How much does end of tenancy cleaning cost in Chelmsford?
In Chelmsford, a standard end of tenancy clean is priced by size: from £156 for a studio up to £425 for a four-bed. End of Tenancy LTD holds the same fixed prices everywhere, so Chelmsford pays no postcode premium. Condition and add-ons such as carpets or the oven can move the figure, which your quote settles before anything is booked.
| Property size | From |
|---|---|
| Studio | £156 |
| 1-bed | £207 |
| 2-bed | £243 |
| 3-bed | £339 |
| 4-bed | £425 |
A standard clean, priced per size. Your quote pins the figure down for condition, location and any add-ons. Build an instant quote or see the full price list.
Areas we cover in Chelmsford
Postcode areas: CM1, CM2, CM3.
- Springfield
Suburb to the north-east of the city across CM1 and CM2, mixing interwar semis with later estate housing. The family-sized homes bring several bedrooms, a utility and often two bathrooms to the check-out report, so we scope the visit around the room count rather than a flat-rate turnaround.
- Great Baddow
Large CM2 village suburb to the south-east, ranging from older cottages to roomy postwar semis. Hard Essex water shows up at handover as scale on taps, the kettle and the shower screen, so the kitchen and bathroom are where an inventory clerk looks first on a move-out.
- Galleywood
CM2 village and parish on the southern edge, set around its common with detached and semi-detached family homes. Gardens and the common bring mud to entrances and hard floors, so we give matting, hallways and the utility extra attention alongside the usual kitchen and oven work.
- Moulsham
Established CM2 area just south of the centre, a mix of Victorian terraces and Edwardian houses. The period stock keeps sash windows, picture rails and timber floors that an inventory clerk checks closely, so we set aside detailing time the older houses need to reach report standard.
- Beaulieu Park
New-build garden community to the north-east in CM1, almost entirely recent flats and houses with integrated kitchens. Modern fittings hand back on detail, so limescale on chrome and glass, the integrated oven and balcony glazing are the points a clerk records, and we arrange parking or a loading spot in advance.
- Chelmer Village
CM2 estate to the east beside the river, built mainly from the 1980s onward as family housing. The fitted carpets and laminate floors common here show wear at doorways and on stairs, so a checkout leans on flooring condition together with the kitchen and bathroom list.
- Chelmsford City Centre
CM1 core of new-build flats around the station and shopping streets, where parking is tight. We sort loading access before arriving, and the kitchen and bathroom carry the report: integrated oven, hob and limescale on the taps and shower screen get the closest inspection in a flat handover.
- Springfield North
CM1 ward north of the centre, largely suburban semis and newer estate roads. These are roomy family homes, so several bedrooms, a utility and more than one bathroom all feature on the inventory, and we plan the slot to cover the full property in one visit.
- Moulsham Lodge
Post-war housing estate in CM2 south of the centre, mostly terraces and semis built for families. Carpets through the hall and up the stairs wear quickly in rented homes here, so worn flooring and the oven tend to be the first things a checkout report flags.
- Old Moulsham
Period terraces close to the centre in CM2, an older and well-kept pocket of the city. Sash windows, deep skirtings and original timber floors are all part of the inventory, so we budget the extra detailing time the period houses ask for compared with a modern flat.
End of Tenancy LTD cleans rented homes across Chelmsford from £156, with a free re-clean within 48 hours if the check-out report flags our work.
What a Chelmsford check-out usually catches
Chelmsford splits into two jobs, and the check-out clerk treats them differently. The new-build flats around the city centre, Beaulieu Park and Chelmer Village are handed back against a developer or agent inventory that expects them close to show-home condition, so clerks pick up on smeared shower screens, dusty trickle vents and marked white walls. The Victorian and Edwardian terraces around Moulsham and Springfield, and the post-war family houses in Great Baddow and Galleywood, are older stock where the oven, the grout and the skirting carry years of use.
The single biggest deduction risk here is limescale, and it is local. Chelmsford sits in one of the hardest water areas in the country: Anglian Water supplies the city at well over 300 ppm calcium carbonate, against a UK average nearer 205, so taps, kettles, shower screens and tiled bathrooms scale up fast. A clerk running a finger over a chrome mixer or a glass screen will see it straight away, so we descale rather than just wipe.
- Limescale on taps, shower screens, tiles and around plugholes
- Oven interior, door glass and the hob, the most common single deduction
- Inside kitchen units, drawers and under the sink
- Skirting, switches, sockets and high dust lines
- Trickle vents, sills and internal glass in newer flats
What it costs in Chelmsford
Prices are fixed before we book, not estimated on the day. 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 a separate add-on, and they are usually worth it when your check-in inventory recorded the carpets as professionally cleaned, which is common in the Beaulieu Park and Chelmer Village rentals.
Send your postcode, the number of bedrooms and bathrooms, and whether carpets are included, and you get the exact figure in writing first. Every clean is backed by a free re-clean within 48 hours if the check-out report flags our work, terms apply, so a deposit dispute over cleaning does not become your problem to chase.
Parking, permits and access on the day
Chelmsford has no ULEZ and no charging clean-air zone, so the van itself costs nothing extra to bring in. Parking is the thing to plan. In the controlled streets around Moulsham and the centre, Chelmsford City Council runs a visitor ticket scheme: blocks of ten tickets at £5.50 for one hour, £16.50 for four hours or £22 for six hours, with residents limited to two permits per property. If you are still holding the property, a four-hour visitor ticket near the door covers a typical clean.
Beaulieu Park is the access quirk worth flagging. The estate now has a resident permit parking zone on roads such as Beaulieu Boulevard, Shardelow Avenue and Burnell Gate, with waiting and loading restrictions and short controlled windows late morning and mid-afternoon, so the kerb is not a free-for-all even mid-day. The flats come with allocated bays, but visitor and contractor space is tight, so tell us the bay or visitor arrangement when you book and we plan arrival around the restricted hours.
For everywhere else, from Springfield and Galleywood to Great Baddow, most homes have a driveway or unrestricted street parking, and we confirm the plan with you before the day.
Working to the Chelmsford check-out
We clean to the report your agent or landlord actually uses, not a generic tick-list. Chelmsford has a busy lettings market driven by the Liverpool Street commute, around 35 minutes on Greater Anglia and faster on the quick trains, and most tenancies here are handed back through an inventory clerk’s check-out rather than an informal look round.
Some agents are area specialists: Beaulieu Estates, for example, has focused on Beaulieu Park, Chelmer Village, Springfield and Channels since 2010, and their inventories on the newer stock are detailed. We book around your check-out slot, leave the property to match the check-in inventory, and if the clerk flags our cleaning we come back inside 48 hours at no cost. Send the inventory or check-out report if you have it and we work straight from it.
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Add-ons worth booking
Planning your booking in Chelmsford
- Keys, concierge, parking, permits: tell us before the day, not on it.
- If the inventory names oven, carpets or windows, say so when you book.
- Photos of any neglect or strong smells help us plan the time properly.
- Send the postcode and property details for the fastest accurate quote.