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. September student turnover, New Cross Road red route and narrow permit-only streets.
Lewisham · SE14 · Upholstery cleaning
Professional Upholstery cleaning in New Cross, SE14
Same-week slots · Fully insured · Local New Cross fitters · Fixed written pricesUpholstery cleaning for New Cross (SE14) households — 11,771 of them, 73% 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.
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- Since 2019
SE14
- Upholstery cleaning in New Cross SE14 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 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, two-seat sofa
- £65From, two-seat sofa
- New Cross homes are flats
- 73%New Cross homes are flats
- Privately rented
- 34%Privately rented
- Households in New Cross
- 11,771Households in New Cross
Overview
Upholstery cleaning in New Cross SE14, explained
Upholstery cleaning in New Cross SE14 is a fixed-price visit for social-housing-led homes in Lewisham, most of them mainly Victorian. 11,771 households sit inside this SE14 patch, 73% of them flats, so we quote on access near Goldsmiths, University of London rather than a London average.
How it works
How upholstery cleaning works in New Cross
Five steps, the same on every SE14 job, so you know what happens before you commit. New Cross gives us council and housing-association blocks built from precast concrete and dense block, the reality on the streets around Goldsmiths, University of London 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 New Cross customers book us
Four things decide whether a SE14 job goes well, and none of them are visible from a price list.
Booked around your day
Next-day availability in most postcodes; end-of-tenancy jobs prioritised around check-out dates. New Cross (Overground, Southeastern) is the nearest station, so a SE14 visit rarely needs a whole morning set aside.
New Cross walls, not generic walls
We expect often with surface conduit, over precast concrete panels and dense blockwork — a median age of 32 in this neighbourhood shapes what gets ordered here in SE14, and we carry the anchors, through-fixings and long bits that match. The mistake we spend most time undoing here is in SE14, drilling blind into a panel with reinforcement or a buried cable behind it — with 36% social-rented stock locally, block access is agreed with the estate office first.
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 New Cross
Fixed prices for SE14 and the rest of Lewisham. 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 New Cross
The same scope across SE14, 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, noted on the New Cross job sheet so the next visit starts from it
- Standard on Lewisham bookings: dry vacuum and pre-treatment of grease, food and body-oil marks, allowing for the 34% of SE14 homes that are privately rented and need the landlord's sign-off
- On SE14 jobs: hot-water extraction or low-moisture clean, matched to the fabric, agreed on the doorstep in New Cross before anything is unpacked
- In New Cross: cushion faces, sides, arms, back panels and the frame, timed against the walk in from New Cross (Overground, Southeastern)
- Air movers left running so the piece is touch-dry in 2–4 hours, checked on every SE14 visit
Not included
- Guaranteed removal of dye stains, ink, bleach marks or old pet urine that has reached the foam, outside the fixed price on New Cross bookings
- Leather restoration or re-colouring — we clean and condition, we do not re-dye, quoted separately if you need it arranged in SE14
- Re-upholstery, foam replacement or structural repair, handled by London Borough of Lewisham or a specialist contractor instead
- Moving furniture between rooms or properties, and we will say so before the SE14 visit rather than on the day
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Coverage
Where we work around New Cross SE14
Upholstery cleaning across Lewisham and the SE14 district, mapped below.
Also in this area
Other handyman work in New Cross
Same fitters, same SE14 rounds, same fixed-price approach.
Carpet cleaning in New Cross
Hot-water extraction for wool, synthetic and sisal, booked in the same visit as the sofa.
End of tenancy cleaning in New Cross
The whole-property clean most upholstery work is booked alongside at move-out.
One-off deep cleaning in New Cross
Kitchen, bathrooms and every hard surface, top of the wardrobe to the skirting.
Furniture disposal in New Cross
Sofas, beds and wardrobes taken away and reused or recycled wherever they still can be.
Most booked alongside this in New Cross SE14
Working in New Cross
New Cross SE14 at a glance
Published figures for the neighbourhood that covers New Cross — the numbers that actually change a upholstery cleaning quote.
Census 2021 puts New Cross at 11,771 households with a median age of 31.9. The mainly Victorian stock is social-housing-led, which is why 27% houses and 73% flats need different handling in SE14.
Private renting sits at 34% and owner-occupation at 30%; the first group books upholstery cleaning at short notice, the second plans it.
