Crew sized to the job
Two operatives with a Luton van as standard, scaling to a second vehicle for a full three-bed or a property with no lift. Cadogan estate parking rules, King's Road red-route loading and mews arches with height limits.
Kensington and Chelsea · SW3 · End of tenancy clearance
Professional End of tenancy clearance in Chelsea, SW3
Same-week slots · Fully insured · Local Chelsea fitters · Fixed written pricesEnd of tenancy clearance for Chelsea (SW3) households — 8,944 of them, 78% in flats. From £140 fixed, two operatives with a Luton van as standard, scaling to a second vehicle for a full three-bed or a property with no lift Insured fitters, every fixing torqued, and the flat-pack packaging taken away.
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- £5m public liability
- Licensed waste carrier CBDU300454
- Since 2019
SW3
- End of tenancy clearance in Chelsea SW3 from £140, fixed in writing
- Most booked here: alcove shelving and a TV bracket
- Next-day as standard, same-day where the check-out appointment allows a morning booking. Weekend slots are available for agents working to a Saturday move-out.
- Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea permits, ULEZ and the Congestion Charge itemised, never hidden
- Trustpilot 4.5· 3,100+ reviews
- Google 3.9· 1,426 reviews
- £5m public liability
- Licensed waste carrier CBDU300454
- Since 2019
- From, studio or one-bed left items clear
- £140From, studio or one-bed left items clear
- Chelsea homes are flats
- 78%Chelsea homes are flats
- Privately rented
- 35%Privately rented
- Households in Chelsea
- 8,944Households in Chelsea
Overview
End of tenancy clearance in Chelsea SW3, explained
Booked mostly by mixed-tenure households around Sloane Square, end of tenancy clearance here covers supply-free fitting from £140. With 78% of Chelsea's 8,944 homes in flats, lift access and stair carries in SW3 shape the slot length we hold.
How it works
How end of tenancy clearance works in Chelsea
Five steps, the same on every SW3 job, so you know what happens before you commit. Chelsea gives us victorian and Edwardian conversion flats with original lath-and-plaster partitions, which is what a 78% flat share across the ONS neighbourhood covering Chelsea actually produces is what we plan for here.
Step 1
Check-out date confirmed
We work back from the inventory clerk's appointment time, because a clearance that finishes after the check-out walk-round has missed the point of the job.
Step 2
Survey or photos reviewed
Volume estimated from photos or a quick visit, so the quote reflects what has actually been left rather than a generic per-room rate.
Step 3
Access booked
Building entry codes, lift booking or a CPZ suspension arranged in advance for blocks with restricted loading.
Step 4
Clearance carried out
Left items removed, sorted for donation or disposal, and any communal or storage areas covered by the let cleared with them.
Step 5
Handover pack sent
Photographs of the empty property emailed the same day, ready to attach to the check-out report.
Why choose us
Why Chelsea customers book us
Four things decide whether a SW3 job goes well, and none of them are visible from a price list.
Booked around your day
Next-day as standard, same-day where the check-out appointment allows a morning booking. Weekend slots are available for agents working to a Saturday move-out. Sloane Square (Circle, District) is the nearest station, so a SW3 visit rarely needs a whole morning set aside.
Chelsea walls, not generic walls
We expect lath and plaster over timber studs; locally that also means with solid brick on the party and external walls — and with 35% of homes here privately rented, it sets the booking date as often as the job does in SW3, 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 SW3, which crumbles the key and drops the panel — measured on the walk in from Sloane Square (Circle, District) rather than assumed from a map.
Insured and documented
Registered waste carrier. A waste transfer note is issued on request, which most managing agents keep on file alongside the check-out report and deposit deduction paperwork.
Fixed prices
End of tenancy clearance prices in Chelsea
Fixed prices for SW3 and the rest of Kensington and Chelsea. How much was actually left behind, not the size of the property. A one-bed with a full house of abandoned furniture costs more than a three-bed left broom-clean.
| Job | From | Typical time | What sets the price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Studio or one-bed left items clear | £140 | 1–2 hrs | Priced for the volume a departing tenant typically leaves behind — a bed, a sofa and a few bags of belongings rather than a full house. |
| Two/three-bed full clearance | £320 | 2–4 hrs | A full property clear where the tenant has left completely, including anything the inventory check-out list flags as removed rather than damaged. |
| Single item, tenant abandoned | £55 | 30–45 min | One sofa, mattress or wardrobe left behind after a move-out, quoted per item so a landlord is not paying for a full clearance minimum. |
| Storage or garage clear-out, per property | £180 | 1–2 hrs | Communal or private storage attached to the let, cleared before the next tenant's check-in inventory is drawn up. |
| Same-day clearance before check-out | £220 | 2–3 hrs | Booked against a fixed check-out appointment with the inventory clerk, which means the crew has to be first on site, not fitted around a normal run. |
| Clearance plus end of tenancy clean, per property | £480 | Half day | One booking covering both the clear and the inventory-standard clean, which is cheaper and faster than co-ordinating two separate contractors on the same deadline. |
Studio or one-bed left items clear
£140 · 1–2 hrs
Priced for the volume a departing tenant typically leaves behind — a bed, a sofa and a few bags of belongings rather than a full house.
