |
Not selling yet? One-off deep cleaning in London is the right service, and end of tenancy cleaning covers a let coming to an end.
How it works
Booking a Kensington and Chelsea pre-sale clean around the listing date
- Tell us the listing date, not just the bedroomsPhotography day, first open house and completion are three different jobs. Give us the date the photographer arrives and we work backwards from it.
- Get a fixed price in about a minuteChoose the property size and the tier — photo-ready presentation or the full pre-sale reset — and the price on screen is the price on the day, with parking, permits and ULEZ already inside it.
- The presentation clean, in buyer orderA DBS-checked team works the rooms in the order buyers judge them: entrance, kitchen, bathrooms, light, floors and odour, top down, with the styling tidy last.
- Photography-day check and touch-upWe can hold a short visit for the morning of the shoot or the open house so glass, worktops and floors are put back to photograph condition after a week of living in the property.
- Walk-round, snag sheet and the 48-hour promiseWe walk the property with you before we leave. If anything is missed, tell us within 48 hours and we come back and put it right free of charge.
Coverage
Every area of Kensington and Chelsea we cover
Related services
Other cleaning we run in Kensington and Chelsea across the borough
One-off deep cleaning
Staying put a while longer in Kensington and Chelsea? The same detail, without the photography deadline.
End of tenancy cleaning
Selling with a tenant in situ across SW3, SW5, SW7, SW10, W8, W10, W11, W14? The inventory-standard check-out clean.
Carpet cleaning
Hot-water extraction lifts the traffic lanes that make Kensington and Chelsea listing photographs look tired.
Appliance and oven cleaning
Buyers open the oven. Dip-tank cleaning for Kensington and Chelsea kitchens before the viewings start.
After builders cleaning
Refurbished to sell in SW3, SW5, SW7, SW10, W8, W10, W11, W14? Fine construction dust cleared before the photographer arrives.
Jet washing
Kerb appeal first: driveways, paths and frontages around Kensington and Chelsea pressure washed for the exterior shot.
Regular domestic cleaning
Keep an Kensington and Chelsea home viewing-ready week after week with the same cleaner.
Hoarder clean-up
Where a Kensington and Chelsea property has to be cleared before it can be marketed, we start there — discreetly.
Office cleaning
Marketing a SW3, SW5, SW7, SW10, W8, W10, W11, W14 commercial unit? Presentation cleaning and ongoing contracts for workplaces.
About the place
Kensington and Chelsea at a glance Central London
The densest borough in the country — white stucco crescents, museum quarter and the Portobello and World's End ends.
Market gardens turned into the Great Exhibition's Albertopolis, then estate-built stucco terraces for the Victorian wealthy.
Access for our teams: Some of the tightest CPZs in London, mews entrances under 2.1m and communal-stair-only access in many mansion blocks.
Questions
Pre-sale cleaning in Kensington and Chelsea answered
From £135 for a photo-ready presentation clean in a studio or 1-bed to £585 for a full pre-sale reset in a large house. A 2-bed is £175 to £285 and a 3-bed house £235 to £365. The price is the same in every Kensington and Chelsea area and includes VAT, products, parking, permits and ULEZ.
The day before the shoot is ideal. Book the full pre-sale reset ahead of photography and add a short viewing-day touch-up (£85) for the morning of an open house so the property returns to photograph condition.
Yes — all 11 named Kensington and Chelsea areas and every street in SW3, SW5, SW7, SW10, W8, W10, W11, W14. Boundary postcodes are covered too; enter your full postcode in the quote form to confirm instantly.
Yes. A deep clean is judged by the people living there; a pre-sale clean is judged by buyers, photographers and valuers. The hours go on the entrance, kitchen, bathrooms, glass, floors and smell, and it finishes with a styling tidy a deep clean does not include.
We hold keys through the agent, work to the photography schedule and send photographic sign-off per room, which matters when a vendor has already moved out of Kensington and Chelsea.
Internal glass, frames, cills and tracks are included. External glass to third floor is £75 and the kerb appeal wash-down — path, steps, bin store, porch and front door — is £95. Some of the tightest CPZs in London, mews entrances under 2.1m and communal-stair-only access in many mansion blocks.
Every cleaner is identity-checked, reference-checked and DBS-screened, and we carry £5m public liability. If anything is missed, tell us within 48 hours and we return free of charge.
Get your Kensington and Chelsea property photograph-ready
Tell us your listing date and property size and we will hold the team, the price and the touch-up visit around it.