Camden · NW6 · Upholstery cleaning
Same-week slots · Fully insured · Local West Hampstead fitters · Fixed written pricesUpholstery cleaning for West Hampstead (NW6) households — 4,309 of them, 88% in flats. From £65 fixed, one technician with a portable extraction machine — the standard kit for London flats, where a truck-mount hose cannot reach a fourth floor Insured cleaners, fabric-matched products, and air movers left running until the piece is touch-dry.
Overview
Booked mostly by renter-heavy households around West Hampstead, upholstery cleaning here covers supply-free fitting from £65. With 88% of West Hampstead's 4,309 homes in flats, lift access and stair carries in NW6 shape the slot length we hold.
How it works
Step 1
A hidden seam is tested for colour-fastness and shrinkage before the machine is switched on.
Step 2
Deep vacuum with an upholstery tool — most of what is in a London sofa is dry grit.
Step 3
Grease, food and body oils are treated individually and given dwell time.
Step 4
Hot-water extraction at controlled moisture, or a low-moisture pass on delicate fabrics.
Step 5
Pile groomed straight and air movers left running so nobody sits on a damp cushion.
Why choose us
We expect with solid brick on the party and external walls — and lath and plaster over timber studs — a median age of 33 in this neighbourhood shapes what gets ordered here in NW6, and we carry the anchors, through-fixings and long bits that match. The mistake we spend most time undoing here is a plasterboard plug spun into lime plaster in NW6, which crumbles the key and drops the panel — the pattern behind 4,309 households inside the NW6 neighbourhood.
£5m public liability, WoolSafe-approved chemistry on natural fibres and COSHH sheets on the van for everything else.
One technician with a portable extraction machine — the standard kit for London flats, where a truck-mount hose cannot reach a fourth floor. Very tight parking, narrow terraced streets and flats up two to four flights without lifts.
Next-day availability in most postcodes; end-of-tenancy jobs prioritised around check-out dates. West Hampstead (Jubilee, Overground, Thameslink) is the nearest station, so a NW6 visit rarely needs a whole morning set aside.
Fixed prices
| Job | From | Typical time | What sets the price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Two-seat sofa | £65 | 45–60 min | Hot-water extraction with a hand tool, both faces of every cushion, plus the frame and skirt. |
| Three-seat sofa | £85 | 60–90 min | More surface and usually more soiling at the arms and headrest, where hair products and hands land. |
| Corner or L-shape sofa | £130 | 2 hrs | Priced per seat rather than per item, because a five-seat corner is genuinely two sofas' worth of fabric. |
| Armchair or dining chair (each) | £25 | 15–25 min | Booked alongside a sofa; on their own they are quoted against the £65 minimum visit. |
| Mattress clean and sanitise, double | £55 | 40 min | Extraction plus a dust-mite treatment, which is the reason most London flats book it at all. |
Two-seat sofa
£65 · 45–60 min
Hot-water extraction with a hand tool, both faces of every cushion, plus the frame and skirt.
Three-seat sofa
£85 · 60–90 min
More surface and usually more soiling at the arms and headrest, where hair products and hands land.
Corner or L-shape sofa
£130 · 2 hrs
Priced per seat rather than per item, because a five-seat corner is genuinely two sofas' worth of fabric.
Armchair or dining chair (each)
£25 · 15–25 min
Booked alongside a sofa; on their own they are quoted against the £65 minimum visit.
Mattress clean and sanitise, double
£55 · 40 min
Extraction plus a dust-mite treatment, which is the reason most London flats book it at all.
Prices include VAT with a £65 minimum charge per visit. Fabric is tested in a hidden area first: velvet, viscose and some linens cannot take wet extraction, and where that is the case we say so and quote a low-moisture method instead of risking the piece.
Scope
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Coverage
Also in this area
Hot-water extraction for wool, synthetic and sisal, booked in the same visit as the sofa.
The whole-property clean most upholstery work is booked alongside at move-out.
Kitchen, bathrooms and every hard surface, top of the wardrobe to the skirting.
Sofas, beds and wardrobes taken away and reused or recycled wherever they still can be.
Working in West Hampstead
Census 2021 puts West Hampstead at 4,309 households with a median age of 33.1. The mainly Victorian stock is renter-heavy, which is why 12% houses and 88% flats need different handling in NW6.
49% of households rent privately and 30% own, which is why upholstery cleaning demand here peaks around tenancy changeovers and completion dates.