Two/three-bed full clearance
£320 · 2–4 hrs
A full property clear where the tenant has left completely, including anything the inventory check-out list flags as removed rather than damaged.
Single item, tenant abandoned
£55 · 30–45 min
One sofa, mattress or wardrobe left behind after a move-out, quoted per item so a landlord is not paying for a full clearance minimum.
Storage or garage clear-out, per property
£180 · 1–2 hrs
Communal or private storage attached to the let, cleared before the next tenant's check-in inventory is drawn up.
Same-day clearance before check-out
£220 · 2–3 hrs
Booked against a fixed check-out appointment with the inventory clerk, which means the crew has to be first on site, not fitted around a normal run.
Clearance plus end of tenancy clean, per property
£480 · Half day
One booking covering both the clear and the inventory-standard clean, which is cheaper and faster than co-ordinating two separate contractors on the same deadline.
Domestic prices are what you pay, with no VAT to add. Where an agent or landlord needs the job invoiced to a managing company, that invoice is issued plus VAT at 20% as a business supply. Access charges, CPZ suspensions and hazardous items are itemised on the quote before booking.
Scope
What's included in Chelsea
The same scope across SW3, whether the job is a single item or a full room.
Included in the price
- Same-day and next-day slots that can be booked directly against a check-out appointment time, checked on every SW3 visit
- Standard on Kensington and Chelsea bookings: photographic record of the cleared property, timestamped for the landlord's or agent's file, with 8,944 households in this neighbourhood, it is the question we are asked most
- On SW3 jobs: sorting of items left behind for donation, recycling or disposal, with a note of what went where, local end of tenancy clearance included
- In Chelsea: removal of communal bin store and storage cupboard items included in the let, sized for the cadogan estate parking rules, king's road red-route loading and mews arches with height limits
- Waste transfer note issued where the job is invoiced to a letting agent or managing company — including end of tenancy clearance
- Standard on Kensington and Chelsea bookings: coordination with the inventory clerk's check-out time so the property is empty for the walk-round, arranged with Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea where the kerb needs it
Not included
- The end of tenancy clean itself, quoted and booked separately unless taken as the combined package, outside the fixed price on Chelsea bookings
- Structural damage repair, redecoration or making good marks left by furniture, quoted separately if you need it arranged in SW3
- Items the outgoing tenant disputes ownership of, which we leave in place pending agreement, handled by Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea or a specialist contractor instead
- Hazardous household waste such as old paint tins or gas canisters, booked as a separate collection, and we will say so before the SW3 visit rather than on the day
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Sultan assembled our new wardrobe. Really good service. Was also able to find clearance through them. Both services were good
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The guys arrived prompt at 9 am . Sorry I’m rubbish at names but I remember the one guys initials were AB . He really worked hard . Both guys were very polite and were happy to pop back up the stairs to finish dusting the bedrooms surfaces that were missed . Not one moan… Read in full →
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Coverage
Where we work around Chelsea SW3
End of tenancy clearance across Kensington and Chelsea and the SW3 district, mapped below.
End of tenancy clearance nearby
Also in this area
Other handyman work in Chelsea
Same fitters, same SW3 rounds, same fixed-price approach.
House clearance in Chelsea
The parent residential silo — full or part-house clearances across London.
Furniture disposal in Chelsea
Sofas, wardrobes and bulky furniture removed per item with no minimum load.
Rubbish disposal in Chelsea
Mixed household loads collected by volume with a same-day tip run.
End of tenancy cleaning in Chelsea
The inventory-standard clean that follows once the property is cleared.
Most booked alongside this in Chelsea SW3
Working in Chelsea
Chelsea SW3 at a glance
Published figures for the neighbourhood that covers Chelsea — the numbers that actually change a end of tenancy clearance quote.
Walk Chelsea from The Royal Hospital Chelsea outwards and the Georgian and early Victorian pattern is obvious: 78% of the 8,944 households in SW3 live in flats, 22% in houses.
Private renting sits at 35% and owner-occupation at 38%; the first group books end of tenancy clearance at short notice, the second plans it.
Expect lath and plaster over timber studs; locally that also means with solid brick on the party and external walls — and with 35% of homes here privately rented, it sets the booking date as often as the job does behind the plaster in SW3. 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 SW3, which crumbles the key and drops the panel — measured on the walk in from Sloane Square (Circle, District) rather than assumed from a map is the fault we are called back to undo.
