End of Tenancy Cleaning in Kent

From brand-new Ebbsfleet to centuries-old oast houses

Kent runs the full range of housing, and the check-out changes with it. At one end is Ebbsfleet Garden City near Dartford and Gravesend, thousands of new flats and houses with modern fitted kitchens, where the deposit turns on degreasing the oven and the integrated appliances and getting the hard-water marks off the new glass. At the other are the period market towns (Sevenoaks, Tunbridge Wells, Canterbury) where it is sash windows, high cornices and wood floors, and out in the Weald the odd listed oast house with its awkward angles.

The commuter towns in between, around Dartford and Gravesend, are mostly terraces and semis where the oven and worn carpet do it. One thing is true across the county: Kent sits on chalk, so the water is hard and limescale on the taps and shower glass is a near-certain deduction.

• Oven and integrated-appliance degreasing in the Ebbsfleet new-builds
• Sash windows, high cornices and wood floors in the period market towns
• Oven and carpet wear in the Dartford and Gravesend commuter homes
• Limescale on taps and shower glass, Kent is hard-water chalk country

What it costs in Kent

A studio starts at £156, a one-bed at £207, a two-bed at £243, a three-bed at £339 and a four-bed at £425 for a standard end of tenancy clean. Carpets are the usual add-on, and larger or period houses are priced on the property.

Kent quotes run from about £99 for a small flat to past £500 for a big three- or four-bed once carpets are added, so our band is at the sensible end. A period house with sash windows and wood floors, or a new-build with a kitchen full of integrated appliances, both take time in their own way. Send the postcode and details and we fix the figure.

Period or new-build, fixed first.

Parking, the Dartford Crossing and no ULEZ

Kent is a county of districts, not one London-style council, and most homes have a driveway or an unrestricted street, so the van usually parks outside; controlled zones are mainly in the town centres. Two driving notes: the Dartford Crossing carries a £2.50 charge if a van crosses the river into Essex, and, the one people forget, Kent is outside Greater London, so there is no ULEZ. A van pays the ULEZ only if it drives into London.

Where a town-centre permit is needed we sort it for the specific district council. Tell us the town and address when you book.

We clean to the report

Lettings across Kent run through agents like Ward & Partners, with offices all over the county, and Mann around Dartford and Gravesend, and a check-out is usually an itemised clerk’s report. We work through the whole place: the limescale and oven first in this hard water, then the sash windows and wood floors in the period homes, the appliances in the new-builds.

Send whichever you have, the check-in inventory or the check-out report, and that is what we clean to.