Crew sized to the job
One technician with a portable extraction machine — the standard kit for London flats, where a truck-mount hose cannot reach a fourth floor. A23 red route, side streets with permit bays and mansion blocks with small lifts.
Lambeth · SW16 · Upholstery cleaning
Professional Upholstery cleaning in Streatham, SW16
Same-week slots · Fully insured · Local Streatham fitters · Fixed written pricesUpholstery cleaning in Streatham SW16, Lambeth, from £65. A two-mile high road, the common and the ice rink, with Edwardian streets either side, which is why our SW16 quotes account for a23 red route, side streets with permit bays and mansion blocks with small lifts. You get a fixed price in writing, an insured fitter and a tidy finish.
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SW16
- Upholstery cleaning in Streatham SW16 from £65, fixed in writing
- Most booked here: sofas and upholstered furniture
- Next-day availability in most postcodes; end-of-tenancy jobs prioritised around check-out dates.
- London Borough of Lambeth permits, ULEZ and the Congestion Charge 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, two-seat sofa
- £65From, two-seat sofa
- Streatham homes are flats
- 66%Streatham homes are flats
- Privately rented
- 35%Privately rented
- Households in Streatham
- 26,325Households in Streatham
Overview
Upholstery cleaning in Streatham SW16, explained
Upholstery cleaning in Streatham SW16 is a fixed-price visit for mixed-tenure homes in Lambeth, most of them mainly Edwardian. 26,325 households sit inside this SW16 patch, 66% of them flats, so we quote on access near Streatham Common and the Rookery rather than a London average.
How it works
How upholstery cleaning works in Streatham
Five steps, the same on every SW16 job, so you know what happens before you commit. Streatham gives us victorian and Edwardian conversion flats with original lath-and-plaster partitions, and with 35% of homes here privately rented, it sets the booking date as often as the job does is what we plan for here.
Step 1
Test first
A hidden seam is tested for colour-fastness and shrinkage before the machine is switched on.
Step 2
Dry soil out
Deep vacuum with an upholstery tool — most of what is in a London sofa is dry grit.
Step 3
Pre-treat the marks
Grease, food and body oils are treated individually and given dwell time.
Step 4
Extract
Hot-water extraction at controlled moisture, or a low-moisture pass on delicate fabrics.
Step 5
Groom and dry
Pile groomed straight and air movers left running so nobody sits on a damp cushion.
Why choose us
Why Streatham customers book us
Local knowledge is not a slogan on this page — it is what stops a bracket coming out of a Streatham wall.
Booked around your day
Next-day availability in most postcodes; end-of-tenancy jobs prioritised around check-out dates. Streatham (Thameslink, Southern) is the nearest station, so a SW16 visit rarely needs a whole morning set aside.
Streatham walls, not generic walls
We expect lath and plaster over timber studs in Streatham, with solid brick on the party and external walls — measured on the walk in from Streatham (Thameslink, Southern) rather than assumed from a map in SW16, and we carry the anchors, through-fixings and long bits that match. The mistake we spend most time undoing here is which crumbles the key and drops the panel, over a plasterboard plug spun into lime plaster — the reality on the streets around Streatham Common and the Rookery.
Insured and documented
£5m public liability, WoolSafe-approved chemistry on natural fibres and COSHH sheets on the van for everything else.
Fixed prices
Upholstery cleaning prices in Streatham
Fixed prices for SW16 and the rest of Lambeth. Seat count and fabric type set the price. Velvet, viscose and linen need the slower low-moisture method, which takes longer than extraction on a synthetic weave.
| 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
What's included in Streatham
The same scope across SW16, whether the job is a single item or a full room.
Included in the price
- Fibre identification and a colour-fastness test before any water touches the piece, checked on every SW16 visit
- Standard on Lambeth bookings: dry vacuum and pre-treatment of grease, food and body-oil marks, with 26,325 households in this neighbourhood, it is the question we are asked most
- On SW16 jobs: hot-water extraction or low-moisture clean, matched to the fabric, local upholstery cleaning included
- In Streatham: cushion faces, sides, arms, back panels and the frame, sized for the a23 red route, side streets with permit bays and mansion blocks with small lifts
- Air movers left running so the piece is touch-dry in 2–4 hours — including upholstery cleaning
Not included
- Guaranteed removal of dye stains, ink, bleach marks or old pet urine that has reached the foam, quoted separately if you need it arranged in SW16
- Leather restoration or re-colouring — we clean and condition, we do not re-dye, which we refer on to the right trade in Streatham
- Re-upholstery, foam replacement or structural repair, and we will say so before the SW16 visit rather than on the day
- Moving furniture between rooms or properties, outside the fixed price on Streatham bookings
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Coverage
Where we work around Streatham SW16
Upholstery cleaning across Lambeth and the SW16 district, mapped below.
Also in this area
Other handyman work in Streatham
Same fitters, same SW16 rounds, same fixed-price approach.
Carpet cleaning in Streatham
Hot-water extraction for wool, synthetic and sisal, booked in the same visit as the sofa.
End of tenancy cleaning in Streatham
The whole-property clean most upholstery work is booked alongside at move-out.
One-off deep cleaning in Streatham
Kitchen, bathrooms and every hard surface, top of the wardrobe to the skirting.
Furniture disposal in Streatham
Sofas, beds and wardrobes taken away and reused or recycled wherever they still can be.
Most booked alongside this in Streatham SW16
Working in Streatham
Streatham SW16 at a glance
Published figures for the neighbourhood that covers Streatham — the numbers that actually change a upholstery cleaning quote.
Walk Streatham from Streatham Common and the Rookery outwards and the mainly Edwardian pattern is obvious: 66% of the 26,325 households in SW16 live in flats, 34% in houses.