Expect often with surface conduit, over precast concrete panels and dense blockwork — a median age of 32 in this neighbourhood shapes what gets ordered here behind the plaster in SE14. That is why fixings are picked in the room rather than off a van shelf, and why in SE14, drilling blind into a panel with reinforcement or a buried cable behind it — with 36% social-rented stock locally, block access is agreed with the estate office first is the fault we are called back to undo.
Anyone who knows New Cross knows the pattern near Goldsmiths, University of London: goldsmiths' campus, the Venue and student-heavy Victorian streets. We plan the SE14 visit around it. New Cross is outside the Congestion Charge zone but inside ULEZ; our vehicles are compliant, so nothing is added for it.
September student turnover, New Cross Road red route and narrow permit-only streets. Nearest station is New Cross (Overground, Southeastern), 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
New Cross SE14 by the numbers
Who lives in New Cross 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 New Cross & Deptford South and New Cross Gate and New Cross South neighbourhood itself — not Lewisham-wide averages, and not estimates.
29,076
Residents
New Cross & Deptford South and New Cross Gate and New Cross South neighbourhood, Census 2021
11,771
Households
Median age 31.9
Flats vs houses
Flats 73.3%Houses 26.6%
Residents by sex
Male47.8%
Female52.2%
Single-person households
32.6%
Privately rented
34.3%
- Median age
- 31.9
- Owner-occupied
- 29.7%
- Social rented
- 35.8%
- Postcode districts
- SE14
- Nearest station
- New Cross
- Parking
- CPZ + ULEZ
Source: ONS Census 2021 via Nomis (TS008, TS041, TS007A, TS044, TS054, TS003), MSOA geography. Figures cover the ONS neighbourhoods New Cross & Deptford South, New Cross Gate, New Cross South (E02000655, E02000657, E02006798) — the published geography that covers New Cross, not the whole borough. Neighbourhood names: House of Commons Library MSOA Names (OGL). Coordinates for the SE14 district: 51.4759, -0.0423 — Outward postcode centroid, postcodes.io (Ordnance Survey Open Data).
Common questions
Upholstery cleaning in New Cross SE14 — your questions.
How much does upholstery cleaning cost in New Cross SE14?
Two-seat sofa starts at £65 in New Cross for New Cross (SE14) addresses, with 73% of homes here being flats, 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 Lewisham bookings, with 33% one-person households here, which takes longer than extraction on a synthetic weave.
Can you clean a corner sofa in a New Cross flat?
Yes — corner and L-shape sofas near Goldsmiths, University of London are priced per seat from £130, since a five-seat corner is genuinely two sofas' worth of fabric for New Cross (SE14) addresses — and 36% social-rented stock nearby, with a median age of 32 in this neighbourhood. With 73% of New Cross homes being flats, access through the doorway is checked before the appointment, not on the day in this 73% flats neighbourhood, with 11,771 households on this patch.
Is upholstery cleaning safe for velvet and delicate fabric in New Cross SE14?
We test a hidden seam first. Velvet, viscose and some linens can't take wet extraction around New Cross (Overground, Southeastern), with Lewisham parking rules in play, 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 Lewisham move-out?
Yes — a double mattress clean and sanitise is £55 and is often booked alongside the sofa for a SE14 tenancy check-out for New Cross (SE14) addresses, with 11,771 households on this patch — and this being London Borough of Lewisham territory, which most London Borough of Lewisham inventory clerks look at closely.
Who books upholstery cleaning in New Cross SE14 — tenants, landlords or owners?
All three. With 34% of New Cross privately rented and 30% owner-occupied, roughly half the SE14 diary is agent- or landlord-instructed and invoiced separately from the person at the door in New Cross — and 33% one-person households here, with 36% social-rented stock nearby.
How quickly can you reach New Cross from your Lewisham round?
Goldsmiths, University of London is the marker we route to for New Cross (SE14) addresses, with 11,771 households on this patch, and september student turnover, New Cross Road red route and narrow permit-only streets. A SE14 slot added to an existing Lewisham round usually lands the same week rather than the next on the streets near Goldsmiths, University of London, with 33% one-person households here.
Is same-day or evening upholstery cleaning available in Lewisham?
Next-day availability in most postcodes; end-of-tenancy jobs prioritised around check-out dates in New Cross. New Cross sits close to New Cross (Overground, Southeastern) around New Cross (Overground, Southeastern), with 73% of homes here being flats, so we can usually add a SE14 job to an existing Lewisham round at short notice.
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Two ways to go: price it yourself on the quote page, or pick a slot on the live booking calendar. New Cross SE14 jobs are confirmed in writing before anyone travels, and the same crew covers the rest of lewisham.
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