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Wandsworth · SW11 · Upholstery cleaning
Professional Upholstery cleaning in Battersea, SW11
Same-week slots · Fully insured · Local Battersea fitters · Fixed written pricesWe provide upholstery cleaning in Battersea SW11 for houses and flats around Battersea Power Station. From £65, quoted in writing before the visit, with one technician with a portable extraction machine — the standard kit for London flats, where a truck-mount hose cannot reach a fourth floor Every piece is fibre-tested and cleaned in the room it stands in, then dried with air movers before we leave.
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- Upholstery cleaning in Battersea SW11 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 Wandsworth 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
- Battersea homes are flats
- 87%Battersea homes are flats
- Privately rented
- 33%Privately rented
- Households in Battersea
- 6,832Households in Battersea
Overview
Upholstery cleaning in Battersea SW11, explained
Upholstery cleaning in Battersea SW11 is a fixed-price visit for mixed-tenure homes in Wandsworth, most of them mainly Victorian. 6,832 households sit inside this SW11 patch, 87% of them flats, so we quote on access near Battersea Power Station rather than a London average.
How it works
How upholstery cleaning works in Battersea
Five steps, the same on every SW11 job, so you know what happens before you commit. New-build and conversion flats lined with dot-and-dab plasterboard on these streets — with 28% social-rented stock locally, block access is agreed with the estate office first 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 Battersea customers book us
Four things decide whether a SW11 job goes well, and none of them are visible from a price list.
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. Estate loading docks booked in advance, Nine Elms construction diversions and tight terraced streets.
Booked around your day
Next-day availability in most postcodes; end-of-tenancy jobs prioritised around check-out dates. Battersea Power Station (Northern) is the nearest station, so a SW11 visit rarely needs a whole morning set aside.
Battersea walls, not generic walls
We expect dot-and-dab plasterboard over blockwork; locally that also means with metal stud partitions between rooms, measured on the walk in from Battersea Power Station (Northern) rather than assumed from a map in SW11, and we carry the anchors, through-fixings and long bits that match. The mistake we spend most time undoing here is Battersea gives us short screws that grip only the board and slowly lever it off the dabs, and with 33% of homes here privately rented, it sets the booking date as often as the job does.
Fixed prices
Upholstery cleaning prices in Battersea
Fixed prices for SW11 and the rest of Wandsworth. 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 Battersea
The same scope across SW11, whether the job is a single item or a full room.
Included in the price
- Standard on Wandsworth bookings: fibre identification and a colour-fastness test before any water touches the piece, with 6,832 households in this neighbourhood, it is the question we are asked most
- Dry vacuum and pre-treatment of grease, food and body-oil marks, checked on every SW11 visit
- In Battersea: hot-water extraction or low-moisture clean, matched to the fabric, sized for the estate loading docks booked in advance, nine elms construction diversions and tight terraced streets
- On SW11 jobs: cushion faces, sides, arms, back panels and the frame, local upholstery cleaning included
- Standard on Wandsworth bookings: air movers left running so the piece is touch-dry in 2–4 hours, allowing for the 33% of SW11 homes that are privately rented and need the landlord's sign-off
Not included
- Guaranteed removal of dye stains, ink, bleach marks or old pet urine that has reached the foam, handled by London Borough of Wandsworth or a specialist contractor instead
- Leather restoration or re-colouring — we clean and condition, we do not re-dye, which we refer on to the right trade in Battersea
- Re-upholstery, foam replacement or structural repair, outside the fixed price on Battersea bookings
- Moving furniture between rooms or properties, and we will say so before the SW11 visit rather than on the day
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Coverage
Where we work around Battersea SW11
Upholstery cleaning across Wandsworth and the SW11 district, mapped below.
Also in this area
Other handyman work in Battersea
Same fitters, same SW11 rounds, same fixed-price approach.
Carpet cleaning in Battersea
Hot-water extraction for wool, synthetic and sisal, booked in the same visit as the sofa.
End of tenancy cleaning in Battersea
The whole-property clean most upholstery work is booked alongside at move-out.
One-off deep cleaning in Battersea
Kitchen, bathrooms and every hard surface, top of the wardrobe to the skirting.
Furniture disposal in Battersea
Sofas, beds and wardrobes taken away and reused or recycled wherever they still can be.
Most booked alongside this in Battersea SW11
Working in Battersea
Battersea SW11 at a glance
Published figures for the neighbourhood that covers Battersea — the numbers that actually change a upholstery cleaning quote.
6,832 households sit inside the SW11 neighbourhood covering Battersea. The build is mainly Victorian, the tenure profile mixed-tenure, and 87% of those homes are flats.
Because 33% of Battersea is privately rented and 28% socially rented, a lot of SW11 work is agreed with a landlord or managing agent rather than the person opening the door.