Anyone who knows Chelsea knows the pattern near The Royal Hospital Chelsea: king's Road shops, Cadogan estate squares and the river at Chelsea Embankment. We plan the SW3 visit around it. Chelsea sits inside the Congestion Charge zone as well as ULEZ, so both are itemised on the quote rather than absorbed into an hourly rate.
Cadogan estate parking rules, King's Road red-route loading and mews arches with height limits. Nearest station is Sloane Square (Circle, District), and two operatives with a Luton van as standard, scaling to a second vehicle for a full three-bed or a property with no lift.
Area at a glance
Chelsea SW3 by the numbers
Who lives in Chelsea and what they live in decides how end of tenancy clearance is quoted and how long a visit takes. These are the published Census 2021 figures for the Chelsea Manor & Royal Hospital and Chelsea Riverside East and Chelsea Riverside West neighbourhood itself — not Kensington and Chelsea-wide averages, and not estimates.
18,982
Residents
Chelsea Manor & Royal Hospital and Chelsea Riverside East and Chelsea Riverside West neighbourhood, Census 2021
8,944
Households
Median age 43.7
Flats vs houses
Flats 77.6%Houses 22.1%
Residents by sex
Male44.4%
Female55.6%
Single-person households
45.4%
Privately rented
34.5%
- Median age
- 43.7
- Owner-occupied
- 38.1%
- Social rented
- 27.2%
- Postcode districts
- SW3
- Nearest station
- Sloane Square
- Parking
- CPZ + C-Charge + ULEZ
Source: ONS Census 2021 via Nomis (TS008, TS041, TS007A, TS044, TS054, TS003), MSOA geography. Figures cover the ONS neighbourhoods Chelsea Manor & Royal Hospital, Chelsea Riverside East, Chelsea Riverside West (E02000594, E02000595, E02000597) — the published geography that covers Chelsea, not the whole borough. Neighbourhood names: House of Commons Library MSOA Names (OGL). Coordinates for the SW3 district: 51.4894, -0.1659 — Outward postcode centroid, postcodes.io (Ordnance Survey Open Data).
Common questions
End of tenancy clearance in Chelsea SW3 — your questions.
How much does end of tenancy clearance cost in Chelsea SW3?
Studio or one-bed left items clear starts at £140 in Chelsea, with 45% one-person households here — and this being Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea territory, and every job is quoted as a fixed written price before a fitter is booked. How much was actually left behind, not the size of the property around Sloane Square (Circle, District). A one-bed with a full house of abandoned furniture costs more than a three-bed left broom-clean on SW3 jobs, with a median age of 44 in this neighbourhood.
Do you assemble IKEA and other flat-pack furniture in Chelsea SW3?
Yes — IKEA, Argos, Wayfair, Made and independent brands are all built to the manufacturer's instructions across SW3, with 35% of SW3 homes being privately rented. We are independent of every retailer; the names simply describe what we assemble in Chelsea most weeks on this side of Kensington and Chelsea, with this being Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea territory.
How long does flat-pack assembly take in Chelsea?
5–2 hours. Sliding-door and corner wardrobes take two to four times as long because the tracks have to be dead level on the Chelsea rounds, with a median age of 44 in this neighbourhood.
Will a built wardrobe fit through a Chelsea doorway?
That is exactly why we build in the room it will live in around Sloane Square (Circle, District). With 78% of Chelsea homes being flats, narrow hallways and tight turns are the norm in Chelsea, with Kensington and Chelsea parking rules in play — and The Royal Hospital Chelsea a few streets away, so anything that will not pass a doorway once assembled is built where it stands.
Who books end of tenancy clearance in Chelsea SW3 — tenants, landlords or owners?
All three. With 35% of Chelsea privately rented and 38% owner-occupied, roughly half the SW3 diary is agent- or landlord-instructed and invoiced separately from the person at the door on SW3 jobs — and The Royal Hospital Chelsea a few streets away, with 22% of Chelsea homes being houses.
How quickly can you reach Chelsea from your Kensington and Chelsea round?
The Royal Hospital Chelsea is the marker we route to around Sloane Square (Circle, District), with 78% of homes here being flats, and cadogan estate parking rules, King's Road red-route loading and mews arches with height limits. A SW3 slot added to an existing Kensington and Chelsea round usually lands the same week rather than the next across SW3, with this being Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea territory.
Is same-day or evening end of tenancy clearance available in Kensington and Chelsea?
Next-day as standard, same-day where the check-out appointment allows a morning booking on SW3 jobs. Weekend slots are available for agents working to a Saturday move-out on the Chelsea rounds. Chelsea sits close to Sloane Square (Circle, District) across SW3, with The Royal Hospital Chelsea a few streets away — and this being a short walk from Sloane Square (Circle, District), so we can usually add a SW3 job to an existing Kensington and Chelsea round at short notice.
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