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 (CM1, CM2 suburb north-east)
- Great Baddow (Large CM2 village suburb south-east)
- Galleywood (CM2 village and parish, south)
- Moulsham (CM2 area south of centre)
- Beaulieu Park (CM1 new-build garden community, north-east)
- Chelmer Village (CM2 estate east by the river)
- Chelmsford City Centre (CM1 core, new-build flats)
- Springfield North (CM1 ward north of the centre)
- Moulsham Lodge (CM2 post-war housing estate)
- Old Moulsham (CM2 period terraces near the centre)
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.