Private renting sits at 35% and owner-occupation at 44%; the first group books upholstery cleaning at short notice, the second plans it.
Streatham substrates run to lath and plaster over timber studs in Streatham, with solid brick on the party and external walls — measured on the walk in from Streatham (Thameslink, Southern) rather than assumed from a map. Nothing is drilled until the wall has been sounded, because which crumbles the key and drops the panel, over a plasterboard plug spun into lime plaster — the reality on the streets around Streatham Common and the Rookery is the mistake that costs a SW16 customer twice.
Anyone who knows Streatham knows the pattern near Streatham Common and the Rookery: a two-mile high road, the common and the ice rink, with Edwardian streets either side. We plan the SW16 visit around it. Streatham sits inside the Congestion Charge zone as well as ULEZ, so both are itemised on the quote rather than absorbed into an hourly rate.
On access, a23 red route, side streets with permit bays and mansion blocks with small lifts — one reason one technician with a portable extraction machine — the standard kit for London flats, where a truck-mount hose cannot reach a fourth floor. Fitters travelling in use Streatham (Thameslink, Southern).
Area at a glance
Streatham SW16 by the numbers
Who lives in Streatham 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 Clapham Park East & Streatham Hill North and Streatham Central and Streatham Common and Streatham Green and Streatham Hill and Streatham Vale and West Norwood West & Streatham East neighbourhood itself — not Lambeth-wide averages, and not estimates.
64,560
Residents
Clapham Park East & Streatham Hill North and Streatham Central and Streatham Common and Streatham Green and Streatham Hill and Streatham Vale and West Norwood West & Streatham East neighbourhood, Census 2021
26,325
Households
Median age 34.9
Flats vs houses
Flats 66.1%Houses 33.8%
Residents by sex
Male48.6%
Female51.4%
Single-person households
30.3%
Privately rented
34.7%
- Median age
- 34.9
- Owner-occupied
- 44.2%
- Social rented
- 20.9%
- Postcode districts
- SW16
- Nearest station
- Streatham
- Parking
- CPZ + C-Charge + ULEZ
Source: ONS Census 2021 via Nomis (TS008, TS041, TS007A, TS044, TS054, TS003), MSOA geography. Figures cover the ONS neighbourhoods Clapham Park East & Streatham Hill North, Streatham Central, Streatham Common, Streatham Green, Streatham Hill, Streatham Vale, West Norwood West & Streatham East (E02000639, E02000643, E02000646, E02000647, E02000649, E02000651, E02000652) — the published geography that covers Streatham, not the whole borough. Neighbourhood names: House of Commons Library MSOA Names (OGL). Coordinates for the SW16 district: 51.4212, -0.1293 — Outward postcode centroid, postcodes.io (Ordnance Survey Open Data).
Common questions
Upholstery cleaning in Streatham SW16 — your questions.
How much does upholstery cleaning cost in Streatham SW16?
Two-seat sofa starts at £65 in Streatham, with 21% social-rented stock nearby, and every job is quoted as a fixed written price before a fitter is booked on SW16 jobs. Seat count and fabric type set the price. Velvet, viscose and linen need the slower low-moisture method across SW16, with this being a short walk from Streatham (Thameslink, Southern), which takes longer than extraction on a synthetic weave.
Can you clean a corner sofa in a Streatham flat?
Yes — corner and L-shape sofas near Streatham Common and the Rookery are priced per seat from £130, since a five-seat corner is genuinely two sofas' worth of fabric on the Streatham rounds, with 21% social-rented stock nearby. With 66% of Streatham homes being flats, access through the doorway is checked before the appointment, not on the day on SW16 jobs, with 34% of Streatham homes being houses.
Is upholstery cleaning safe for velvet and delicate fabric in Streatham SW16?
We test a hidden seam first. Velvet, viscose and some linens can't take wet extraction in this 66% flats neighbourhood, with 35% of SW16 homes being privately rented, so where that's the case we quote a low-moisture clean instead of risking the fabric.
Do you clean mattresses as well as sofas for a Lambeth move-out?
Yes — a double mattress clean and sanitise is £55 and is often booked alongside the sofa for a SW16 tenancy check-out on the Streatham rounds — and 26,325 households on this patch, with this being a short walk from Streatham (Thameslink, Southern), which most London Borough of Lambeth inventory clerks look at closely.
Are your fitters insured for work in SW16?
£5m public liability, WoolSafe-approved chemistry on natural fibres and COSHH sheets on the van for everything else on this side of Lambeth, with a median age of 35 in this neighbourhood. That paperwork is what most Lambeth letting agents and managing agents ask for before work starts in a leasehold flat in Streatham, with this being London Borough of Lambeth territory.
What is not included in upholstery cleaning in Streatham?
Guaranteed removal of dye stains, ink, bleach marks or old pet urine that has reached the foam; Leather restoration or re-colouring — we clean and condition, we do not re-dye; Re-upholstery, foam replacement or structural repair; Moving furniture between rooms or properties on the Streatham rounds — and 44% owner-occupation locally, with 34% of Streatham homes being houses. Anything outside that scope is quoted separately so the Streatham SW16 price you agree is the price you pay on SW16 jobs, with Streatham Common and the Rookery a few streets away.
Who books upholstery cleaning in Streatham SW16 — tenants, landlords or owners?
All three. With 35% of Streatham privately rented and 44% owner-occupied, roughly half the SW16 diary is agent- or landlord-instructed and invoiced separately from the person at the door on the streets near Streatham Common and the Rookery — and 34% of Streatham homes being houses, with this being a short walk from Streatham (Thameslink, Southern).
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