Southwark · SE22 · Upholstery cleaning
Same-week slots · Fully insured · Local East Dulwich fitters · Fixed written pricesUpholstery cleaning for East Dulwich (SE22) households — 3,337 of them, 43% 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 owner-occupier-led households around East Dulwich, upholstery cleaning here covers supply-free fitting from £65. With 43% of East Dulwich's 3,337 homes in flats, lift access and stair carries in SE22 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 solid London stock brick; locally that also means some of it dry-lined during a later refurbishment — the reality on the streets around Dulwich Park in SE22, and we carry the anchors, through-fixings and long bits that match. The mistake we spend most time undoing here is in SE22, fixings landing in soft lime mortar joints instead of the brick body — with 16% social-rented stock locally, block access is agreed with the estate office first.
£1m 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. Narrow terraced streets, resident bays and side returns too tight for a Luton.
Next-day availability in most postcodes; end-of-tenancy jobs prioritised around check-out dates. East Dulwich (Thameslink) is the nearest station, so a SE22 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
We had arranged for a deep clean of our new property, carpets and sofas following a house move. Following a complicated completion date, we had to rearrange our service for the next day. Despite this, Ioana and her team were very kind and understanding, and helped me to rearrange the deep clean for the next… Read in full →
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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 East Dulwich
The SE22 stock around Dulwich Park is mainly Victorian. ONS records 43% flats, 57% houses and 3,337 households in East Dulwich.
Private renting sits at 25% and owner-occupation at 58%; the first group books upholstery cleaning at short notice, the second plans it.
East Dulwich substrates run to solid London stock brick; locally that also means some of it dry-lined during a later refurbishment — the reality on the streets around Dulwich Park. Nothing is drilled until the wall has been sounded, because in SE22, fixings landing in soft lime mortar joints instead of the brick body — with 16% social-rented stock locally, block access is agreed with the estate office first is the mistake that costs a SE22 customer twice.
Two streets can behave very differently in East Dulwich: lordship Lane's shops and rows of bay-fronted Victorian family houses. The quote reflects the street the job is actually on. East Dulwich sits inside the Congestion Charge zone as well as ULEZ, so both are itemised on the quote rather than absorbed into an hourly rate.
Narrow terraced streets, resident bays and side returns too tight for a Luton. Nearest station is East Dulwich (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 East Dulwich 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 East Dulwich neighbourhood itself — not Southwark-wide averages, and not estimates.
8,296
Residents
East Dulwich neighbourhood, Census 2021
3,337
Households
Median age 36
Flats vs houses
Residents by sex
Single-person households
25.6%
Privately rented
25.3%
Source: ONS Census 2021 via Nomis (TS008, TS041, TS007A, TS044, TS054, TS003), MSOA geography. Figures cover the ONS neighbourhood East Dulwich (E02000836) — the published geography that covers East Dulwich, not the whole borough. Neighbourhood names: House of Commons Library MSOA Names (OGL). Coordinates for the SE22 district: 51.4544, -0.0724 — Outward postcode centroid, postcodes.io (Ordnance Survey Open Data).
Two-seat sofa starts at £65 in East Dulwich in this 43% flats neighbourhood, with this being London Borough of Southwark 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 across SE22, with Southwark parking rules in play, which takes longer than extraction on a synthetic weave.
Yes — corner and L-shape sofas near Dulwich Park are priced per seat from £130, since a five-seat corner is genuinely two sofas' worth of fabric on the East Dulwich rounds — and 25% of SE22 homes being privately rented, with this being London Borough of Southwark territory. With 43% of East Dulwich homes being flats, access through the doorway is checked before the appointment, not on the day on SE22 jobs, with a median age of 36 in this neighbourhood.
We test a hidden seam first. Velvet, viscose and some linens can't take wet extraction across SE22, with 3,337 households on this patch, 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 SE22 tenancy check-out across SE22 — and 3,337 households on this patch, with 58% owner-occupation locally, which most London Borough of Southwark inventory clerks look at closely.
All three. With 25% of East Dulwich privately rented and 58% owner-occupied, roughly half the SE22 diary is agent- or landlord-instructed and invoiced separately from the person at the door on this side of Southwark — and 57% of East Dulwich homes being houses, with Southwark parking rules in play.
Dulwich Park is the marker we route to on the streets near Dulwich Park, with Southwark parking rules in play, and narrow terraced streets, resident bays and side returns too tight for a Luton. A SE22 slot added to an existing Southwark round usually lands the same week rather than the next across SE22, with 43% of homes here being flats.
Next-day availability in most postcodes; end-of-tenancy jobs prioritised around check-out dates on the East Dulwich rounds. East Dulwich sits close to East Dulwich (Thameslink) across SE22, with 58% owner-occupation locally, so we can usually add a SE22 job to an existing Southwark 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. East Dulwich SE22 jobs are confirmed in writing before anyone travels, and the same crew covers the rest of southwark.
No deposit is taken until the price and slot are confirmed in writing.