Battersea substrates run to dot-and-dab plasterboard over blockwork; locally that also means with metal stud partitions between rooms, measured on the walk in from Battersea Power Station (Northern) rather than assumed from a map. Nothing is drilled until the wall has been sounded, because Battersea gives us short screws that grip only the board and slowly lever it off the dabs, and with 33% of homes here privately rented, it sets the booking date as often as the job does is the mistake that costs a SW11 customer twice.
The rebuilt power station, riverside towers and Victorian streets around the park. That character decides the practical detail of upholstery cleaning here far more than the borough boundary does. Battersea is outside the Congestion Charge zone but inside ULEZ; our vehicles are compliant, so nothing is added for it.
Getting to the door matters as much as the job: estate loading docks booked in advance, Nine Elms construction diversions and tight terraced streets. Battersea Power Station (Northern) is the nearest station, 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
Battersea SW11 by the numbers
Who lives in Battersea 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 Battersea Latchmere and Battersea Park neighbourhood itself — not Wandsworth-wide averages, and not estimates.
15,426
Residents
Battersea Latchmere and Battersea Park neighbourhood, Census 2021
6,832
Households
Median age 35.2
Flats vs houses
Flats 87.1%Houses 12.8%
Residents by sex
Male47.1%
Female52.9%
Single-person households
33.9%
Privately rented
33.1%
- Median age
- 35.2
- Owner-occupied
- 38.4%
- Social rented
- 28.4%
- Postcode districts
- SW11, SW8
- Nearest station
- Battersea Power Station
- Parking
- CPZ + ULEZ
Source: ONS Census 2021 via Nomis (TS008, TS041, TS007A, TS044, TS054, TS003), MSOA geography. Figures cover the ONS neighbourhoods Battersea Latchmere, Battersea Park (E02000923, E02000925) — the published geography that covers Battersea, not the whole borough. Neighbourhood names: House of Commons Library MSOA Names (OGL). Coordinates for the SW11 district: 51.4688, -0.1628 — Outward postcode centroid, postcodes.io (Ordnance Survey Open Data).
Common questions
Upholstery cleaning in Battersea SW11 — your questions.
How much does upholstery cleaning cost in Battersea SW11?
Two-seat sofa starts at £65 in Battersea, with 13% of Battersea homes being houses, and every job is quoted as a fixed written price before a fitter is booked for Battersea (SW11) addresses. Seat count and fabric type set the price. Velvet, viscose and linen need the slower low-moisture method across SW11, with 87% of homes here being flats, which takes longer than extraction on a synthetic weave.
Can you clean a corner sofa in a Battersea flat?
Yes — corner and L-shape sofas near Battersea Power Station are priced per seat from £130, since a five-seat corner is genuinely two sofas' worth of fabric across SW11 — and Battersea Power Station a few streets away, with 34% one-person households here. With 87% of Battersea homes being flats, access through the doorway is checked before the appointment, not on the day around Battersea Power Station (Northern), with 6,832 households on this patch.
Is upholstery cleaning safe for velvet and delicate fabric in Battersea SW11?
We test a hidden seam first. Velvet, viscose and some linens can't take wet extraction on the Battersea rounds, with 34% one-person households here, 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 Wandsworth move-out?
Yes — a double mattress clean and sanitise is £55 and is often booked alongside the sofa for a SW11 tenancy check-out across SW11 — and 34% one-person households here, with 38% owner-occupation locally, which most London Borough of Wandsworth inventory clerks look at closely.
What is not included in upholstery cleaning in Battersea?
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 across SW11 — and 33% of SW11 homes being privately rented, with 87% of homes here being flats. Anything outside that scope is quoted separately so the Battersea SW11 price you agree is the price you pay on this side of Wandsworth, with this being London Borough of Wandsworth territory.
Who books upholstery cleaning in Battersea SW11 — tenants, landlords or owners?
All three. With 33% of Battersea privately rented and 38% owner-occupied, roughly half the SW11 diary is agent- or landlord-instructed and invoiced separately from the person at the door around Battersea Power Station (Northern) — and this being a short walk from Battersea Power Station (Northern), with 28% social-rented stock nearby.
How quickly can you reach Battersea from your Wandsworth round?
Battersea Power Station is the marker we route to on the streets near Battersea Power Station, with this being a short walk from Battersea Power Station (Northern), and estate loading docks booked in advance, Nine Elms construction diversions and tight terraced streets. A SW11 slot added to an existing Wandsworth round usually lands the same week rather than the next across SW11, with 38% owner-occupation locally.
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Two ways to go: price it yourself on the quote page, or pick a slot on the live booking calendar. Battersea SW11 jobs are confirmed in writing before anyone travels, and the same crew covers the rest of wandsworth.
No deposit is taken until the price and slot are confirmed in writing.