Expect with solid brick on the party and external walls — and lath and plaster over timber studs — a median age of 33 in this neighbourhood shapes what gets ordered here behind the plaster in NW6. That is why fixings are picked in the room rather than off a van shelf, and why a plasterboard plug spun into lime plaster in NW6, which crumbles the key and drops the panel — the pattern behind 4,309 households inside the NW6 neighbourhood is the fault we are called back to undo.
Two streets can behave very differently in West Hampstead: three stations, a busy high street and streets of red-brick Victorian conversions. The quote reflects the street the job is actually on. West Hampstead sits inside the Congestion Charge zone as well as ULEZ, so both are itemised on the quote rather than absorbed into an hourly rate.
Very tight parking, narrow terraced streets and flats up two to four flights without lifts. Nearest station is West Hampstead (Jubilee, Overground, Thameslink), and one technician with a portable extraction machine — the standard kit for London flats, where a truck-mount hose cannot reach a fourth floor.
Area at a glance
Who lives in West Hampstead and what they live in decides how upholstery cleaning is quoted and how long a visit takes. These are the published Census 2021 figures for the West Hampstead neighbourhood itself — not Camden-wide averages, and not estimates.
9,082
Residents
West Hampstead neighbourhood, Census 2021
4,309
Households
Median age 33.1
Flats vs houses
Residents by sex
Single-person households
39.6%
Privately rented
48.5%
Source: ONS Census 2021 via Nomis (TS008, TS041, TS007A, TS044, TS054, TS003), MSOA geography. Figures cover the ONS neighbourhood West Hampstead (E02000175) — the published geography that covers West Hampstead, not the whole borough. Neighbourhood names: House of Commons Library MSOA Names (OGL). Coordinates for the NW6 district: 51.5422, -0.1962 — Outward postcode centroid, postcodes.io (Ordnance Survey Open Data).
Two-seat sofa starts at £65 in West Hampstead on this side of Camden, with this being London Borough of Camden territory, and every job is quoted as a fixed written price before a fitter is booked. Seat count and fabric type set the price. Velvet, viscose and linen need the slower low-moisture method on Camden bookings, with 4,309 households on this patch, which takes longer than extraction on a synthetic weave.
Yes — corner and L-shape sofas near West End Lane are priced per seat from £130, since a five-seat corner is genuinely two sofas' worth of fabric for West Hampstead (NW6) addresses — and 30% owner-occupation locally, with 40% one-person households here. With 88% of West Hampstead homes being flats, access through the doorway is checked before the appointment, not on the day in this 88% flats neighbourhood, with Camden parking rules in play.
We test a hidden seam first. Velvet, viscose and some linens can't take wet extraction for West Hampstead (NW6) addresses, with Camden parking rules in play, so where that's the case we quote a low-moisture clean instead of risking the fabric.
Yes — a double mattress clean and sanitise is £55 and is often booked alongside the sofa for a NW6 tenancy check-out in this 88% flats neighbourhood, with 49% of NW6 homes being privately rented — and 88% of homes here being flats, which most London Borough of Camden inventory clerks look at closely.
Next-day availability in most postcodes; end-of-tenancy jobs prioritised around check-out dates for West Hampstead (NW6) addresses. West Hampstead sits close to West Hampstead (Jubilee, Overground, Thameslink) in West Hampstead — and Camden parking rules in play, with 49% of NW6 homes being privately rented, so we can usually add a NW6 job to an existing Camden round at short notice.
Very tight parking, narrow terraced streets and flats up two to four flights without lifts on Camden bookings. Where a permit or a suspended bay is needed in London Borough of Camden it is itemised on the quote before the visit, never added afterwards on the West Hampstead rounds — and 4,309 households on this patch, with this being a short walk from West Hampstead (Jubilee, Overground, Thameslink).
£5m public liability, WoolSafe-approved chemistry on natural fibres and COSHH sheets on the van for everything else for West Hampstead (NW6) addresses, with this being a short walk from West Hampstead (Jubilee, Overground, Thameslink). That paperwork is what most Camden letting agents and managing agents ask for before work starts in a leasehold flat on the West Hampstead rounds, with 49% of NW6 homes being privately rented.
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Free quote · 1-hour reply
Two ways to go: price it yourself on the quote page, or pick a slot on the live booking calendar. West Hampstead NW6 jobs are confirmed in writing before anyone travels, and the same crew covers the rest of camden.
No deposit is taken until the price and slot are confirmed in writing.
